MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'customers'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:31:17 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4003439&cid=t_148150_150_f&fid=38374&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FePharmaSummit%2F%7E3%2FRe16kWG_PNw%2Fare-you-using-right-platform-to-target.html Listening online is key to excelling with your audience online. It is important to look at the platforms your audience is engaging on and how they are approaching the topics they are talking about. The 360° Digital Influence Blog suggests that creating a Facebook fan page for a drug may not be sending the message a Pharma company wants to send.Where are your customers speaking online? Have you taken the time to find those places? (Source: ePharma Summit) ePharma Summit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4003439 Mon, 27 Sep 2010 19:06:00 +0100 4003439 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2513152&cid=t_148150_150_f&fid=38374&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FEPharmaSummit%2F%7E3%2FpQvanQjBFDU%2Fcompanies-that-have-jumped-into-online.html (Source: ePharma Summit) ePharma Summit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2513152 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:19:00 +0100 2513152 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2424040&cid=t_148150_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F_VHxY3lEetI%2F One of the best laugh lines always has been “I’m from the government and I’m here to help you.”  Certainly that’s true when it comes to consumer protection. In the name of saving customers from the evil, rapacious credit card companies Congress plans on limiting access to credit.  It also is working to hike costs for people with good credit. Reports the New York Times: Now Congress is moving to limit the penalties on riskier borrowers, who have become a prime source of billions of dollars in fee revenue for the industry. And to make up for lost income, the card companies are going after those people with sterling credit. Banks are expected to look at reviving annual fees, curtailing cash-back and other rewards programs and charging interest immediately on a... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2424040 Tue, 19 May 2009 12:43:22 +0100 2424040 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2276193&cid=t_148150_133_f&fid=35124&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Faspergerwoman%2F%7E3%2Fcal3x-nLCQQ%2Fautism-and-choicesbuying-new-mobile.html A few years ago the government decided a (mobile) phone trade liberalization would be necessary. Customers would have more choice. Now we can choose between providers. Soon my mobile phone membership ends and now I have to find a new phone subscription. There are attractive deals which include a new phobile phone number for free. And you can have internet on your mobile phone too, that sounds nice :-). And how much do I want to spent on a mobile phone? An autism friendly thing like Navigation might be a good idea to prevent me getting lost. Questions questions questions. Sigh. This drives me quite mad. My coach and I have been looking online for the best offer, but we seem to get a bit lost. The bid is just far too much. I wonder if it would be a wise idea to suggest the Dutch Autism Socie... The Art of Being Asperger Woman blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2276193 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:28:00 +0100 2276193 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1443065&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F05%2Fquick-question-for-everyone-who-works.html Why do you think you need a fax from me to renew someone's prescription? You really don't. You can issue a prescription at any time, in any way you like. You can write it down, you can phone it in, you can leave it on the voicemail. Hell, when I was in Ohio the law still said you could transmit it by telegraph.Yet you'll sit by the fax machine, sometimes for hours, and wait like you need the fax machine's permission to do your job. Sometimes you'll even call me..... tell me what the patient asked you for, and instead of approving or denying the refill request, you'll say something like "WE HAVEN'T GOT A FAX YET!!"Why do you think you need one? I mean, it's a renewal, and you have a record of what you've prescribed the patient in the past....don't you? I mean, when the doctor issues a presc... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1443065 Wed, 14 May 2008 05:46:00 +0100 1443065 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1439869&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F05%2Fim-tired-of-being-everyones-soap-bitch.html I'm going to write something in this post that may at last lift the veil of semi-anonymity that has covered this blog for the last three years. It may also frighten any of you that shop at corpo-pharmacies: When the soap is empty in the store's bathroom, I replace it. There you go. If you work or have ever been in a drugstore, and there was soap in the bathroom, you now know exactly who I am. Because I SWEAR TO GOD I seem to be the only person on the planet capable of putting soap in the bathroom of a pharmacy. This now covers 16 years, three different pharmacy chains, and two states. Tonight however, I have seen the empty suds bottle one too many times. I'm calling a soap strike. This time I put the soap next to the sink in the pharmacy. There's plenty for me. There's none in the bathr... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1439869 Tue, 13 May 2008 07:07:00 +0100 1439869 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1423450&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F05%2Ffew-times-year-im-glad-i-went-to.html It's always deceptively warm when I decide to buy a coat. I swear the last three times I have purchased a jacket it's been during one of the 10% of days here when the chill off the ocean doesn't go straight into your spine. This means I spend most of my walks to and from lunch at work shivering like a madman. A madman like the one at the counter trying to get a Z-Pak. I smelled him before I saw him. My intern saw him from the moment he came in the front door, and started snickering immediately. "I gotta get this one" he said. My intern is young and still full of that testosterone fueled kick down to establish your place in the pack desire that comes with adolescence. He came back with the new patient registration form and the prescription and a few more laughs. "Ha ha....he tried to make u... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1423450 Tue, 06 May 2008 00:27:00 +0100 1423450 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1411827&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F05%2Flets-lighten-mood-bit-with-some.html We have Diet Mountain Dew in the store! We have Diet Mountain Dew......in the store!!!! Oh happy day! Dear reader, I cannot begin to explain to you what this means to me. When I switched from regular Mountain Dew to Diet Mountain Dew I instantly lost 5 pounds, that's how much of the stuff I go though my friends. The artificial attempt at citrusiness that is Diet Mountain Dew is probably more a part of my life than my cat Spooky, and now, at last, I can buy it at work. I am free forever from the tyranny of Diet Pepsi. There was no way this could be a bad day.I was in such a good mood on day one of the Diet Mountain Dew work era that when a customer complained that we had only one bottle of the "buy one get one free" hydrogen peroxide on the shelf I offered to just sell her the one we had fo... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1411827 Thu, 01 May 2008 07:03:00 +0100 1411827 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1385846&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F04%2Fhighlights-from-this-weekends-pill.html The first customer of the day slammed his vial on the counter. "THESE DON'T WORK!!" He semi-screamed. "ALL THEY DO IS MAKE ME PISS!" The prescription was for furosemide. Time for my counseling star to shine baby. The customer also had a prescription for Prozac that ordered me to "dispense 60 tablets by mouth" Maybe the act of me forming a nice little Prozac spitball then getting them to the patient like a mama bird was supposed to help snap him out of his depression. Anyway, after I puked Prozac all over him I explained that furosemide is a diuretic, which means that it does in fact make you piss a lot. As this was going on a lady asked the high school kid mopping the cough/cold aisle where the Nasonex was. I watched them search the allergy section together for a good 10 minutes. Nasone... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1385846 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 03:27:00 +0100 1385846 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1327581&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F03%2Ffun-with-hipaa-legalese.html A quote from my corpo-pharmacy's Notice of Privacy Practices:We may disclose your health care information to the following entities and/or under the given circumstances.............to contact the patient for the purpose of fundraising.So, after raping you with a price tag of over a hundred bucks for 30 generic Ambien tablets available on drugstore.com for $17.99, my employer reserves the right to contact you for fundraising purposes.Say what you want to about my employer, but they do not lack in the chutzpah department.My favorite entity and/or circumstance in which your healthcare information may be disclosed however, is this:-to authorized federal officials so they may provide protection to the president, other authorized persons, or foreign heads of state.Why the hell was it considered ... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1327581 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:52:00 +0100 1327581 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1301881&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F03%2Fthis-day-brought-bullshit-that-was.html "Uhhhhhhhh........yeah.......ummmmmmmm........is this the pharmacist?""Yes it is""Yeah...uhhhhh.....I'm here from out of town..."Any phone call that starts with 10 seconds of "uuuhhhhhhhh" will not go well. Any call that starts with the words "I'm here from out of town" will not go well. This one had both. I prepared for my doom."......and I accidentally brought some Norco with me....."Wow. Haven't heard this a million times before. Snore......Wait a minute........ Extra Norco? Does not compute......"It's my girlfriend's, and I was wondering if I could bring them to you, so she could pick some up at the corpo-pharmacy in Orange County. It doesn't have a label on it though"I wasn't drowning in prescriptions at the time so I decided to play a little bit."So.....there's no way for me to know ... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1301881 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:54:00 +0100 1301881 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1297881&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F03%2Fif-you-called-pharmacist-at-his-home.html I had a dream last night that I was talking on the phone. Keep in mind that when I say "night" I am referring to the period between approximately 5am and 2 in the afternoon."Drugmonkey" Said the voice on the line, "I'm sorry to bother you, but I have a question about this Vicodin prescription I got the other day. I know you always used to complain how doctors don't know how to dose Vicodin, but I can't remember how many you used to say you could take a day. My tooth really hurts but I don't want to take too much."What a boring dream. Not only totally PG rated, but no flying monkeys, falling off cliffs, or monsters chasing me of the sort that put a little spice into the body's downtime.I do constantly bitch about doctors not knowing how to dose Vicodin though. There are 500 milligrams of ac... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1297881 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:35:00 +0100 1297881 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1292330&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F03%2Fi-could-write-about-how-hillary-clinton.html The first bit of pill counting action this day was a phone call. "Yeah.....I got some Oxycodone yesterday, and I got another prescription for it today, so I was wondering....."You know how the rest of the phone call went. The next call was a phone in prescription for Adipex to be taken three times a day. Those of you in the profession will be shocked...just shocked.... to hear it was a Physician's Assistant doing the phoning. Those of you not in the profession should know that taking Adipex three times a day would be a lot like doing the crystal meth. And that this was far from the first time I've come across a Physician's Assistant with their head up their ass.Drugmonkey to the day's first customer: "How are you today?"Customer: "Oh...pretty good, I think I had a little stroke last night ... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1292330 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:46:00 +0100 1292330 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1270654&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F03%2Fsometimes-customer-is-not-idiot-part.html I lived half of every pharmacists nightmare tonight. Misfill. An absolute, tee-total, unqualified no excuses prescription filled incorrectly. Yay for me that I wasn't the one who filled it wrong. Woe for me that I was the one working when it was brought to our attention. Written for Lipitor 20mg and filled with 40mg instead. The customer was given 100% more drug than he was meant to take. Here's where it gets interesting though. You know what he did? In a world where we have to specify that antibiotic liquids have to be taken by mouth and not put in the ear "because that's where the infection is......" In a world where we have to be sure to tell people that they have to unwrap and remove the foil from a suppository before they stick it up their ass.......you know what this customer did? ... