friday, cont'd
Jan. 5th, 2002 02:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rootofnewtafter being overjoyed with the ortho surgeon, i headed out... ashbet and i went back to the pharmacy, where i waited 45 minutes to pick up a prescription i'd dropped off three hours earlier. i also argued over the month's supply.
pharmacist: you only get a month's supply--30 pills, that's two pills, twice a day.
me: a month's supply of two pills, twice a day, is 60 pills, not 30.
pharmacist: are you sure?
me: ah, you must be using *new* math, which might be acceptable for high school graduates, but is not acceptable for pharmacy.
okay, i didn't say that, but i was tempted.
anyhow, after much argument, she gave me 60 pills. then, i realized she gave me the generic, not the name-brand. back i go, to ask to see the generic's ingredients (must check for food allergens).
pharmacist: um?? where would the ingredients be?
me: either on the bottle or on the insert attached to the original container.
pharmacist: they aren't on here.
me, pointing to insert glued to the lid of the bottle the pharmacist holds in his hand: try in here.
pharmacist: you might want to read this, it doesn't make much sense to me.
well, i read it, thanked him, and left.
i am never using another rite-aid again. in the last year, the service at rite-aid has gone completely downhill. i use them because they are convenient and i used to be able to get quick, intelligent service. no more. i went to the rite-aid above simply because it's my old pharmacy--i used to live and work nearby and the pharmacists knew and recognized me. those older folks aren't around anymore, though, and seem to have been replaced by overworked idiots.
time to find a new pharmacy.
after that fiasco, ashbet and i attempted to find parking downtown so we could visit her boy and a friend of ours. we couldn't find parking, so we parked illegally (gov't vehicles only, but none in sight) and waited with the vehicle. in time, her boy came and we headed home, to pick up ashbet's daughter.
we did a few things afterwards, went to cvs to pick up ashbet's prescriptions and my antihistamines (ashbet has furry feline beasties)... then we fetched boy from the metro, went to an aquarium store... boy loves fish. he was very happy.
then we tried to go to a restaurant which was, sadly, infested with soy. so we went back to ashbet's, where she fixed a WONDERFUL meal. :) we watched iron chef and animal detectives (poor rhinos)... boy and i came home and rested a bit, had our third meal (my third meal, his fourth) of indian fried rice.
yum.
so the day ended quite nicely, in spite of my pharmacy's attempt to invoke my wrath.
pharmacist: you only get a month's supply--30 pills, that's two pills, twice a day.
me: a month's supply of two pills, twice a day, is 60 pills, not 30.
pharmacist: are you sure?
me: ah, you must be using *new* math, which might be acceptable for high school graduates, but is not acceptable for pharmacy.
okay, i didn't say that, but i was tempted.
anyhow, after much argument, she gave me 60 pills. then, i realized she gave me the generic, not the name-brand. back i go, to ask to see the generic's ingredients (must check for food allergens).
pharmacist: um?? where would the ingredients be?
me: either on the bottle or on the insert attached to the original container.
pharmacist: they aren't on here.
me, pointing to insert glued to the lid of the bottle the pharmacist holds in his hand: try in here.
pharmacist: you might want to read this, it doesn't make much sense to me.
well, i read it, thanked him, and left.
i am never using another rite-aid again. in the last year, the service at rite-aid has gone completely downhill. i use them because they are convenient and i used to be able to get quick, intelligent service. no more. i went to the rite-aid above simply because it's my old pharmacy--i used to live and work nearby and the pharmacists knew and recognized me. those older folks aren't around anymore, though, and seem to have been replaced by overworked idiots.
time to find a new pharmacy.
after that fiasco, ashbet and i attempted to find parking downtown so we could visit her boy and a friend of ours. we couldn't find parking, so we parked illegally (gov't vehicles only, but none in sight) and waited with the vehicle. in time, her boy came and we headed home, to pick up ashbet's daughter.
we did a few things afterwards, went to cvs to pick up ashbet's prescriptions and my antihistamines (ashbet has furry feline beasties)... then we fetched boy from the metro, went to an aquarium store... boy loves fish. he was very happy.
then we tried to go to a restaurant which was, sadly, infested with soy. so we went back to ashbet's, where she fixed a WONDERFUL meal. :) we watched iron chef and animal detectives (poor rhinos)... boy and i came home and rested a bit, had our third meal (my third meal, his fourth) of indian fried rice.
yum.
so the day ended quite nicely, in spite of my pharmacy's attempt to invoke my wrath.
