I hate ESPN

Posted by The *Angriest* Pharmacist as --Not Pharmacy--, Baseball, Television

I’m a huge baseball fan. But, I’m gonna lay this out for all to see:

I HATE ESPN

Why is that? Because ESPN has a contract with Major League Baseball that allows them to televise any game they want, when they want. They usually show Wednesday and Sunday games. If those particular games were scheduled to be broadcast on another station, they get bumped for ESPN.

So, why does ESPN suck dick? Because they only show THREE teams’ games. The Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, and New York Mets are the main staple of ESPN’s dinner of shit.

It pisses me the hell off. I mean, I don’t want to watch the Pirates play the Diamondbacks each week, but gosh dammit I am sick of seeing Boston play the Yankees. It’s like the two of them don’t play anyone else but each other…and that fat fuck ESPN announcer and Joe Morgan spend their evening sucking off the Yankees, Arod, and Derek Jeter.

I hate the Yankees more than I hate anything — doctors, drug regs, combination drugs that costs hundreds when the two parts are dirt cheap, even lifetime welfare recipients. So, I refuse to watch…but it pisses me off hardcore and I wish the Yankees would go 62-100 this year…nothing would make me happier.

If anyone knows a place where we can compare the stats on number of ESPN games over the past few years, I’d love to see it. I’m betting that these three teams comprise 80-90% of the games televised on ESPN…why? Because they are the “big market teams.” Yet, I’ve never met anyone that admitted to being a Yanks fan…if they did, I’d kick em in the nuts.

What to write about today? TV and Baseball!

Posted by The *Angriest* Pharmacist as --Not Pharmacy--, Baseball, Television

Let’s talk about television, as today was another same-ole same-old day. No super dick moves out of me recently — at least humorous ones towards the customer.

Here’s a quick list of my TOP 6 favorite TV Shows:
House, MD
The Andy Griffith Show
The Colbert Report
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Family Guy
South Park

I like House because he acts exactly like me, though I am not nearly as smart. He is rude, brash, abrasive, and simply doesn’t require the approval of others to reach his goal (which is merely solving the puzzle — not saving a life.) I do value human life quite a bit more, however. I also enjoy the fact that I fully comprehend 99% of what they are talking about. The show’s writers and producers make no effort to explain acronyms, tests, diagnosis, etc — and the way the show is formatted it simply doesn’t matter to the average viewer which will not have a clue that “by administering IFN-alfa2a with Ribavirin over 24 weeks we can help reduce transaminases, reduce HCV-RNA Viral Load, and slow progression to fulminant Hep-C (rare), cirrhosis, or death.” It’s a great show with limitless potential for subject matter. Hugh Laurie is also perfect for the role — His American accent is flawless. Ever see him on a talk show? Hard-core British accent…

The Andy Griffith Show has been a favorite of mine since I was a child watching it with my old man. He grew up when the episodes were “new” — while I’ve never viewed a Black and White show having a first airing in my lifetime. The show makes me wish times were simpler, the pace of life was slower, and people cared (or even knew) about their neighbor. The local pharmacist was a woman (which would have been unheard of during that time), but she made rootbeer floats, deliveries, and ran her own business without the hurdles of big pharma, insurance companies, and customers with a rush-rush-rush attitude wanting something for nothing (and their antibiotics for free).

The Colbert Report is a very funny show. I think his announcement that he is running for President is probably one of the best publicity stunts of my generation. I know that if he can get the 18-26 year olds to register and vote, he could feasibly win…but I don’t think that we’ll see “Man of the Year” coming to fruition in 2008.

Star Trek: The Next Generation has long been a favorite of mine…My friends make fun of me for it, but I stand by my choice. I think in the generations to come, some of the technologies they utilize will actually be available (recent discoveries were just made in terms of quantum mechanics and transportation — they can transfer energy from one object to another object in a different location…but it destroys the first object…It’s a start!). I have always been facinated with the stars, galaxies, and potential for life outside of earth. I’d hope to meet a Vulcan someday, but I don’t know about that.

