Mar
The WAR Continues
Posted by The *Angriest* Pharmacist as Blogs I like, Me being a dick, Me hating others, Rude, True Story, store
Which war you ask? Of course, the WAR BETWEEN PHARMACISTS AND CHIROPRACTORS. In honor of my chiropractor, who has been made privy to this site, I’ve made a couple funny t-shirts. We’ve had a few good conversations about beliefs, traditions, and principles of both of our professions. I’ve cited many peer-reviewed research studies. He’s cited a lot of…well…anecdotal evidence…
Pharmacist 1, Chiropractors 0
It could be worst I could be a silly CHIROPRACTOR
Love, your local PHARMACIST
It could be worst I could be a silly pharmacist
Love, your local CHIROPRACTOR
TheAngriestPharmacist’s T-Shirt Heaven
Jul
New Site for us to Enjoy
Posted by The *Angriest* Pharmacist as Blogs I like, Lazy People, Management, PHARMACY SECRETS!, Patient Education, Stupid People, True Story, Work Sucks
Hello all….a long time e-friend of mine has revamped his site to something similar to NotAlwaysRight.com — tales of the retail world on the wrong side of the counter — the side getting yelled at by some fat, ugly, chimney.
Only at DumbMedicine.com, the tales relate to conversations and the absurdness between patient and practictioner (or nurse, or pharmacist, or even another patient). You can post anonymously if you choose and a rating system will help determine the Quotation PROS from the Quotation HOES. So, I want everyone to go there and share at least one story with DM.
I’m going to post a few short things on there, and they have been given permission to manually put any of my anecdotes into their database. But, as an upstart site of this type, they need help bringing the funny. One pharmacist can’t do it all…he’s given us a venue, now let’s amuse one another!
Jun
Good Rant on Self-Checkouts
Posted by The *Angriest* Pharmacist as --Not Pharmacy--, Blogs I like, Courtesy, GUEST CONTRIBUTOR, Me being a dick, Work Sucks
This was all thought up and written by Kurtis – I loved it and decided to share it with the world:
I know it’s not pharmacy related, but today I waited in line for 10 whole minutes waiting for not 1, not 2, nor 3, but 4 idiots to figure out how to use the self-checkout registers at a grocery store that I work in as a pharmacy tech (soon to be intern). The horrible part is these same idiots come to the pharmacy bothering me about things they know even less about, but are convinced that they are experts on. Thus, I present a new set of rules that I think should take effect immediately to prevent my lunch break from being ruined ever again:
New U-Scan Limitations to be Enacted Immediately:
1.) 15 items or less only. I do not know how many times I’ve seen someone bring a whole cartful of groceries through the U-Scan. It just ticks everybody off; just because there is no line at the U-Scan when you get there does not mean you can check yourself out any faster than if you waited in line and had somebody who knows what they are doing do it for you. Also, when you are done, you’ve created an angry mob in line behind you.
2.) Your IQ must be greater than 80. I think this is pretty generous considering this is one standard deviation lower than the median IQ. The U-Scan machine is a simple device that consists of a holding area for your unpurchased groceries (notice how small it is? seems to indicate a hand basket or less…see rule #1), a laser that scans barcodes, a touch screen that displays all of your options as you check out, an area to pay cash or credit, and a holding areas for your scanned groceries. The trickiest part of all of this is that the second holding area is a scale; it senses changes in weight to let the machine know that what you scan is what you are placing in the bags; this prevents theft. You cannot lean on, place a purse on, or have your snot-nosed kids touch or play with this scale or the whole process must be stopped and continued by a clerk. Do not get angry at the employee who runs the U-Scan if you cannot figure out how to work the darn machine. And remember, when the machine says “Waiting for cashier,” it doesn’t mean its waiting on the employee, its waiting on YOU! Odds are if you break rule #1, you are also breaking rule #2.
3.) You must be less than 65 years old. You grew up with local clerks who ran cashiers. They probably wore aprons and sweeped porches with brooms. Go take a nostalgic trip down memory lane by telling this modern 16 year old kid all about the local shop in your town, and how everyone met there every weekend for rootbeer floats or to find out if it was going to rain because Clem’s leg was swelling up, or to ask a young lady’s father if you could court her. Tell him how much a peppermint stick used to cost in 1879, tell him how you used to stare at the expensive chocolate bars, complain about anything and everything that has changed. Sure, after 10 minutes of this story the cashier may begin to fidget and the other customers may begin to get angry, but hey, you’ve saved us all a train wreck because you didn’t use the U-SCAN! Even if you obey rules #1 and #2, you still will not be efficient at using this complicated technological machinery. Cashiers; to screen for ages, simply ask an elderly looking person for their Medicare card. Their eyes will light up as they think to themselves, “Medicare pays for food!?” as they proudly show you their “Red, white, and blue” card. Kindly inform them that they are over the age limit and direct them to the nearest open register. Tell them it’s a special service for the elderly of the neighborhood, they’ll eat that up.
Apr
Drug Topics Testing Waters of Pharmacy Blogosphere
Posted by The *Angriest* Pharmacist as Blogs I like, Courtesy, Drug Topics, My nose itches, Surveys, True Story, Update
I’m sure all of you remember my Viewpoint that was submitted to Drug Topics Magazine. I toned down my writing and penned what I thought was a very inspired piece worthy of publishing. It outlined the plight of a pharmacist, Chris, who was reprimanded for taking a bathroom break. Yet, DT didn’t publish it because they receive ad revenue from the usual suspects — the chains that would be so bold, so brash as to punish an employee for taking a tinkle.
Today, Drug Topics sent out a research questionnaire/survey to an unknown number of email addresses. The email address associated with my REAL name was selected. I, of course, obliged as they were going to give out five $100 gift cards. I’m all about free money. [Go ahead and take 10 minutes and take the survey -- let them know that you support and read the pharmacy blogs!]
I had finished about 75% of the study when I was taken aback at the question.
Well, now we’re talking! Of course I read the blogs. Hell, I write this one. I read Angry, DrugMonkey, JP, and hit all of the others at least once a month.
So, I continue on to the next question, and what do I see? Holy mother of god…
Which blogs do you read? Well, I’ll be damned! I read all of those, and I have a little bias towards one of them! That was it for the Pharmacy Blog questions…
That begs the questions, “Why do they want to know? Why do they care?” I wasn’t really sure when I took these screenshots, but I let it sit for a bit and I figured it out. I also referred back to some emails that were sent between me, Angry, Drug Monkey, and the king of all pharmacy, JP at Large.
DT is losing the battle. Print is dying, and the blog is emerging as the new hotness. The problem I see with this, and I encounter on this blog all the time, is that you cannot trust the information you read. I cannot trust the information in a comment or on a random blog. Hell, any hack with 20 bucks can start a blog/website. The information in a reputable magazine, like Drug Topics, can be trusted (except the shit in the ads).
They are testing the waters. They want to see just how popular the blogs are. Once they realize the amount of hits (and potential ad revenue) that exists on my blog, Angry, JP, et al. they are going to make some changes.
The proposal was made to allow the bloggers to have some sort of running column like JP has — where myself, Angry, and DrugMonkey would contribute an article here and there and see where it went. I was all for it — hell, I think I was the first on board. I’d love to reach more readers and, more importantly, bring more people to the site to read my old material and help inspire more comments, discussion, and new posts.
Yet, they stayed silent. Not enough COURTESY to even tell me no, later, wait, or anything. Now here they are, sticking their toe in the deep end.
Well, I’m still here. I’m still waiting…
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