[rafhelp]

what can i say, ive heard people say 'if you cant trust a pharmacist who can you trust', but it is simply not true. There may be decent pharmacists out there but quite a few are simply power tripping, especially independant pharmacists who own their own pharmacies, they treat you like dirt because they work for themselves and therefore you cant report them to seniors if they treat you badly. Some have the view 'its my pharmacy i can do what i want' even if this means breaking the law, insulting/hurting someone feelings.

Ive been in situations where the boss will get all aggresive/stressed out with you over little things such as not sticking bag-labels on straight, but then a few minutes later they will laughing and joking on the phone with someone as though nothing had happened leaving me confused as to why they freaked out on me.

I think issues like this are common in pharmacies especially independents as the managers/pharmacist are in positions of control and quite often this can be abused. Most staff especially pre-regs then put up with the grief/abuse they get for whatever reason. I mean its hard finding pre-reg places as it is, so when you find one you dont want to leave it. Tutors know this and they may take advantage of this, when you start pre-reg not only are you the 'new guy' but you have a lot of expectations and pressures from tutors and staff. Now if you dont get along with your tutor, or if you upset your tutor (maybe you didnt say Hi to then one morning or you dont make good tea for them) you dont want to say anything because then they might not sign you off. If a tutor lets their personal feelings towards you affect their decision as to not sign you off then isnt this wrong, unprofessional and incompetent. But at the end of the day what can be one, it would be your word against the pharmacists (now guess who they would believe), I mean you can have all the evidence log sheets you need, but your tutor can still just turn around and say, 'im not signing you off' (which has happened to me) but what can you do.

In quite lot of cases when doing your pre-reg you will be thinking which is the right way to do such a thing, but if you have worked in different places you will know there can be more than one 'right method' of doing something (for example filing prescriptions). Now if you dont do it the way they do it, does it make you incompetent? If you still achieve the deserved outcome does it matter how it was done. Fine in some cases following exact company procedures is essential but not for everything.