A Tablet A Day Doesn't Keep The Stupid Away

Chronicling the journey of a young pharmacist trying to stay afloat amid a sea of stupid.

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Computers will reduce prescription errors, they said.

Mhmmmmmm 🙄

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When the doctors don’t have much hope for you.

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Lab technician: The patient is asking to renew their cream early. They said they ran out. Can I fill it?

Me: Sure! Just leave a note in the file why we filled it early.

Nice.

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I feel like it's my duty to make this at some point.

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That's 20K in a box right there.

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When your printer is slightly off!

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Got this lovely prescription today. Answer after the break.

Freestyle sensors

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The numbers say it all!

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Some lady called to complain that we put the wrong doctor on her husband's eye drops.

"My husband goes to Dr Silver. I don't know who this Dr Green is!"

"I apologise for that error. I will fix it right away in our system."

"This is a very serious mistake! Now I'm worried you gave us the wrong medication!"

"I can assure you that it's the correct medication. The doctors have very similar licenses and the handwriting wasn't very clear."

She continues to ask me questions about the medication, which I gladly answer. She's still upset and not the nicest, so I decided to crack a joke to lighten up the mood before ending the conversation and hanging up.

"Okay ma'am it's fixed. Look, you got a different colour. Instead of getting silver, you got green!"

"This is not a joke. It's not funny"

She hangs up right after.

Man, tough crowd! My sense of humour is under appreciated.

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Bootleg hand sanitizer from a vodka distillery!

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Today we received some bootleg (not really!) Spanish Ventolin!

I can't dispense this to my patients! The pharmaceutical company literally just slapped a tiny sticker on the box and called it a day.

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My face when a customer asks for sodium-free salt and then I learn it's an actual thing.

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Another hidden treasure

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93 yo lady calling in: My dentist prescribed me some antibiotics. I wanna know if I can have my ounce of vodka with dinner cuz there's nothing else to do in self-isolation and we could use some happiness these days.

Me:

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The fact this needs to be said. 🤦🏻‍♂️

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I made a pun!

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Always be prepared!