Awkward and Work: TMI

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By MyPoorEyes - 19/03/2015 13:19 - Australia - Melbourne

Today, it was my first day working as a pharmacist. I quickly discovered that customers not only think that it makes me qualified to offer free medical advice, but they also have no qualms about showing me their various lumps, bumps, and vaginal leakages. FML

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By Anonymous - 18/06/2013 00:27 - United States - San Jose

Today, I started my new job as a cashier for a drugstore. As I scanned some children's medicine for a family, I gave the girl a tissue because her nose was running. Later, my boss sat me down and told me there had been a complaint about a "female pedo-employee." I'm the only woman working there. FML

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By Anonymous - 31/05/2020 20:00

Today, it was my first day as a pharm tech. Two hours into my shift, I came down with awful food poisoning, causing me to go to the restroom multiple times before eventually leaving. I'd filled multiple controlled substances today and can't help but think my coworkers are thinking I'm a drug addict. FML

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By professionalmedicineman - 11/08/2016 19:25 - United States - Arlington

Today, it was my first day at my new job as a receptionist at a small doctor's office. When the doctor's wife called and asked if he'd stepped out, I blanked the word "Doctor" and instead replaced it with, "Medicine man." FML

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Help needed

By Anonymous - 10/02/2022 11:59

Today, my daughter got her first period, so I went and got some products for her, certain that I knew what was needed. The lady cashier took one look in my basket and sympathetically asked if it was my daughter's first period and if I wanted help, since I clearly had no idea what I was doing. FML

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By dr mamour - 30/01/2013 21:57 - France - Paris

Today, during my first day as a medical intern in a new ward, I was performing a rectal exam. My supervisor thought it would be funny to burst into the room and scream, "Who are you?! You don't even work here, you pervert!" FML

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By Anonymous - 31/07/2009 21:05 - United States

Today, I needed to buy Vagisil. I went to the grocery store so I could use the self check-out. My item rung up incorrectly, so a girl came to help. She was new and having trouble, so she called more people to help. I ended up having five people around me talking about my Vagisil purchase. FML

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By -_- - 15/03/2016 01:46 - United States - Inverness

Today, I made an attempt to be nicer to customers at my job as instructed, which resulted in me listening to a handful of elderly people's incontinence issues, and a meth-addict's multiple abortions in detail. FML

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All fax, no printer

By pharmn00b - 08/07/2009 17:52 - United States

Today, at work, I was calling customers to tell them that they had prescriptions waiting to be picked up. It was a long list and every time I reached an answering machine I left our number so they could call us back. When I was finished, the pharmacist told me I been giving out our fax number. FML

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By jodafish - 08/11/2011 05:45 - Canada

Today, I was yelled at by a customer because I couldn't tell her where the vitamins were in the pharmacy. The manager came and yelled at me for being lazy and incompetent. I work in the store across the street from the pharmacy. FML

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By brokenarm - 03/03/2010 16:46 - Germany

Today, I went to the pharmacy and asked the very attractive pharmacist what to do about the terrible itching under my cast. She told me to "be a man and deal with it." FML

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Steve95401 49

Thursday 19 March 2015 17:45

Pharmacists are ranked, year after year, as one of the most trusted occupations. Often times, the customer's situation can be helped by an over the counter product that can be bought in your store.

WCARlover 34

Thursday 19 March 2015 17:46

...congrats on the new job!

Comments

TeddyBearDoctor 17

Thursday 19 March 2015 18:34

welcome to the world of health care where you realise just how shitty the general public is.

Eloxia 7

Thursday 19 March 2015 18:38

It's really helpful to have a good pharmacist and there are things I would rather ask the pharmacist than my doctor. Those questions are about which medications interact with each other and if certain medicines are better than others for certain problems. Also if I'm having a bad reaction to a medicine, the pharmacist is more likely to know about side effects and allergic reactions. Doctors don't necessarily know medications that well. I work in healthcare and see doctors prescribe things that could actually harm a patient because the patient has kidney problems or allergies. I have trouble with antibiotics and am allergic to many types. My pharmacist was once able to catch that my doctor prescribed me an antibiotic in the penicillin family, and that I'm allergic. This kept me from having an allergic reaction. So you see, pharmacists are important and save lives, too.

DoomedGemini 37

Sunday 22 March 2015 5:06

That's different, pharmacists should be able to do that. They should also be able to prescribe the best medication for an issue, but they probably can't diagnose most issues. And you definitely shouldn't be showing them areas you wouldn't show random people

needagoodlaugh 34

Thursday 19 March 2015 18:48

Welcome to pharmacy life.

haynesbrand93 6

Thursday 19 March 2015 19:00

oh what would you doooo to see my canker sore!!!!!!!!

Fobster06 20

Thursday 19 March 2015 19:01

Did working as a tech not prepare you for that?

fiveforfighting 26

Thursday 19 March 2015 19:14

If it keeps happening to the point where it's unbearable I would just tell them you don't know and that they should check with an actual doctor before they show you anything nasty. Congrats on the job though!

maz08 11

Thursday 19 March 2015 19:27

Sorry OP but if you're doing your job properly then yes, they are more than entitled to ask you for medical advice

elusiveshame 22

Thursday 19 March 2015 19:27

Generally when a person works in a store that specializes in a specific field, the employees would generally learn about the products they sell and support. Nobody is going into RadioShack to ask about custom software or selling you contracts, so no idea why you would associate that with Bill Gates.

karma_kicks_back 16

Thursday 19 March 2015 19:40

I can only imagine (and shudder) as to how the conversation - well, show and tell - regarding the vaginal leakage went down. I can't imagine going to the girls in my pharmacy and actually showing them that. (I have a chronic illness that means I see them regularly but come on! Actually visual aids as to vaginal problems is going a bit far) FYL OP.