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1270654 Sat, 01 Mar 2008 11:02:00 +0100 1270654 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1252671&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F02%2Fquick-question-for-my-friends-in.html If you can print off a letter that says someone is covered, and that their card containing all the info needed to file a claim on their behalf is on the way, and that while this letter doesn't contain a scrap of information your pharmacist will need to file any claims, you should bring it to the store with you and wave it around like a lunatic anyway..... Is there some reason.....you couldn't take the time and resources that you used to print and mail this useless letter and do something like...........oh I dunno.....maybe......PRINT THE ACTUAL FUCKING CARD?.......AND MAIL THE ACTUAL FUCKING CARD? THE SAME WAY YOU MAILED THIS GODDAMN LETTER???? Call me crazy, but I'm thinking it could be done. Some nights just lend themselves to big dreams I guess. (Source: Your Pharmacist May Hate You) Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1252671 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 05:56:00 +0100 1252671 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1251152&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F02%2Fi-think-i-got-ambien-up-my-nose.html I used to work the graveyard shift in the ghetto a few years back, and let me tell you, there is nothing like practicing pharmacy in the ghetto in the middle of the night. I actually kinda miss it. Not once since I left the ghetto have I faced a decision like what to do when I saw someone receiving oral sex in the drive through. For the record, I decided interrupting might not be the best idea, and really, it was like free porn. Some people probably pay good money to watch stuff like this. In the end, my eyes met the um.....receiver's and I gave him a thumb's up. He gave me one back and drove off a few minutes later. Or the time an employee found a bag of cocaine while cleaning the shelves in the cosmetic section. It was shocking.....absolutely shocking.... that an employee was cleaning a... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1251152 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 06:16:00 +0100 1251152 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1246673&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F02%2Ftonight-customer-cracks-secret-code.html One of the great joys of my profession is the fact that while other healthcare professionals may have a little sign in front of the receptionist saying that payment is expected at the time services are rendered, few have the ability to file and adjudicate your health insurance claim on the spot, instantly determining your eligibility and financial liability. Customers appreciate this, and it never fails to lead to many a lively discussion during the workday regarding the scope and amount of their coverage. What I just said in that last sentence is that customers bitch about their insurance coverage. A lot. Many times at high volume. The conversations are usually very predictable, and over the general din of pharmacy sounds this afternoon I hear one going on in the background, It's kind ... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1246673 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:46:00 +0100 1246673 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1243505&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F02%2Factually-if-he-had-had-drug-problem-he.html However, it seems like he was having his porn sent to the store. It came in a discreet brown envelope. Maybe a bit too discreet, as the store manager opened it and was a little....um.....shocked at what she saw. My sources tell me it was mature plumper porn. The Drugmonkey learned two things this night. 1) They still make porno magazines. People still pay for them. Evidently there are just not enough naked people on the internet you can see for free. 2) It is possible for a pharmacist to be fired for something that doesn't involve drugs and/or theft. I have the feeling there may be some overtime in my future. (Source: Your Pharmacist May Hate You) Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1243505 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:39:00 +0100 1243505 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1230406&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F02%2Fon-day-my-white-blood-cells-have.html The good news; my immune system has forced my body's invaders to flee from their headquarters in my lungs and set up a last stand in my sinuses. I would like to think my immune system has fought honorably and with distinction, adhering always to the principles that distinguish humankind from the uncivilized virus. After all, if you defeat an enemy less civilized than you by becoming uncivilized, who has really won? Remember that as you monitor the news from Iraq. The bad news; no, I didn't get a day off. The following all happened in a pseudoephedrine-induced cloud that wrapped itself around my brain as I was serving my role in the world's economy of making sure the Viagra was where it needed to be for Valentine's Day:First customer of the day: "WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN THESE?"Me: "You onl... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1230406 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:26:00 +0100 1230406 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1198742&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F02%2Fsometimes-customer-is-not-idiot-part-2.html The call came in almost first thing in the morning. I talk to this particular pharmacist a lot, and until today I would have characterized her as unflappable. She seemed a little stressed as she asked if we might have any Biaxin she could borrow. Brand or generic. She didn't care.I can remember a time when it wasn't unusual for pharmacies to borrow pills from each other in order to take care of a customer. These days though, you pretty much always just send them to the store that has the goods. Probably because we care far less about your business than we used to. Hate to break it to you, but as prescription counts go through the roof, your particular prescription counts for less and less. At any rate, the fact she wanted a borrow and the desperation in her voice told me there was a story ... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1198742 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:32:00 +0100 1198742 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1165383&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F01%2Ftonight-i-find-out-i-was-pharmacist-who.html Rage Against The Machine told me my anger was a gift, but I never really believed it until today. I do remember being angry. I was angry because a certain rent-a-doc pulling a shift at the public health clinic had sent his patient to me with a prescription for Prevacid in hand. Follow me here. Public health clinic = poor people. Not a hard connection to make, but one that seemed beyond the comprehension of the rent-a-doc. Those of you in the profession probably know where I'm going with this. I pulled the woman aside. She didn't want to look me in the eye. I tried to speak to her but got only a soft spoken "no habla ingles" I was mad. I wasn't gonna let this one go. I paged for the janitor to come to the pharmacy to act as a translator."Ma'am, this prescriton is very expensive...." "seño... