Pharmacy 'Parody'

[mhb08112]

Stumbled across this on Youtube - are we sure this is a parody, not a documentary?

YouTube - [Parody] "Your Local Pharmacy"

[bluemerlin]

How this reminds me of the branch i worked at and why i resigned.

[johnep]

This is not a parody. quite routine in many branches. Often they have not even started on yesterdays scripts as yet. The habit of leaving you on the front when you have no prior knowledge of the pts or what is like to have been done also very common. Much better for the pharmacist to proceed with labelling while routine staff deal with queries.
Of course a lot of items will be as yet unpacked in the orders littering the floor.
I wonder how they managed to film in a real BTC?
johnep

[Pharmanaut]

This is not a parody. quite routine in many branches. Often they have not even started on yesterdays scripts as yet. The habit of leaving you on the front when you have no prior knowledge of the pts or what is like to have been done also very common. Much better for the pharmacist to proceed with labelling while routine staff deal with queries.
Of course a lot of items will be as yet unpacked in the orders littering the floor.
I wonder how they managed to film in a real BTC?
johnep

Thought I'd watch it before it gets squashed.
Though I don't work for Boots this kind of thing isn't limited to them.
Hunt the script is the worst part of the job.
It makes us look foolish when we strip the shop down in a panic looking for it only to be told - it must still be at the doctor's.

Chasing scripts with collection and delivery services is a drain on staff resources.
Pity that we as a profession ever got into it.

[Fleegle]

And about time too...

Been there, done it, and left with the T-shirt. All too often as well. Locums especially take note....This is it dudes!

[DavidS]

No way this is a parody. Although the staff are usually nicer than this, they have even less time, usually.

And where were the addicts? Two minutes past nine and not an addict to be seen!

I've emailed the link to everyone who knows I'm a chemist, who thinks its a stress-free job.

[Pharmanaut]

No way this is a parody. Although the staff are usually nicer than this, they have even less time, usually.

And where were the addicts? Two minutes past nine and not an addict to be seen!

I've emailed the link to everyone who knows I'm a chemist, who thinks its a stress-free job.

Would you show it to the next generation of pharmacists, who have been promised a clinical future?
The video only shows you the first 5 minutes of the day, I bet it all went downhill from there.
Though I did think the pharmacist was holding it together quite well.
If you have seen the film "Stir Crazy" I bet she was saying her mantra "Oh Shi, Oh Shi", as many of us 'long timers' do each day.

I've often wondered why we don't synchronise our dispensing activities with the bus and other timetables and all the miscellaneous appointments that we are responsible for people missing.

[DavidS]

Though I did think the pharmacist was holding it together quite well.
If you have seen the film "Stir Crazy" I bet she was saying her mantra "Oh Shi, Oh Shi", as many of us 'long timers' do each day.

My experience of Alliance Boots at 9.02am is that we are sorting out a locker key, a day pass, the combinations of all the doors that need to be passed to get from one floor to another, and a code for the tills. Along with this I usually go to the loo, find the water cooler, and terrorise lots of assistants who have never seen me before and wonder if I'm a criminal or lunatic.

I don't get a chance to smile at a customer until about 9,10 usually. It is a sincere smile, though - I'm usually holding back the laughter by that time. I find that learning to laugh at the witticisms of staff and customers, even when unintentional, is a required skill in open-plan dispensaries.

At least in Boots they don't keep a running balance of the running methadone. That's one stressor out of the way, it's never right, is it? [warning: off topic shift coming]

[johnep]

We are also responsible for parking fines, cars with a ticket or police involvement as left on double yellow lines, children and dogs left in cars etc etc.
johnep

[Pharmanaut]

We are also responsible for parking fines, cars with a ticket or police involvement as left on double yellow lines, children and dogs left in cars etc etc.
johnep

Hence, "Responsible Pharmacist".