Family Guy was one of my favorite shows before it was cancelled from the Fox lineup the first time. I own all the DVD sets, and think it is hilarious. I’d also consider putting South Park above it at times, but the types of humor and content of the shows are each completely different. SP has the ability to focus on current topics since they utilize computers to generate the show. The show that was just aired could have been completed earlier that day. Regardless, Stewie is likely my favorite animated character ever. I just love the intelligent humor they portray through him, as well as the grotesque humor they use — like making him sexually-curious. Considering South Park, I really like the messages they are putting out there. They’ve grown from poop jokes to political humor and analysis without forgetting their roots and still throwing in the occasional fart joke for good measure. Some don’t like their “new format” — but I’m content with the fact that I am entertained with 30 minutes…

-=+=-

Congrats to the Red Sox fans…I could’ve cared less if they won or lost…as long as the Yankees are as far away from first as possible, I’m happy.

I woulda like to see the Rockies win a game, but they peaked to early.

I’m also pleased that Johnny Damon shaved and got a haircut, but ultimately picked the wrong pony. Sure, he got a raise…but he ain’t got a World Series ring…prick…

Happy Filling…
The Angriest Pharmacist

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Posted by The *Angriest* Pharmacist as --Not Pharmacy--, Baseball, Lazy People, Stupid People, True Story, Work Sucks

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2880886

GOOD! Choke like a fat guy on French Fries, asshat!

On a completely different note, I just remember something else that pissed me off today. I did a little “housecleaning” we are all forced to do at least weekly in pharmacy — Returning prescriptions that aren’t picked up to stock.

What happens when you do that? They come in to pick the fuckers up, UGH!

I returned 10 scripts at 2pm. By 8pm, I refilled three of them. BOGUS! Each of these had been sitting in the Will-Call-Bin for 10 days or more. What are the odds that 30% of them would come in to pick up their dated scripts within 6 hours? Pretty damn good I guess.

What really irks me is that 1 of them was an antibiotic. That’s doing you no good now that your are over your “sore throat” dickhead.

Another script was for Birth Control. Gotta wonder what this chick was using in its stead. I hope she gets preggo with twins.

The third was for HCTZ. I guess if your BP is controlled for “most of the month” that’s okay…I wonder if their doctor would agree…

Pick up your meds, people! I take the time to fill them.

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You want it back, eh? Plus, Roger Clemens is a DOUCHE - Double POST!

Posted by The *Angriest* Pharmacist as --Not Pharmacy--, Baseball, Rude, Stupid People, True Story, Work Sucks

This guy brought us a prescription. It was for Glipizide ER 5mg po qd. The other pharmacist received the Rx (it was my day off) and told the man that it he was going to have to call the doctor to verify the order because Glipizide calls itself XL and not ER (and it was Friday). He told the patient that he wanted to make sure the doctor wasn’t meaning another medicine (what that could be, I don’t know). He’s an older, cautious pharmacist. He makes people wait sometimes because he’s a little slow when it comes to pulling the trigger, and that irritates people. But, I can promise you one thing, he won’t make a mistake. He gets shit right the first time. Anyway, this was at 8pm.

It was sent my way. I called the MD today and they said yup, it’s supposed to be XL po qd. Everything is correct as is (I of course noted my call in red ink on the Rx - and that it was correct). So, I filled it and had it ready by 10 or 11am today. The patient came in around 5pm to pick it up. My tech was in the process of checking him out, and he asked how many tablets. She told him 30. He immediately became livid. “THAT’S ONLY A 15 DAY SUPPLY! You mean I have to come back in two weeks and pay the same copay? This is ridiculous! What kinda stuff are you people trying to pull? Blah Blah Blah!”

I, of course, intervened and sent the tech to do something else. I pulled out the bottle and showed the person it was for a 30 days supply (he wouldn’t listen to my experienced tech because, of course, she doesn’t know shit - she’s a tech! Right? Riiiiight). He began yelling at me that it was supposed to be for 60 and taken BID (he even said BID - it’s so cute when they learn medical jargon isn’t it?). I told him I called the doctor myself to verify the script and the nurse, Donna (I even produced her name - +1 for me), confirmed everything on the prescription. He didn’t believe me, of course, because pharmacists aren’t trustworthy. So, I dug out the script and showed him. He couldn’t believe that the doctor did this to him! He even went as far as telling me he could die because of this screw up. I told him that was unlikely, and I would call again tomorrow to verify it all AGAIN. Nope, not good enough. I “had my chance” as he so eloquently put it.