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1165383 Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:13:00 +0100 1165383 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1142538&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F01%2Fpause-in-political-process-provides.html Actually I take that back, I'm pretty sure Hillary doesn't suck. That's how we ended up with that whole impeachment mess. But I digress, this post is about freaky customers, not about how much Hillary Clinton doesn't deserve the Democratic Party's nomination for president. Here we go: First call of the day asked me what the date was. "NOT THE DAY OF THE WEEK....THE DATE!!!!" The woman said. "I'VE BEEN IN BED!!" She specifically asked to talk to the pharmacist for this. I've learned what to do. "The 9th" I said, as if she were asking me a question related to her prescription medicine. Trust me young pharmacists, it's the best way to handle this type of situation. The woman immediately hung up. The best highlight ever though.....was yet to come. A couple hours later a customer wanted to know... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1142538 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:02:00 +0100 1142538 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1127406&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F01%2Fanother-reason-every-chain-pharmacy-in.html "Hello Drugmonkey?" It was my District Pharmacy Manager. I was expecting the call. Actually I had been expecting the call for so long I had forgot I was still expecting it. "What's up bossman?" The DM really isn't a bad guy. I think he's younger than me, which probably represents some sort of milestone in my life. "I got a complaint from a customer.....I........" "I'll bet I know exactly who it is" "Wanna give me your side of the story?" "Sure. Addict forged a Vicodin prescription and I told him to never come back. Guy threw a fit and wanted your e-mail address. " "Are we talking about the same person?" "What, did he give you some sob story about me refusing to give him his blood pressure medicine and him ending up in the hospital?" Silence on the other end of the line. I could hear my bo... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1127406 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 07:39:00 +0100 1127406 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1112701&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F12%2Fi-am-single-handedly-responsible-for.html Why? Because Corpo-pharmacy bigwigs know that the very second I am not drowning in prescriptions, things like this start happening to their displays.The horses have been going at it for two days now. If anyone bothers to notice, and figure out the source, It'll probably make my lobbying for more tech help a little harder.Does make the 12 hour day go a bit quicker though. (Source: Your Pharmacist May Hate You) Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1112701 Sat, 22 Dec 2007 07:43:00 +0100 1112701 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1088789&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F12%2Fhighlights-from-todays-pill-counting.html The day started with me busting my thumb in the Gate Opening Olympics. I always pretend that I'm in some sort of competition when I'm turning the crank that opens the pharmacy gate to start the day, like the honor of my country is at stake and I am going for the gold. Sometimes when my keystone tech shows up early I issue an actual gate-opening challenge and I always win. It's one of the few joys I have at work. Today my hand slipped and I think I sprained my thumb. Glory does not come to those of faint mind or body.The day's first customer witnessed my injury and thought it funny. The second asked me where the breakfast cereal was. This was as I overheard a third customer asking the stock clerk what would be the best product to remove ear wax. I looked around for the looking glass I surel... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1088789 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 08:05:00 +0100 1088789 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1052452&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F11%2Ften-millionth-sign-i-have-seen-of.html "Thank you for calling corpo-pharmacy, may I help you?""Yes.....I was just at the counter, and I realized I forgot to say thank you"I remembered seeing my keystone tech wait on this woman 5 minutes ago. The reason she didn't say thank you.....or anything else..... to the real people in her world was that she was busy chatting on her cellphone.She still was. I looked up and saw that she was calling from the other side of the store. (Source: Your Pharmacist May Hate You) Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1052452 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 07:52:00 +0100 1052452 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1040143&cid=t_148150_10_f&fid=35345&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gideononline.com%2Fblog%2F2007%2F11%2F20%2Fgideon-at-ucla%2F Thanks to the biomedical librarians at UCLA for highlighting their GIDEON resource. It’s a nice blog entry about uses for GIDEON and links to additional materials. Share This (Source: GIDEON blog) GIDEON blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1040143 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:20:48 +0100 1040143 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1019152&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F11%2Ftoday-i-form-bond-with-customer-across.html I thought after being forced to sling pills next to the singing fish a few years ago I could withstand anything, but the singing Band-Aid kid was soon to prove me wrong. Every time a person walked by the first-aid section they, and more importantly, me, were assaulted by the singing Band-Aid kid. A little black box sticking out from where the bandages were with a TV screen, activated by motion to show a 10 second commercial featuring the little snot nose singing brat. Hundreds of times a day I heard the jingle. I started to hear it at night as I tried to fall asleep. It was immune to scotch. I was going to crack. Then one of George's kids walked by. One of the troops that I wholeheartedly support in finding another line of work. "Jesus Christ that's annoying" he said. "You're telling me... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1019152 Sun, 11 Nov 2007 10:31:00 +0100 1019152 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1010558&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F11%2Fif-youre-cvs-pharmacist-you-may-have-to.html I can think of no other honorable way for you out of this situation:http://www.forallthewaysyoucare.com/videos/I had to watch this three times out of sheer disbelief of its complete gayness. It still hasn't quite sunk in. I mean gay like lame, not gay like homosexual. Butt sex is far less offensive than this. Wrapping a rainbow around an old woman on the way to work? WRAPPING A RAINBOW AROUND AN OLD WOMAN ON THE WAY TO WORK!!?? You know what I do on the way to work most days? I play The Black Eyed Peas "Let's Get Retarded" Everybody, everybody, let's get into it. Get stupid. Get retarded, get retarded, get retarded. Let's get retarded (ha), let's get retarded in here.......It's the perfect song to put you in that retail pharmacy state of mind. Why? Because if that CVS video would have been... