Awkward and Work: TMI

TMI

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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Breaking Badly

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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Sigma grindset

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

kstizzle_504 8

Friday 20 March 2015 4:42

This happened to me while in Nursing SCHOOL by my friends, family, and family friends. Minus people showing me their vaginas.

yupitsbethxo 12

Friday 20 March 2015 4:45

How'd you get your pharmD and not expect that to happen in community pharmacy? Go back and do a residency while you're still young! Fyl.

Pharmkitty 11

Friday 20 March 2015 6:32

I could tell countless silly stories similar to this, considering I'm a 3rd year pharmacy student and have worked in a pharmacy since I was 17. I have to wonder if you worked only in a hospital setting rather than a community pharmacy setting. As a pharmacist giving free medical advice IS your job. You have a PharmD. You might be a little green, but you'll learn to laugh at all the weird and/or gross things that come up. I love it. I always have some crazy story to tell (minus names and too much info for HIPAA, of course!). 8 years of college is too much to not find some enjoyment in a job! Or maybe you'll find you're better suited to hospital or long-term care pharmacy. Good luck!!

lefsetang 15

Friday 20 March 2015 7:25

Welcome to the medical field.

Bree4all 7

Friday 20 March 2015 7:47

And now the puppy's eyes are open. You'll know that you're really a pharmacist when you get to the end of a day like this and tell your friends that nothing unusual happened.

shiny_shipper 28

Friday 20 March 2015 7:56

At least the pay is good?

nyagemini23 22

Friday 20 March 2015 12:41

Poor you, that's just gross

elusiveshame 22

Friday 20 March 2015 12:44

Really? Funny, I just went there yesterday. Seems like it's still alive.

2retz 11

Friday 20 March 2015 14:21

so you're a pharmacist that doesn't offer advice on medications to take? dang! so if you won't offer advice on which drugs, medications people should take, who does? I will however day they are going way to far if they are showing their privates to you lol