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I'm tired of randos coming to my website and submitting bullshit comments to various posts. I've got better things to do than delete 3-5 comments per day calling me an asshole, a meany head, or questioning my professionalism/ethics (and then banning the user)...as if you reading a vague story about a drug seeker / drug shopper compromises THEIR privacy. As if ANYONE reading these stories can find out what state I'm even in -- much less a patient's name. That's just not possible. Considering that I'm not a complete idiot, I change facts, details, and other things to keep the backbone of the story without making it so obvious as to the subject and subject matter. The person fingered in the story wouldn't even know they are the subject matter in 9 of 10 posts.
I get talked to like I'm a piece of shit all day. I'll be damned if I'm gonna come home and take e-shit from some nameless fuck over the internet (I do realize the hypocrisy of using the term 'nameless fuck' as I am one). But, what I mean is, people stumble upon this site and give me shit -- non-pharmacists, non-healthcare workers, nobodys. I'm not that bad. I'm not a horrible person. Some of this is a joke. It's an act. It's a persona in some ways.
I do (or envision and reimagine) the things that you want to do but can't. A favorite comment from these nameless fucks is that I would/should be fired in their business for doing X or saying Y. Who are they to judge me or question what I do.
I can't fully express how much this pisses me off. Nor can I adequately express how some of these hatred and anger is misplaced. I'm not a bad guy. I'm not an unethical dick. 'You' just don't like THAT post.
Now, don't get me wrong -- I'm not deleting these comments because they person questions my judgment or doesn't like what I did. I can handle a dissenting opinion. That's not the issue. I would be FINE with that. But, I've yet to have a dissenting opinion posed in a professional manner worthy of being posts. For instance, in response to, "Unfortunately, this is a true story" I got the following comment:
"This was written in a humorous way I’ll give you that.. Guy sure was stupid LOL!! I would fire you ASAP but I suspect you probably own or manage the pharmacy in the story, which is even more repulsive. You sir sicken me, and should be ashamed of your profession."
Now, do you see how that has no point? That serves no purpose other than to push me down (as well as the profession of pharmacy. Now, I can accept that this situation could have been handled a different way. But, unless you present a clear and concise rebuttal without resorting to belittling me or our pharmacy, I don't give a fuck what you have to say. Now, you don't have to be a kissass, but you can bring about a different POV without being a prick. Here's what you could say:
"While I agree that was frustrating, you handled it dead wrong. You're a pharmacist and obviously have some education. Not everyone in the world is a smart as you. Some people need things spelled out to them. Some people have learning disabilities. Did you ever things of that? Did you do what they taught you in school and ask him to show you how he will use the inhaler after you educated him? Oh, I forgot, you barely did educate him. This situation is nothing but a failure of a pharmacist to counsel a patient effectively.
See how that works? With a little cunning, you can tell me I'm wrong, pose your opinion, maybe even take a jab at me, have your comment posted, and not get permanently banned from my site WITHOUT BEING A SNIVELING PRICK. I'm not saying you can't swear. I'm not saying you can't question me or what I did. Just don't be a jerk. Don't attack me -- unless it is REALLY fucking funny and REALLY fucking good.
So, how do I remedy this? I thought about deleting all comments and blocking all future comments/discussion, but I value that input from fellow pharmacists and technicians. Instead, I've decided to require registration. That means that initial registration will require a name, verified email address, and maybe some other information as I see fit (such as an acceptance of terms of service). Then you can post comments on the site. After a certain number of approved comments, you will get the ability to post comments that skip my moderation -- after earning trust so to speak.
http://www.theangriestpharmacist.com/wp-login.php?action=register
We'll see how this goes for a while. Maybe a little bothersome registration will prevent assholes from doing what they do best.
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I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS SITE FOR MONTHS!!! A pharmacist told me about it but i forgot the title. not anymore! i am a pharmacy technician and if you dont work in the field you just dont understand. at all. ive read two stories so far and i feel your pain!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love the stories, and fuck what everyone else says. pardon the french but we have frustrations that we cant talk to our spouses about and this is the perfect websites. although we have our opinions, we do present ourselves in professional manners, and wait until AFTER the fact to express our opinions. THANK YOU FOR THIS SITE. KEEP UP THE WORK!!!! GREAT STRESS RELIEVER!!
I know it is going to seem a little ironic to criticize in a post about how much you hate criticism, but I’m going to have to say a couple things. Not everyone in a non-health related job is a “nobody”. Not all pharmacists are the smartest people alive (though I often ask them more questions about my medications than my physicians and even stopped a medication based on their opinion against doctor’s wishes- and am healthier for it). Not all of them are the most polite (obviously, from reading the various comments on this blog). Pharmacists are people, too. Much of what you say is funny (some of it a riot), but one thing that consumers hate is people who work in the health care industry that treat them like garbage. I was reading a blog by a PCP who spoke often about “firing” his patients. You do not “fire” patients, you stop seeing clients! I had a doctor who forced a procedure on me I did not want because she would not listen to me when I asked her not to do it and after telling her five times that I was still experiencing some symptoms of the pneumonia I had completed treatment for two weeks prior, asked me later in the waiting room why I was coughing and why I hadn’t brought it up. A pharmacist DID give my father 30 pills when his prescription was for 60 (for a hypertension medicine he doesn’t like to take and is therefore very unlikely to attempt to overdose on). But I don’t paint all healthcare workers with a broad brush. My sister is studying to be a nurse and I have many friends and acquaintances in the healthcare industry (including pharmacists). In other words, please don’t think, or give the illusion of in your posts, that just because you are a pharmacist you are somehow superior to all other beings. I’m sorry to tell you this, but you’re not. My second comment is that all customer service jobs (which a pharmacist is) are a pain. Customers are a pain. I know as I have worked with them. I have been threatened, cursed at, yelled at, manipulated, and abused. I hate it when some feel that their job is SO MUCH HARDER than everyone else’s- it’s usually not as bad as you know. Are you abused in your job? Yes, but realize that, on average, you make SO MUCH MORE than others who have to work with customers (granted, as you should because of your educational experience). So, complain, but see above on delusions of superiority. No patient wants to feel pushed around simply because the person they are paying (a lot) decides that their degree entitles them to do it. So, go ahead and delete and ban me if you want to, but I thought you should know what a patient/client/customer feels on the other side of the counter or paper gown. BTW- your tweet of “Why does my fucking iPod “app” keep stopping randomly? It’s pissing me off. I can’t keep it PLAYING MUSIC LIKE IT’S SUPPOSED TOO!”- if you are using an iPod Touch or iPhone (which it sounds like you are), and are using an app like Rhapsody, you can go into Settings> General> Auto-Lock> Never. This seems to fix it most of the time, but it will suck your battery pretty good, though (as in, you have two hours listening time now). If this doesn’t work, it may be your internet connection, which means you can download the tracks so that they are on your iPod already, or you can speed up your internet. I know this is assuming a lot, but when you say “app” it makes me think of the iPod Touch and what mine used to to with Napster.