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Pharmacy Times

June 2022
Volume88
Issue 6

Pet Peeves: June 2022

Brought to you by The Sassy Pharmacist

Impatient Patients

Individuals who ask whether the terminal is open when you have been open for 5 minutes.

Chatty Cathy

Customers in the passenger window who try to talk to pharmacy employers in the drive through.

Dr No

A physician submits a prescription with no directions, so the pharmacist calls to clarify the script, and the patient gets mad and says, “I’ve been taking this medication for 10 years, twice a day!”

What’s Bothering You?

Bossy patients, abandoned prescriptions, drive-through demands? We want to know! Send your pet peeves to cmollison@pharmacytimes.com. We’ll share them here and online.

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