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1010558 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:13:00 +0100 1010558 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=993307&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F10%2Fthis-day-i-receive-coolest-excuse-for.html "Hello, Drugmonkey?" "Yeah, R, get your ass in here, we're getting killed" "I can't come in today" "DAMMIT!! What are you doing to me here? I thought we were friends" "Yeah, well, I just got out of jail." "Seriously?" "Yeah" "Whoa, you mind sharing here?" "Um, well......I was in a car with some friends, and we were driving through (insert name of affluent lilly-white town full of old people with corks up their asses) and we got pulled over. It was bullshit. And the cop had an attitude....." "And you got into it with the cop?" I knew R had a temper. "yeah" "You fucking rock! Take the day off" "I'd come in, but I'm kinda tired. I didn't get much sleep when I was in there" "Don't worry about it. We'll get by" "Thanks" So the rich old fucks who called the cops becaus... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=993307 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:27:00 +0100 993307 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=950941&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F10%2Fmaybe-i-really-wouldnt-make-worlds.html THERE'S NO WAY I CAN JUSTIFY THAT MUCH FOR SOME MEDICINE!!!!! Said the selfish milfish Mom. Then the cellphone came out. That wonder of modern life, the cellphone. It can solve any problem by getting you connected right away to a machine that will spend the next 20 minutes telling you how important your call is to it and showing you by not answering it.It was Sunday. The doctor was out having a life. The cellphone wasn't going to solve this problem either.ISN'T THERE SOMETHING ELSE YOU CAN GIVE HER THAT'S CHEAPER??!!?? Said the selfish milfish Mom. "Her" in this case being her daughter, who was standing right next to her. The daughter who was hearing all about how Mom couldn't justify paying for the Levaquin that would treat her sinus infection.I should point out here that Mom's handbag pr... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=950941 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 06:02:00 +0100 950941 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=950942&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F10%2Fhighlights-from-fridays-pill-counting.html It was 9:30 and I was worried. I had taken the usual opening flurry of phone calls, which were, in order, people checking to see if their Vicodin, Valium, Soma, Vicodin and Vicodin were ready to pick up, but none of them were from John. I checked the calendar to make sure it was Friday. Never had I worked at this store on a Friday morning and had John fail to call to check on his Vicodin by now. I briefly considered the possibility that John had finally learned that not once had any of these calls resulted in anything other than "it's a little too soon to fill that John"Briefly considered the possibility I said. I knew it was more likely that something had happened to John. I hoped he was OK. He really isn't that bad of a guy.The Friday controlled substance extravaganza continued as the ne... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=950942 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:51:00 +0100 950942 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=888642&cid=t_148150_10_f&fid=35345&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gideononline.com%2Fblog%2F2007%2F09%2F20%2Fwelcome-university-of-connecticut-health-center%2F UConn, welcome to GIDEON. Thanks for posting the addition to your blog and website. Share This (Source: GIDEON blog) GIDEON blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=888642 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:40:09 +0100 888642 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=886358&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F09%2Fyouve-been-good-about-putting-up-with.html I had been in the happy pill room not 5 minutes when someone asked for my opinion. About the new Diet Coke with lime. I figured what the hell, the credibility of five years of college coupled with passing a licensure exam designed for people with six ought to count for something, so I gave him my opinion. I've never had lime flavored Diet Coke in my life, but I told the man it was good stuff. People like it when you keep things positive.Later on a actual real medical doctor did ask for an actual real medical opinion. My answer was interrupted by a man shouting at the top of his lungs that he needed a carburetor for his car. It's important to point out here that he specifically said it was for his car, as they started using fuel injectors in place of carburetors in automobiles around the ti... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=886358 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 08:13:00 +0100 886358 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=853179&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F09%2Fhighlights-from-todays-pill-counting.html The day started with the following conversation overheard while I was preparing the happy pill room for the day's business:Customer: WHERE ARE THE EAR PLUGS?Assistant Manager: "Aisle four sir, on the right.""WHAT?""Aisle 4, the one without a number, on the right""WHAT?""I'll show you.""HUH?"The earplugs, I fear, were coming far too late.I long ago reached an understanding with the asshole who will interrupt me filling your prescription to ask where the paper plates are. Quite simply, that person is more important than you, and their desire to not look for products while shopping is more important than your well being. You should understand this as well. I do not, however, comprehend the person who feels the need to stop the prescription filling process to tell me they found something. Some... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=853179 Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:48:00 +0100 853179 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=845826&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F09%2Fcunnilingus-gone-horribly-wrong.html An actual warning from the actual label of the Today Vaginal Contraceptive Sponge:If swallowed, get medical help or contact a Poison Control Center right away.I shudder to think why this warning was necessary."Hello, Poison Control Center? I just swallowed a vaginal sponge. "Poison Control Center: "Don't worry sir, contact with a small amount of the spermicide used in the sponge in the upper GI tract is unlikely to cause anything other than local irritation.""No, I swallowed it. The whole thing.""Yet somehow you managed to find and correctly dial our telephone number""Am I going to die?""With any luck" (Source: Your Pharmacist May Hate You) Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=845826 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 09:48:00 +0100 845826 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=836071&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F09%2Fdear-customer-why-must-you-get-my-hopes.html You said you would be in the pharmacy waiting area "holding your breath" until your prescription was ready. Those were your exact words, and they excited me. After you came to the counter, and my keystone tech explained to you that the prescription your doctor phoned in wasn't ready because you were a new customer and therefore none of your information was on file, and then you said:"Well then why didn't you call me?" I saw my chance. The human brain cannot live without oxygen for more than approximately four minutes, so by carefully checking, double checking, rechecking, and verifying everything about your prescription over the course of the next half hour, I knew you would be dead, and the world would be rid of someone too dense to realize "none of your information on file" would mean th... