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

Now I'm screwed

Well, I got myself screwed over today. There was nothing I could do about it. Essentially, a patient blackmailed me (That's a little too harsh of a word -- but it is what it is). A gentleman brought in a prescription for Metformin 500mg 2am and 3pm #qs 3months + 4 refills. For those playing along at home, this prescription is for FOUR-HUNDRED AND FIFTY tablets of Metformin 500mg. WOW.

So, I go to the shelf and see that I have a full 500-count bottle and about 10 tablets in a second bottle. After filling his prescription I would have had under 60 tablets. I called him back to the pharmacy and "leveled with him." I told him that I have enough to fill his prescription (first mistake that opened me up for attack), but if I filled it, I wouldn't have any tablets for any other patients until Monday afternoon. He did not have the same amount if empathy as I did for these patients-to-be. I was told to, "fill that prescription and fill it now." I kind of backed off and tried to speak with the man rationally -- he was having none of it.

Had I not told him I had enough Metformin, I would have not been in this situation -- my fault. However, I still had to weasel out of the situation I created.

I offered to do ALL of the following in this order:
- Give him enough for a week and mail him the remainder. ("I don't trust any of 'em -- USPS, Fedex, DHL -- they're all crooks!")
- Give him enough for a week and PERSONALLY deliver the remainder. ("You'd never find my house and I might be going out of town.") - I could give you as much as a month's worth. ("It might be an extended vacation. No tellin' where I'll be.")
- Comp the prescription cost if he just took a week's worth and waited for the rest to come via mail or delivery. ("It's only 10 damn dollars. What kinda favor is that?")
- Convert him to Metformin 1000mg as well as 500mg tabs to make the same dose. ("Those damn tablets are too big -- that's why I only take these 500s")

He did not oblige. He also threatened to move ALL of his prescriptions to another pharmacy (10 total scripts) if I didn't fill it, in its entirety, "right then and thar." Due to that fact, I was forced to fill all 450. However, he paid the cost and received a dirty look from me for being a stubborn ole cunt. Sounds a lot like blackmail doesn't it?

I'm very lucky my good friends at the Medicine Shoppe were able to help me out by loaning me a bottle of Metformin to cover me through the weekend. I'll get it back to them Monday -- unlike the customer, they were more than willing to wait. I'm lucky to have that relationship with them. I've loaned them stuff before as well -- to please a patient or make things easier. It's a good thing.

I'll also be increasing that order quantity in the computer...and, of course, no favors -- EVER for this man. He's out of refills and needs two to three days worth? Sorry, dude. I just can't do it! That's a professional courtesy -- not a pharmacy requirement...

How smart are you?

We all know that pharmacists are intelligent. Pharmacy school isn't easy. But, how smart are we? Do you know your actual IQ? Have you ever been tested? Do we have any MENSA Pharmacists out there?

I got tested in 1st grade. My IQ was registered at 126. I vaguely remember the experience. I remember going to a lady's house and spending the entire day with just her -- taking a series of tests but they seemed like games to me at the time. The only real test I remember was being shown a picture of a man walking down the street in the rain and being asked to identify everything wrong with the picture. So -- he was holding his umbrella rather than covering himself. The stop sign was shaped like a triangle. The sun and the moon were both showing in full. Stuff like that. Of course, that's a test performed over 25 years ago on a child. Is that still applicable now? Who knows....[Note: I know the results of the test because it's in my High School scrapbook -- not because I'm a weirdo.]

I found an IQ test online that I  believed to be rather reputable. It takes 40 minutes to complete and it is simple at first. However, it quickly escalates in difficulty...to the point where the last 3-4 questions I had absolutely no clue as to what the answer was. I still felt pretty good about the test. My result was 130. I, of course, didn't take a screenshot of the result because I'm a retard. The test was rather frustrating, so I don't want to do it again. I may though -- to see if I can better my score. I'm sure that the questions are different each time. If they are not, I wouldn't respect the results. If I take it again -- I'll post a screenshot.

Anyway, take the test. Let me know what your results are! Lets see how smart pharmacists, technicians, et. al are! Post your job as well.

It is mostly a test of spatial relationships, shapes, and such. I've heard that these types of IQ tests are biased -- favoring men for whatever reason. We shall see...

http://www.iqtest.dk -- Note: this link doesn't work in Firefox for whatever reason (It crashed my browser every time). I had to dust off Internet Explorer to take the quiz. If you have a ridiculously high score that no one would believe (idiot savant type stuff), email me a screenshot. I'll host it and post it for you.