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I've just come back from the local chemist and I'm a little less than impressed with the service in there. I'm sure it's not the same everywhere, but I always seem to pick the worst ones.
All I needed was some something to relieve the pain from some rather nasty mosquito bites that I acquired. I had a fair number of them and they itched like hell. Now I know that this isn't the sort of thing you go to the doctor with and there's nothing worse than a hypochondriac, so this is why I thought it would be a good idea to go down to the local chemist and ask for advice. It's not rocket science and I would have thought that they would probably know what works and what doesn't.
Not the case though, instead of a helpful and fairly knowledgeable assistant, I was faced with someone that clearly would have been better suited to a job behind some supermarket checkout. I didn't need highly trained expert advice and I wasn't expecting to talk to someone with a medical background. I thought I could at least count on the fact that they would know a little bit about the products they were selling though and be able to offer some basic advice.
I felt I was just an inconvenience to her ...
This woman clearly didn't give a damn whether or not I got what I required and I felt as if I was just an inconvenience to her. When I enquired about what was good to treat the bites and which works best, I was just pointed at an array of products all claiming to do the same thing. No advice, no suggestions, just pick something and off you go.
I think at the very least counter staff in a chemist shop should be trained and given some basic knowledge of the products they have on sale. A little guidance and at the very least good interpersonal skills would go a long way.
And another thing, why is it the only person who can make up a prescription goes off to lunch between twelve and two? It's almost like they know that is the only time you can get out of work.
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And yes, am a pharmacist and have been for 7 years after I completed my five years of training.
how do I know that he or she herself is as pure as the driven snow? he or she could be using any kind of substance, legal or illeagal for all I know.
I take a couple of syndols every night, it gets me off to sleep nicely. However on a number of occasions including this morning I have actually been refused, despite asking politely and having the money. I think this is totally outrageous. The syndol company want to sell me their product and I wish to buy their product. It is not fair on the workers of the syndol company (based in oldham) that pharmacy workers block the sale of their product. The law should be that if a person wishes to buy an over the counter product he should be sold that product !
Saturday girl