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=836071 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 09:12:00 +0100 836071 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=831047&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F08%2Factual-conversation-amongst-actual.html The customer, T, has just walked away from the counter after requesting a prescription refill. A rare moment of calm descends over the happy pill room, allowing the staff to speak freely, it may be a good thing this does not happen often:Drugmonkey: Was she showing a little too much cleavage?Keystone Tech: What?DM: T, she was just at the counter, she has a habit of showing off the goods you know.KT: Actually, she was.DM: I knew it.KT: Did you she she shot you a look?DM: WHAT????It should be noted here that T is hot.....smokin' hot. DM: A good look or a bad look?KT: I couldn't tell.DM: WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU COULDN'T TELL???? Awww....man.....I'm screwed. A bad look means she's totally noticed I've been lookin' at what she's showin'It should also be noted that Drugmonkey is old enough to have ... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=831047 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:38:00 +0100 831047 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=817681&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F08%2Ftonight-im-pondering-porn.html Not everyone you meet when you deal with the general public is a retard. Most are, but from time to time you will meet someone interesting, someone who can get your brain thinking and mulling over the mysteries of life. A couple days ago I talked to someone whose family's money came from the marketing of porn. I have been struck ever since by one fact:Porn has to be marketed.Keep in mind that the person's job was not the making of porn, which I'm sure is more work than most of us realize, but the marketing of the finished product. Here's how I imagine a typical day at work to be in this field:Marketer: Hi, I have some porn here.General Public: How much money can I give you?Yet this person makes more in a year than the entire net worth I have managed to accumulate in 15 years of telling peo... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=817681 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:10:00 +0100 817681 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=816731&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F08%2Fhighlights-from-todays-pill-counting.html The day started with the following actual question from an actual customer who required a doctor's authorization for a prescription refill. He was wearing a Superman t-shirt. "My doctor's not there today, do you think they'll call in it by this afternoon?" I didn't try to explain why, I just told the nice customer probably not. I've learned trying to explain why only makes it worse. I did manage to get a hold of a doctor who was in the office to let him know he prescribed penicillin to a patient who's "tongue swole up real bad" the last time he took penicillin. The nice doctor switched the prescription and the customer thanked me for my efforts by complaining how much more expensive the new med was. I tried to explain that anaphylaxis is remembered long after price is forgotten, but the n... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=816731 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 07:02:00 +0100 816731 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=807499&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F08%2Fbut-drugmonkey-i-can-hear-you-saying.html Well don't you worry your pretty little head, there has been no shortage of freaky customers. Most nights I can drown their memory in scotch, but sometimes the memories learn to swim. The image of the extremely hygienic old woman about to have a talk with her granddaughter has learned to swim..... She came to the counter and wanted a douche, and not just any douche would do. It had to have some sort of cockamamie acid preparation in it. This reminded me of the time in college when during a physiology lecture, right after the professor mentioned the normal pH of the vagina made it acidic, a voice came from the back of the room of a person thinking out loud and talking at a higher volume than intended......"That's why it tastes like that." He said.The old woman at the counter wasn't interes... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=807499 Sun, 19 Aug 2007 10:44:00 +0100 807499 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=793967&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F08%2Ffun-with-google-search-terms-part-2.html A few of the phrases typed into the mother of all search engines that led travelers on the information superhighway to the rest stop where you find yourself at this very moment. I swear I have not changed a word:I hate FordI hate Paul HarveyI hate my employerI hate Walgreensi hate you! go away blogspotI HATE YOU"drugnazi" "drugmonkey" "perfect skin" (this was typed in twice over the last month. I can't help but wonder if the perfect skin lady still might be carrying a torch for me)Toilet that Oprah lovesvietnamese bun columbus ohiotop retarded adult resorts dominican republicturkey baster full of spermlesbians and turkey bastersleave me aloneurinate out window world of warcrafturinary tract infections and jet skisanal bleaching kit buyBut my favorite.....by far my favorite...search phrase ... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=793967 Sun, 12 Aug 2007 06:31:00 +0100 793967 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=758743&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Freminder-of-my-distant-past-foreshadows.html The man in overalls and the greasy baseball cap came up and started with "I'm here from out of town....." It's never good when a customer starts with those words. He talked in an accent I hadn't heard in awhile. An accent I have worked many hours to scrub from my own vocal cords. I looked at him and saw my past. "Durndest thang.....I had muh pill bottles set out all on the kitchen table and just left 'em thar" I looked at him and saw everything I ran from. His daughter came up and there was a conference between me, her, and the old man's central profile. He wasn't involved so much. We eventually figured he needed his sugar pills as well as the ones for his tingly feet. A little boy came up and said "Pa! they got a chair outside with a roof over it!" I think the boy was talking about some ... