Asshole-ish and Stupid Customers at your job

I am a pharmacy technician (don't shoot me!!!) and I get all types of shit (maybe even from some people on this board....). First of all, I try to understand when people freak out. Yes it's medicine and maybe something you might need, but when people freak out about vitamins WTF!!! And believe you me, that happens alot more that you can imagine. Second of all, my store is pretty small. Sometimes there are only two people working in the pharmacy (Pharmacist and Pharm tech), so it gets me that good people turn into real assholes when they have to wait an additional ten minutes because it's backed up. (Try this on: We have to be careful with your medication or we can kill you, we have to be fast so you won't get bitchy with us, then we have to contend with more than half the insurance that comes in cause medicare sucks my left testicle, then we have to contend with the cutomer cause the insurance didn't pay enough so that you didn't get a $0 charge; then couple that with the fact that when people start to argue we get backed up even more cause we have to take people's concerns seriously and stop all immediate work, and when that happens, ten more people come in from behind with 4 prescriptions each and they are getting mad at us for causing a commotion and making them have to wait!) ARGGGGGGGH!

PS So if any of you do this, this is a plea from all pharmacies for more consideration. we are doing our best

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Fatt

Actually, not only do I completely understand where you are coming from, but I take advantage of it. When I have to pick up a prescription for a house call visit for my doc, I just put the prescription in an envelope, give it to the folks behind the counter, and take a nap on the bench. Sometimes I can score a 30min to 1 hour nap and get paid for it.

BASTARD!! You're getting paid for my pain, you sadist, hahah! :love:

There's nowhere I can't reach.