TREATED LIKE DIRT

History: I work in a pharmacy

I get yelled at sometimes for no apparent reason, sometimes people start throwing down HIPAA lawsuit threats like something was on.

I work hard. I'm a pharmacy student which is hard. I'm a pharmacy technician, which is hard. Trying to do those things especially during finals week and Christmas week is nightmare. Not to mention flu season. And get this, I actually work and try to make things easier for the patients that come to the pharmacy (Though why i do, i still don't know).

Now who the hell are you to treat me and especially the pharmacist like we're pieces of garbage. If you're insurance doesn't work don't take it out on us who are trying to help you in the first place etc etc.

Do you treat your doctor, your nurses, your psychiatrist this way as well? We're health professionals, not your punching bags!

Now that that's out of my system. I wanted to ask if I'm the only one that gets treated this way or has anyone ever seen such bad behavior enacted in a pharmacy setting. If you're a patient who's been held up for hours because one person is being argumentative or if you're a pharmacist who's had enough, this is the place to vent.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by acid

People treat someone in a service industry like a peice of shit? shocking.

that's my point though. It should be shocking sans the sarcasm. It's not about being appreciated. It's about being treated as a human being. I don't want to have to spend the next 60 years with people screaming at me everyday.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Duo Maxwell

Ah, wow, dealing with the public. Join the other like 40% of working/middle class Americans who work in the service industry. You think working at a pharmacy is hard? Try working retail, or in a restaurant, or a clerk/receptionist/administrative job.

At least you make more as a pharmacy technician than as a cashier at Sears. I hated that job, I can recall several occasions where I had my life threatened and it's over stupid shit like dumbasses being too big to fit in a 4XL shirt and yelling at me like it's my fault.

actually i do both, but i've found that more of the problems tend to gravitate towards the pharmacy in the back. if something goes wrong with the medication processing, then relatively nice people HULK THE FUCK OUT!

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.