I can't tell you just how "rewarding" working with the public is. When I say "rewarding", what I really mean is there are times I'd sooner have bamboo shoots driven under my fingernails. Case in point....
For a long time we've had a couple of chairs in front of the pharmacy where people sit and wait for their prescriptions. Problem is that the chairs block an end-cap display that a vendor has paid good money for. In addition, it makes privacy difficult. So, we decided to move the chairs approximately 10 feet into our little waiting area. You'd think the world had tilted off its axis. You should see people throw a fit when they can't sit right in front of the pharmacy.
A lady came in the other night and starts tearing into my tech about it. My tech patiently tries to explain to her that there is a privacy issue and we can't have people sitting right in front of the pharmacy listening and seeing what meds everyone is getting. But, this lady won't hear any of it and just keeps ranting about it.
Finally, I walk down and ask her if she'd like a bunch of people sitting there listening to everything she is taking. She replies, "Well, I don't care. I don't have anything to hide." I replied, "Well, if I were taking a bunch of medications, I wouldn't be comfortable with a bunch of people sitting here listening and seeing what I'm taking." She then replies, "Why? Are you on that marijuana?"
I just had to walk away. It was such an asinine comment that I couldn't even reply. Even after I walked away, she kept saying things like, "Well, I don't care if you're on marijuana. It doesn't bother me if you're doing that kind of stuff."
Apparently, people get their marijuana from the pharmacy...at least according to this lady. Of course, this might be possible in California in the near future.
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