No Respect!!! My story

[cadbury-king]

Dont know about you but i get no respect for bieng a pharmacist....Here is a true story


So im on holiday at some beautiful reasort in a beautiful part of the world and happen to find my self at the cocktail bar.A female comes to the cocktail bar and i manage to strike a conversation with her..EVERYTHING IS GOING WELL....Then she mentions that shes a medic in training and then asks what i do....i say im a pharmacists, studied pharmacy.....THE NEXT FEW SECONDS SUCKED.....she then said "oh thats nice, listen i will come have a chat with you later"....Needless to say i never saw that girl again.


No Respect!!!!

Maybe i should have said im a vet or architect ...oh well

[Nik]

You would've got further if you told her you were a pornstar.

[cadbury-king]

good idea il try that next time

[vanquish s]

thats funny, when I use it it automatically grabs interest lol, especially in the states and malaysia.

[hibernia]

So im on holiday at some beautiful reasort in a beautiful part of the world and happen to find my self at the cocktail bar.A female comes to the cocktail bar and i manage to strike a conversation with her..EVERYTHING IS GOING WELL....Then she mentions that shes a medic in training and then asks what i do....i say im a pharmacists, studied pharmacy.....THE NEXT FEW SECONDS SUCKED.....she then said "oh thats nice, listen i will come have a chat with you later"....Needless to say i never saw that girl again.

Sad story but don't beat yourself up over it. My guess is that she ISN'T a medic in training, realised you as a pharmacist would soon figure that out so got away before her cover was blown.

Alternative theory. She IS a medic in training and didn't want to be with somebody who knows far, far more than her.

[Pharmanaut]

Sad story but don't beat yourself up over it. My guess is that she ISN'T a medic in training, realised you as a pharmacist would soon figure that out so got away before her cover was blown.

Alternative theory. She IS a medic in training and didn't want to be with somebody who knows far, far more than her.

First of all never lie...

Say you are a drug dealer.
Or you work for a Government Contractor and a lot of the work is confidential.



I remember being asked how many GSCEs do you need to be a pharmacist.

[radiohead]

Being from a Asian culture.
The order of preference is, starting from the top.
Doctor, accountant, lawyer, banker, dentist, shop owner, and then pharmacist.

Go figure!

[Tony Schofield]

Sad story but don't beat yourself up over it. My guess is that she ISN'T a medic in training, realised you as a pharmacist would soon figure that out so got away before her cover was blown.

Alternative theory. She IS a medic in training and didn't want to be with somebody who knows far, far more than her.

This is far more likely to be true. I am very closely involved with doctors of all ages and stages of career progression. Every one of them remembers an occasion when a pharmacist saved their professional backside. They all respect pharmacists very much.

I note a worrying willingness amongst contributors to this site to think ill of pharmacy and their own role within it. Pharmacy is not just that dished out by Boots and Lloyds. I am a pharmacist like all of you and started with less than most. I have had a fantastic time, particularly since the mid 1990s and I have done very well. If I can, everyone else here who so carelessly and casually disrespects pharmacy with their belittling contributions can also.

Please remember that if you don't respect yourself no-one else can be expected to respect you.

[Tony Schofield]

" Being from a Asian culture.
The order of preference is, starting from the top.
Doctor, accountant, lawyer, banker, dentist, shop owner, and then pharmacist.

Go figure!"

And this is published where?

We practice in the UK not an Asian country. UK pharmacy and pharmacists, particularly with the advent of the masters degree and independent prescribing has never had a higher stock in the world.

I don't care what the penguins and Polar bears think about me, nor the argentines or French. I care only how my patients and colleagues (not just pharmacists) perceive me.

If I cared about respect in an Asian country, which you have chosen to use as a comparison, I would buy a medical degree in Calcutta market.

I am not disrespecting Indian doctors but pointing out that medical qualifications are available for sale in Asia and there are "doctors" practicing with them. If status was all I wished for, that is an avenue open to anyone who doesn't want the inconvenience of working for a reputeable qualification

[Tony Schofield]

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Seems like you don't even need to go to "Calcutta"!!