Really I'm not. Everybody should read his blog though. He used the phrase "a nebulizer treatment of 00 buckshot" in his last tirade. Poetry. Pure poetry.
I have tried very hard to avoid talking about customers and pharmacy work in general because I do not wish to be compared to nor accused of imitating TAP.
I had two absolute gems that came in today. The first wanted to get a few bottles of Fleet PhosphoSoda. This was withdrawn from US markets about a week back. Some docs are still not aware as well as most of the public. We've been doing a lot of explaining of options to patients that need the stuff. And so we explained it to this guy. He went off on a two minute tirade about why he had to have this product. When he was done I repeated that it has been withdrawn from the US markets and he just looked at me and finally asked, "so that means you won't sell me any?".
I hate to say customers are dumb. Many are confused, angry, sick, elderly (at least the ones with dementia), playing stupid, or flat out lying. But this guy.......wow!
The second wanted to pick up some prescriptions. I asked her for the patient's name. Her answer? "I don't know!" I thought perhaps she thought I asked her which medication (or perhaps in one of my pre-Alzheimer moments I actually did ask which drug), so I asked again "what is the patient's name" and she answered more stridently this time, "I DON"T KNOW". She made two phone calls and was eventually able to get an accurate DOB and a last name that was close, but not correct. Since it was for prenatal vitamins, I let it go.
Whew! I'll try not to rant about work again. This was just a perfect storm of absurdity. I kept waiting for Allan Funt to come around the corner but it didn't happen.
The suckiest part of the holidays are behind us now. I keep hearing the song in my head about "it's the most wonderful time of the year". Really?
"It's the most wonderful time of the year.....all the cutthroat are biting, the campgrounds are empty, makes me want to cheer.......it's the most wonderful time of the year". It's the first week of October. I can go for a day long hike and take a leak when I want to. Nobody on the trail to disturb my solitude. I also don't have to watch some doofus with a stringer of 12 inch planters that he took on powerbait. Maybe one day I'll catch a fish while taking a leak.
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