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Chemists.

Why do they always make you wait?
Today I handed over a prescription to the lady behind the counter. She took the item from the shelves and put it to one side and then told me it would be ready in 15 minutes.
What do they do in that time?

Comments

  • I think someone else has to verify its the right stuff.
  • Prescription waiting times up?

    Wait til Milliband and Farrage get hold of this!!
  • Print the label with the patient's name and dosage; check name/dosage against the prescription; and that the doctor has got the dosage right I suspect.
  • A friend of a friend had strained a testicle, it came up like a cricket ball and was incredibly painful when touched . He went to the quack who gave him a prescription for a "support" to keep his clothes away from the painful knacker while it recovered.

    Having stood up on the bus all the way to there, he limped into the crowded pharmacy and handed his prescription over to the lass behind the counter. Two minutes later the chemist popped his head up from behind the partition and shouted "Mr Laws?... Small, medium or large?".
  • A friend of a friend had strained a testicle, it came up like a cricket ball and was incredibly painful when touched . He went to the quack who gave him a prescription for a "support" to keep his clothes away from the painful knacker while it recovered.

    Having stood up on the bus all the way to there, he limped into the crowded pharmacy and handed his prescription over to the lass behind the counter. Two minutes later the chemist popped his head up from behind the partition and shouted "Mr Laws?... Small, medium or large?".

    Unbelievable his name is not Laws!!!
  • iaitch said:

    I think someone else has to verify its the right stuff.

    They check bets in corals and it takes 20 seconds.
    And why do they need to label it? It's mine, I'm right in front of them and I'm not going to post it to myself.
  • iaitch said:

    I think someone else has to verify its the right stuff.

    They check bets in corals and it takes 20 seconds.
    And why do they need to label it? It's mine, I'm right in front of them and I'm not going to post it to myself.
    If they get your bet wrong in Corals they won't kill you maybe?
  • Back in the old days.....mate of mine wanted to buy some condoms but was a bit shy to ask the female chemist assistant and whispered 2 or 3 times before she finally heard him. A few moments later he exited the shop with a bottle of Earex. Just too embarrassed to point out the error.
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  • cafcfan said:

    iaitch said:

    I think someone else has to verify its the right stuff.

    They check bets in corals and it takes 20 seconds.
    And why do they need to label it? It's mine, I'm right in front of them and I'm not going to post it to myself.
    If they get your bet wrong in Corals they won't kill you maybe?
    It might be an interesting gamble. Wait 15 minutes or have it now and take the risk.
  • edited May 2015

    cafcfan said:

    iaitch said:

    I think someone else has to verify its the right stuff.

    They check bets in corals and it takes 20 seconds.
    And why do they need to label it? It's mine, I'm right in front of them and I'm not going to post it to myself.
    If they get your bet wrong in Corals they won't kill you maybe?
    It might be an interesting gamble. Wait 15 minutes or have it now and take the risk.
    BTW, my doctor is about 4 miles away so my local pharmacy runs a service whereby you take a repeat prescription to them, they send it to the doctor to sign off and you pick up your drugs in a few days time. It's all ready to go then, no waiting. This service is just about to go computer-based as well, so no messing about with bits of paper. I'll be able to order my drugs on-line.
  • A friend of mine has a nice little biz as a prescription delivery service for quite a few local pharmacies .. mostly to the older or housebound folk in the outlying villages
  • iaitch said:

    I think someone else has to verify its the right stuff.

    They check bets in corals and it takes 20 seconds.
    Have you ever tried reading a Doctors handwriting? :-)
  • iaitch said:

    I think someone else has to verify its the right stuff.

    They check bets in corals and it takes 20 seconds.
    And why do they need to label it? It's mine, I'm right in front of them and I'm not going to post it to myself.
    What happens if the prescription says Viagra but the chemist accidently gives you laxatives? That's your night of passion gone for a burton.
  • Pharmacist has to check it.
  • I'm a pharmacist and it beats me why this is the case! This was not the case in my business but pharmacists and pharmacies vary across the board for oh so many reasons.
  • Chap asked me recently if he could have some Viagra eye drops so he could 'look hard' !
  • iaitch said:

    iaitch said:

    I think someone else has to verify its the right stuff.

    They check bets in corals and it takes 20 seconds.
    And why do they need to label it? It's mine, I'm right in front of them and I'm not going to post it to myself.
    What happens if the prescription says Viagra but the chemist accidently gives you laxatives? That's your night of passion gone for a burton.
    She wouldn't complain; if she did i'd crap on her head!
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