He wanted the script back. He was going to Walgreens! I told him it would be a minute because I would have to remove the label from the back, and that can sometimes be a delicate process (our stickers will destroy a script - why is the glue so strong? Hell if I know). I started to remove it, and it was going to tear the Rx…probably rip it in half. The paper was cheap. The glue was dried. He told me to, “just give him the damn thing.” He went on to berate me for, “filling it wrong.” I profusely apologized for filling the prescription exactly as the doctor had written it and next time I would ask him for suggestions first.

“I’m going to Walgreens. They’ll fill it like I tell them to!”

Fellow pharmacists. For this schmuck to think that someone would fill an Rx differently because the patient said so means, to me, that someone must have done that before for him. Tell me this is NOT true.

I told him good luck and sent him on his way. He would need luck for Walgreens to fill a prescription with my sticker on the back, my handwriting on the front in red ink stating, “Rx verified by Donna to be Glipizide XL 5mg po qd on 5/7/07 at 9:25am,” and on top of all else, it’s damn near torn all the way through from my ’sticker removal attempt’. Did I mention he’ll have to wait about an hour if they will fill it at all? The closest Walgreens fills about 800 a day (prolly more on Monday…The first Monday of the month even).

Can you imagine it? “Uhh, well my doctor wrote Ibuprofen 800mg #20, but he meant to put Vicodin #120. He told me to tell you.”
“Okay, lemme get that ready for you.” Whatever…

-=+=-

Roger Clemens is a no-good piece of shit. I don’t care if he’s one of the greatest pitchers of all time. I don’t care if he’ll be first ballot for the Hall-of-Fame with 96% approval. We are more than a month into the season. Some teams have been through their rotation 7 times already. He’s strung along these teams since before spring training with his bullshit quotes like, “If I do come back it’ll only be with the Astros, Yankees, or RedSox.” He’s bantered and bartered for money with all three. Other teams contacted his agent to offer more money, and they spat at them. Listen up Clemens, if you want to be a part of the team then join the damn team. Don’t think about joining the team. Don’t say you’re going to join the team. Don’t think about saying your going to join the team. Join the damn team. Play baseball. Baseball has given you hundreds of millions of dollars, endorsement deals, fans, praise, and I’m sure some hookers on the side, and this is how you treat our national past time - with this amount of contempt? Eat shit.

As of right now the Red Sox are doing great. They’re 20-10 and 5 games plus ahead of the Yankees. The Astros are struggling. They are 13-17 and 7 plus games behind the Brewers (Holy shit, who woulda thunk it?). I’m sure they woulda liked haven the Rocket take the ball in seven of those games. It could have been a spark that made them play a little better.

Every game counts. Let me say again. EVERY GAME COUNTS. It may be a long, grueling 162-game season, but every win and loss does matter. Don’t believe me? Last year the Cardinals ate shit the last month of the season. They lost something like 10 straight…TWICE! The Astros ended the season a mere 1.5 games behind the soon-to-be ‘worst’ World Series Champion of all time. Imagine where they would have ended their season with Clemens taking the hill for them 25-30 times? Might have made a big damn difference. We could be praising the Astros as world champs. Instead, even last year, he dicked around and FINALLY signed with the ‘Stros three-quarters of the way through the season. He started 19 games. He won 7, lost 6. Not too good, but extrapolate that to 30. He woulda (statistically) won 11 games and lost 9. Add those wins to the totals. The Astros make the playoffs 0.5 games ahead of the Cardinals. Fuck you, Roger Clemens. I’m glad I’m not older and have kids that would idolize you. I’d ground them for owning your baseball card. I’d berate them for uttering your name. I’d spank them for buying your jersey.

They kept Mark McGwire out of the Hall of Fame for alleged steroid use (Yeah, it looks bad, but so far, there’s no real proof. All we know for sure is that he is NOT a snitch). I sincerely hope that the only way you ever see Cooperstown is on a map. You don’t deserve it. Not for this shit. Not for doing it this way. I hate you.

Loving baseball since little league,

Slinging pills to pay the bills,

The Angriest Pharmacist

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