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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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

Yugena 6

Friday 20 March 2015 19:38

I work in a pharmacy in a small town in the southern area of the US and I can say we get some of the most bizarre requests. We frequently have people call in asking for directions to other establishments, if <insert doctor name here> is open at their offices, and leaving blank check and asking us to drive around town and pay their bills. We do everything within our ability to help, but it is certainly odd to call a pharmacy to order a pizza. (Yes, this has actually happened, more than once in fact.) I'm guessing it is because most of our customers are elderly and trust us knowing we are ultimately there to help them.

MSCCG 16

Friday 20 March 2015 23:18

Still trying to figure out how someone showed you their vaginal leakage.

awhite2018 6

Friday 20 March 2015 23:44

Welcome to the medical profession! I'm in nursing school and everyone already calls me to fix their "ailments".

love_me_electric 20

Saturday 21 March 2015 4:37

I'm a pharmacy student. In my first year I was told "be prepared to have people drop their pants in front of you". Sucks that it happened on your first day though!

HalfLit 17

Monday 26 June 2017 15:12

Geez. These comments are just as bad as the customers. You people realize that asking a pharmacist medical advice is like asking a grocery store cashier how to make a soufflé, right?