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=758743 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:33:00 +0100 758743 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=743403&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Fsometimes-customer-is-not-idiot.html I have long said that in every pharmacy there is one person that holds the whole place together. I have also always said that that person is never a pharmacist. Those of you in the profession know exactly what I mean when I speak of the "keystone tech." They're the ones you scan the schedule for every week hoping to see them working the same shifts as you. They're the ones who can put fear into your very soul with the mere mention that they might use a sick day, although they never seem to. The ones that know that Blue Cross of Buttfuckistan is actually billed to Buttfuck Prescription Advantage, and that you have to use "ERW&^!!!+WAGSUX #@!" for the group number, but only on Tuesdays. Every pharmacy has a keystone tech, and they are worth their weight in gold.Unfortunately the keyston... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=743403 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 07:12:00 +0100 743403 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=739076&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Fyouve-been-good-about-indulging-my.html The upside down Bactroban cap was the last straw. "THIS TUBE IS DEFECTIVE!" screamed the lunatic. "I WANT MY MONEY BACK!!" The Pharmacy Manager calmly showed the lunatic that the defect was that he was trying to put the cap on, yes, upside down. The lunatic wouldn't budge. He wasn't leaving until he got a new tube. I knew caving in when he demanded a refund for a three-quarters empty bottle of Tobradex because "he wasn't satisfied with the product" would only lead to trouble. The Pharmacy Manager wouldn't listen to me then. Now I was the only one who could bail her out. As the lunatic walked out the door with his new tube of Bactroban, she said "I will buy a 12 pack of beer for anyone who can run that man off"Everyone in the pharmacy knew who "anyone" was, and I understood the parameters o... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=739076 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 02:33:00 +0100 739076 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=721436&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Fperhaps-i-should-have-gone-extra-year.html It wasn't the first question the customer had that stumped me. He said he was going to Yosemite and wanted to know what he should get in case he came across some poison oak. Wake me up out of the coma-like sleep you will likely find me in most days around noontime and I would be able to answer this one before fully waking; "Hydrocortisone cream and Claritin" So far so good.It was the next question that stumped me. The customer now wanted to know about bears. Namely, what he could buy to prevent a bear attack. I seriously think he was convinced a bear might be waiting for him at the park's entrance station. I went over the options in my mind:Tylenol- May be useful after an encounter with a bear. Like maybe if the bear knocked you down while he was running away from something else.Benadryl- ... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=721436 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:17:00 +0100 721436 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=713228&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Fone-more-reason-your-prescription-might.html One of the things that makes me special is my ability to do DUR. It's important stuff, this Drug Utilization Review, where I look over what your getting, check it against your allergies, your other meds, your health conditions......actually it's where the computer looks all that stuff over and draws my attention to anything that might be a problem. Problems like this one, which was just added to our clinical database this month:"Yaz oral tablets should be used with extreme caution in child bearing aged females."This sounds like serious stuff. Indeed, it is serious enough that the pharmacist, and only the pharmacist, has to override this warning with a special code to allow the prescription to be dispensed. Some of you out there may take comfort in knowing that corpo pharmacy is looking out... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=713228 Wed, 04 Jul 2007 05:51:00 +0100 713228 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=708872&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Fhighlights-from-todays-pill-counting.html Prescription filling is serious business, and I appreciate customers who can understand this. You can imagine how my heart leapt for joy then when my day started with a customer waving his prescription paper at me from afar. Like way afar. Like other side of the store afar. This man obviously wanted to let me know his prescription was not to be taken lightly as he continued to signal me with his prescription all the way up to the counter. He had a smile on his face that indicated he was proud of himself for making it to the drop off window. Perhaps I should have been signaling him back, guiding him in. I fear I may have missed an opportunity for customer service. The next customer took her purchases very seriously as well. Unfortunately they were toothpicks. It was very, very important th... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=708872 Mon, 02 Jul 2007 10:27:00 +0100 708872 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=676975&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fi-lied-blog-postings-will-remain-highly.html So, it's not my intention to turn my little blog garden into the Drugmonkey soap opera, but if you bear with me a little bit, I'll reward you with some freaky customer stories. I know the only reason you come here is for the freaky customer stories.Regular readers will be shocked to hear this, but I was a bit of an.....hmmmm.....ass... towards a certain woman of interest. Let me tell you a story about this lady. She used to work in a pharmacy and once threw a bag of nuts at a customer. No shit. Now how can any of you read that and not think she and I would be a match made in heaven? Luckily for me she didn't have to resort to any sort of nut abuse to set me straight. I think things are gonna be OK.And my old friend, and by old friend I mean "guy I've never met before so he might not even b... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=676975 Sun, 10 Jun 2007 04:57:00 +0100 676975 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=651388&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Ftonight-drugmonkey-shares-secret-of.html Remember Ross Perot's "giant sucking sound?" He came up with that, um, colorful, description of a future in which good-paying middle class jobs would be driven from our shores by the policies of free trade while he was running for president in 1992. Boy we sure loved to make fun of Ross for that one. Sucking sound. Ha ha. What an idiot:I think some of you may owe Ross an apology.But, hey, I'm not here to bitch. The Drugmonkey is nothing if not a problem solver, and tonight I will give those of you caught on the wrong side of globalization the key to living the life your father could have by simply asking someone at the local factory if they were hiring. That factory may have long ago moved to Shanghai, but the key to the American Dream lies in the next sentence I am about to type:No one h... