The *Angriest* Pharmacist You want your prescription filled when? Eat shit…

Short shift…

Everyone loves working a short shift. Today, I worked a 6 hour shift that fell smack dab in the middle of the day. I've never scheduled it like that before, so I figured I'd give it a try. Heck, make the other guy work all day...why not! It worked out relatively well, but I still had to deal with a few odd situations. I handled them in my normal calm, cool, collected demeanor as you all have come to know and love.

*ring* [As always, my comments are more important and bolded. Thoughts, comments, and explanations are in brackets]

"Thanks for calling my pharmacy. May I help you?"
"Yeah, I need some refills. The first one is for Plavix for Rick Smits."
"Well, it looks like we transferred that one out. Do you know off-hand where we tranferred it to?" [I can look, but it takes me off of the screen I need to be on to fill others. It's a ton easier and faster if the person just tells me, they should know!]
"No..." [So, I look it up and it went to a CVS west of me - I make a note to get it back]
"Okay and the next one you need?"
"It's for lisinopril for Reggie Miller."
"Okay, do you know where that one was transferred?" [See a theme?]
"No..." [I look and it went to a Walgreens east of me]
"Any more things you need me to transfer here?"
"Yes, I need the Nitroglycerin tablets..."
"Who are those for? Rick or Reggie?
"Those are for Rick." [Why we didn't do those when I was on Rick's profile, I have no fucking clue]
"I'm not seeing those on his list of medications. Did you get those somewhere else too?"
"Ohh that's right. I got those at the Medicine Shoppe on 5th street." [South of me]
"I'll call and get these transferred and filled for you. Did you want to pick them up today or tomorrow?"[What answer do you expect now???]
"I'm actually headed that way now. I'll be there in about 15 minutes." [Boom]
"I'll do them as fast as I can, but I don't think they'll be ready that fast."
"Okay, well I'll wait once I get there..." [That's a fucking promise, lady]

I asked her what the problem was and why they were transferred. She told me all those places were convenient for her at the time. It just goes along with my beliefs that pharmacy is going in the wrong direction and patient care will suffer. Pharmacy God sees it the same way.

These fucking Rxs were passed around more than a hooker at a Minnesota Viking party.
Here's the schematic of where these things went:

1st Transfer 2nd Transfer
Rick Smits' Plavix [Me]====> CVS[West] ====> WAG[East]
Reggie Miller Lisin.[Me] ====> WAG [East] ====> Medicine Shoppe
Rick Smits' NTG ====> Medicine Shoppe [South] ====> CVS [West]

Can you imagine the amount of calls I made? At least they kind of went together.

I called:
I called CVS to get the Plavix. They told me to call the WAG. I got the Plavix and asked about the Lisinopril. They told me to call Medicine Shoppe for the Lisinopril. I got the Lisinopril and asked about the NTG. They told me to call the CVS for the NTG.

Total time: I'd say 20 minutes total.
Amount these medicines cost: Pennies
Reimbursement over cost: Not enough to pay me for 20 minutes of work...

I don't work tomorrow, so I'm getting drunk. I don't drink fancy whisky, whiskey, or scotch. I'm going to have my way with a case of Bud Light bottles. I'm a beer man.

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