A Typical Day

 In honour of going back to work today, I thought I'd write a pharmacy related post. I have mentioned time and time again that I live in a retirement community. So you can imagine the majority of customers that stroll shuffle through the doors each day.

 I'm taking a page from Nicole at Not Before My Tea and I'm writing out a list- of the typical customers that will walk through our pharmacy doors in a typical day.

//1  Mr. Inquisitive.This is the customer with ALL of the questions. It doesn't matter how busy I may be, or how busy the pharmacist happens to be, this person will always ask as many questions as he feels because he's curious and doesn't care that he's holding up a bunch of people.

//2  Mr. Ignorant. This customer acts like he doesn't understand that things cost money. He just assumes that certain items are free until he is told otherwise. Or he jokingly asks if he has to pay for it, secretly hoping I'll take pity and let him have it for free. (I don't.)

//3  Mrs. HOW Much!? The old lady that is shocked and appalled at our prices. every. single. day. I know, things are rather expensive in a small pharmacy like ours. But, I just can't stand it when someone knows that a bottle of vitamins will be $8.99 just like last time and has to sigh and go on and on about it before finally handing over the cash.


 //4  Mrs. Trusty Pants. This customer is often one of my favourites because she is usually kind and sweet. She doesn't look at the price of any item because she trusts me. She will fork over any amount of money for a pack of gum and not think twice about it. She also carries around an obscene amount of cash in her wallet. It's a damn good thing she lives in the kind of community that we live in because in a big city she would be fresh meat for any criminal.

//5  The Junkies. There is always a handful of these folks. I usually refer to them as the All Stars. Sadly this person is completely addicted to his prescription medicine. This person will say and do anything to get this medication even when it's too early. He will give every excuse no matter how ridiculous. He has no shame and will say whatever it takes to get what he wants. Often the worst of the bunch.

Via

 //6   Debbie Downer. Oh this person is always sick. This person's boss is such an asshole. This person has had everything bad you can possibly imagine happen to her. She doubts that the new anti-depressant she's been prescribed will work. She doesn't think that her family will ever understand how hard her life is. She just wants to talk about herself. She chooses to talk only to hear her own voice and she has absolutely zero interest in anyone else. This person, is a real treat.

 //7  The Over-Sharer. Ahh, yes. This person will tell you about her poop, she'll tell you that she hasn't had sex in over a year and that she definitely thinks her husband left her because he was sleeping with her best friend. Oh dear, this one is even more of a treat than Debbie Downer because she doesn't get how uncomfortable she is making me...

 //8   The Friend In Real Life. This is always complicated because working in a pharmacy leads to some pretty personal issues. I try to be as discreet as possible and as disinterested to what this friend is in to pick up. I also take pride in the fact that I am very professional and never even consider sharing this kind of information with anyone.

This is my friend Holly. She came to the pharmacy once or twice. No big deal, but she's my friend and was a customer. LOL- hey, I needed a picture..!!

 //9  The Proud Blue Pill User. Yes, this man is often very proud that he is still having sex. So proud that he likes to order his blue pills in a loud, booming voice from the front doorway. He orders his pills and announces to us (and whoever else is waiting in the pharmacy) that he will be back after he has some coffee.

//10 The Perv. The perv is always an old man, in my case. He doesn't care that his jokes are very inappropriate and make the (again, twenty something year old) pharmacy tech very uncomfortable. He comments on my appearance and how I look good enough to Insert Inappropriate Verb Here. He is usually sexist as well as inappropriate and most likely a little racist too. He thinks he's a real charmer and is often pissing his Depend wearing pants because he's also currently shitfaced as well. (For the record- I have not come across a perv with all of these qualities. I was just putting together a few pervs to create the worst possible perv I could imagine.)

This is actually my brother in law Joe. He doesn't read my blog, so this is even funnier.

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