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=651388 Sat, 02 Jun 2007 10:47:00 +0100 651388 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=651389&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fi-saw-dog-bite-some-retarded-kid-today.html And quite honestly, I'm not sure how I feel about this. I mean, I don't really blame the dog. The kid was one of those scary-looking grunty unstable types and the dog had to make a split second decision:"Oh my God...oh my God.....is this a threat? What if he hurts my owner? It looks weird.....and maybe dangerous....oh my god, oh my god.....what do i do?...WHY DID IT MOVE LIKE THAT? BITE!!!!!!!!!"I mean, generally I'm totally pro-customer abuse, especially in ways that can't be traced back to me, but the tard really can't be held responsible for being a pain in the ass. I probably would feel worse about it if he wasn't sucking a couple thousand dollars out of the Medicaid system every month for no good reason. I say that because I think he's autistic, and who's to say he's not perfectly hap... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=651389 Fri, 01 Jun 2007 06:19:00 +0100 651389 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=624496&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fpharmacy-art-picture-3.html One snapshot says it all about our commitment to education:Notice how the sign isn't even on straight. I can attest to the fact that this is the state the Children's Learning Center has been in for weeks, if not months. What it symbolizes has been in this state far longer. (Source: Your Pharmacist May Hate You) Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=624496 Sun, 13 May 2007 04:40:00 +0100 624496 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=624502&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fday-in-ghetto-with-most-awesome-tech.html I really enjoy the occasional assignments that take me back to my ghetto roots. Being a unilingual gringo, time spent in the Hispanic part of town can be the closest thing a retail pharmacist gets to being left alone to work in silence. Yeah, people are talking all around me, but I have no idea what is being said, allowing me a rare day of focusing on prescriptions as opposed to "WHERE ARE THE KLEENEX???"By the way, I think "unilingual gringo" would be a really cool name for some sort of awesome sex game.Most of this morning was spent in the noisy silence that belongs to one who does not speak the native language. About dinnertime though, A car pulls up to the drive through with what evidently is a happy sort of fellow behind the wheel."YADDA YADDA BLAH BLAH WORDS GRINGO DOESN'T UNDERSTAND... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=624502 Tue, 24 Apr 2007 08:27:00 +0100 624502 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=624503&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fi-committ-bit-of-faux-pas-in-name-of.html The old bat at the counter was looking for come cockamamie pill concoction she had seen hustled on late night TV. Happens all the time. She was clutching an ad in her hand and was bellowing out the usual "DO YOU STOCK THIS?" The kind of thing that happens a few thousand times a week. This time I caught a break and saw the store manager out of the corner of my eye."There's your man right there ma'am" I said "He's the one to help you." It was then that I saw the words BETTER SEX FOR WOMEN Splashed across the top of the ad. Um, whoops.I should also add the store manager is gay.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Customer: "Can I mix some Absolut vodka with my prescription here?"Me: "Probably not the best idea"Customer: "Well is there maybe another... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=624503 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:02:00 +0100 624503 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=624507&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fon-this-easter-sunday-he-has-risen.html My exercise bike makes me glad I wear a lab coat during work. Otherwise I might end up getting sued for sexual harassment or something. I'll explain.The exercise bike is the only commitment to physical fitness I can seem to keep. It seems less like exercise if I'm sitting on my ass, and really, 20 minutes a day of ass sitting huffing and puffing while listening to reruns of the Al Franken show isn't too much to ask in case the Mountain of Punishment comes calling again. There is a problem though. Exercise bikes do nothing to work the upper body, so after a few years of pedaling away, I am now Clark Kent from the waist up and absolutely Superman from the waist down. Any ladies out there with a thigh fetish totally need to call me.It presents a problem when buying clothing however, particula... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=624507 Sun, 08 Apr 2007 07:36:00 +0100 624507 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=624508&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fyoud-think-on-day-they-killed-jesus.html .....but no. It was fucking busy, and the stupidity was flying like the blood from a punctured side. Everyone who came in the store Friday is going to burn in hell.A sampler from today's stupidity platter.Call me at work sometime and this is what you'll hear:"Thank you for calling large corpo pharmacy......for the pharmacy, press 3 now.....""If you are a doctor or doctor's representative, press 1 now.....""If you would like to speak to a pharmacist, press 2 now......."Only after you complete these steps will you hear me say:"Hi this is the pharmacist, may I help you?"This is what i got in return:"Oh, I must have a wrong number. I meant to call Denny's"Later I had the following actual conversation with another person who somehow made it through the voicemail maze:Customer: "Is my prescripti... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=624508 Sat, 07 Apr 2007 08:21:00 +0100 624508 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=624510&cid=t_148150_97_f&fid=35611&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrugnazi.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fsmall-snapshot-of-life-in-liberal.html Ok this wasn't small talk anymore.......this was definitely medium talk. Holy crap this is medium talk, and I would have been more than happy just getting small talk from this woman. I should explain. The hottest chick ever to walk into a pharmacy had just asked me where I used to work. One of the oddest things I have learned in my decade-plus in the happy pill room is that hot women don't get prescriptions filled. I don't know why. Maybe their hotness immediately incinerates any disease causing organisms that are deposited on their skin. Yes, there is the birth control pill, but they never want counselling on the birth control pill. Oral contraceptives are potent medications ladies. Seriously, you should talk to me about them instead of just zipping through the drive through while I am t... Your Pharmacist May Hate You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=624510 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 05:31:00 +0100 624510