Do You Need Reminders To Eat, Too?
Impossible Demands, Pharmacy, Reddit, Stupid | Healthy Right | CREDIT: WaitWut7 | April 8, 2022
I work in a pharmacy, and I got a call from a patient.

Patient: “I got notice that a script is about to be returned, and I want to know what it is.”

Me: “Your [diabetes medication] was filled almost two weeks ago, but it’s still available for pickup.”

He freaked out.

Patient: “Why wasn’t it with the other meds I picked up recently?!”

Me: “The doctor didn’t send in the refill until two days after your last pickup.”

Patient: “Well, no wonder I’ve been feeling so sick lately! Don’t you know I need to be taking my [medication] every day?! I haven’t taken it for two weeks if it wasn’t with the other meds that I picked up! I don’t look at what I’m getting. I just know that you guys are supposed to fill everything all at once! Why would you let me go two weeks without my [medication]?!”

Me: “It has been ready for pickup for almost two weeks, and you can come to pick it up at any time.”

I didn’t mention the fact that this was the third notice we had sent about his [medication] being ready for pickup.

He just continued to yell at me.

Patient: “It’s your fault I’ve been feeling sick! It’s your job to make sure I’m getting all of my meds at once so I don’t miss any!”

No matter how many times I explained it, he didn’t grasp the fact that we were waiting on the doctor to send in the refill.

It’s a good thing he brought all of this to my attention; I was unaware that I had picked up a second job as his personal nurse.