Today, I scrambled to get out of work on the dot to go to a special pharmacy that closes at 5 pm an hour away. I arrived at 4:58. Upon reaching the door, one of the employees came and locked it in my face. Apparently, her going home early was more important than me getting my medication. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I rushed from work so I could get to the library to return a book that was due. The library closes at 7:00 p.m. I arrived at 6:56, huffing and puffing. The lady saw me, slammed the door in my face, and locked it. I now have to pay a late fee for 4 minutes. FML
Today, as an essential worker, some lady tore me a new one because we were out of large sanitizer bottles. Our doors opened at 9 a.m. and she didn't show up until 2 p.m. FML
Today, where I work at a pharmacy, we were short staffed and running 4 hours behind. A lady came to drop off a new prescription. When I explained to her the wait time, she called the patient. I heard, "No, they don't look busy." Like, really? FML
Today, I was that person in the pharmacy that held the line up for 25 minutes. When I got home, I realized I left my prescriptions in the shopping cart in the store's parking lot. FML
Today, I went in to work and was handed a write-up for having lied about being sick in order to leave early yesterday. Apparently, a co-worker saw me leave the parking lot, then immediately pull into the shopping center next door. I was going to Walgreens for cold medicine. FML
Today, I was bounced between four different pharmacies before I could find one that would take my insurance. Apparently, which insurance I had didn't matter as much as to where it came from. Also, one of the pharmacies was on their lunch break. They end their lunch break at 2pm; we came in at 1:58pm. FML
Today, 30 minutes before I was supposed to quit work at 6pm, my boss showed up. After telling him how the day went, he asked why I was still there. Apparently, for the holiday, we close early. 4 hours earlier. FML
Today, someone at work took my delicate medication out of the fridge to make room for their lunch. Now my medication has expired. FML
Today, moments after leaving early, my boss emails me asking if I'm in the office. After an illegal U-turn, running a stop sign, parking in a visitor spot, and sneaking back to my desk, I find out she was locked out of the building but had since found her keys and let herself back in. FML
Today, I got locked inside my apartment due to the locking mechanism being stuck, so I had to call off work. They refused to believe me, and insisted that I be in on time or else there would be disciplinary actions taken. Maintenance wasn't available till 3 hours into my shift. FML
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slkeithh 14
she wasn't going home early. she was closing on time.
SamanthaThe1st 23
I mean, the store's merchandise was probably already locked away for the next morning by that point. Take it as a rule of thumb that a place closes around 5 minutes before the actual closing hour.
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SamanthaThe1st 23
I mean, the store's merchandise was probably already locked away for the next morning by that point. Take it as a rule of thumb that a place closes around 5 minutes before the actual closing hour.
slkeithh 14
she wasn't going home early. she was closing on time.
HayNow 11
Close at 5pm means at 5pm...not 4:58.
Hangryko 32
YDI. They have no obligation to serve you that close to closing time. Get your medication delivered to your address, use another pharmacy with a later closing time, or leave work earlier.
RichardPencil 32
You need to find another "special" pharmacy that has better hours. The employee who slammed the door in your face doesn't know you or care about you, so of course, her desire to leave early outweighs your problems.
myfakeacc 12
what people are saying is bs. a business has their opening and closing times in their website, shop windows etc they must expect to do business during those times. pay the employees to arrive and leave 15 min before and after
Chazzster 32
Am I the only one confused by “special pharmacy”?
ItsGoneForever 16
Doesn't a boss have to give you time to do these kind of things? I have medication too and the pharmacy here is open from 8:30 till 17:00 so that sucks if you have an office job like me. But I just tell my boss "I'll be in late as I need to pick up my medicines" and he just says "ok, fine". And it's also not required to take an hour out of your holidays of to work an hour longer at the end of the day or anything. It's what they call "special leave" here and employers are legally obliged to give that to you, no questions asked. And as I said, you don't lose any holidays over this special leave.
geckohead 12
How does it go? "Poor planning on your part does not constitute an emergency for me."
Rake 18
You mean you staying in work until late was more important to you than getting your medication, right?