Today, one of my customers told me he was going to kill himself when I explained to him that I wasn't going to be able to deliver him the gallon of milk he wanted. I work in a pharmacy, dispensing medication. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, while working in my pharmacy, a patient told me that he sometimes wants to jump the counter and skin me alive. He has no more refills, and his doctor is out of town for the week. FML
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
Today, one of our regular customers came in and was telling me he bought an assault rifle. I told him not to go off his meds and shoot up the store, as a joke. Later, my manager told me that the guy is on antidepressants and was discharged from the military for being "mentally unfit." FML
Today, a customer came into the store I work at to ask why I hadn't killed myself yet. A month prior, that same customer told me to kill myself. All I did was compliment her shirt. FML
Today, I reduced a customer to tears and she had a tantrum, saying that nobody loves her, her life is a joke, and she’d be better off dead. This ordeal happened to grab the attention of my manager who was nearby. All I did was tell her that an item she wanted was sold out and offered to help her order it online. FML
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
Today, a lady stormed into the pharmacy I work at and chewed me out because the medicine I sold her the day before gave her horrible diarrhea as a "side effect". I checked, and it was the medicine she asked for - laxatives. 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, a customer became irrationally angry and called me a "stupid bitch", all because she couldn't use the coupon clearly marked "30% off grocery items" on a prescription from our pharmacy. 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
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laurenemilyy 17
Some people take suicide too lightly when they use it as a form of blackmail OP. I'm sure he won't and if he does you wouldn't be to blame!
SuperLemon99 9
I'm pretty sure he said that just so he could get his gallon of milk. Doubt he would've committed suicide though.
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Comments (44)
asakadelis 7
Well it looks like he was already at the store
graceinsheepwear 34
That's when you have the police check on him. If he needs help, he'll get it, and if he needs his bluff called, that'll happen instead. He needs to learn not to play with a medical professional, if that's what he was doing.
AyeJay101 25
As a pharmacist, it becomes your duty to talk them out of it... It's hard work. Hope the situation turned out for the better.
GeorgiaBea 28
It absolutely is not their responsibility. They are not psychiatric professionals.
AyeJay101 25
Some places make it your responsibility... Like at first pharmacists only sold and advised drugs, now they're giving multiple shots, and CVS is now slowly converting into a clinic+grocery store
GeorgiaBea 28
I get that. Really. But to offer psych evals when they are not trained falls outside of their scope of practice and they could lose their license. That's why you call the police, and the police will take them to the hospital- to be evaluated by psych docs... It used to happen all the time at the group home I worked for...
TweetAnne 13
Maybe your store can get bigger tubes installed at the drive thru so you can pass their meds and milk. Jk he's demented crying over milk.
False_Stupidity 42
Since when does a pharmacy have a drive through?
jbuckets_404 39
False_Stupidity, here in the US, Walgreen's Rx has typically 2 drive-thru lanes per bldg for you to pick up your meds.
hellnosucka 27
So what? milk is very important.
schreibergx93 19
He just really wanted his milk....
geekpower_fml 28
Send some antidepressants instead?
mds9986 24
Is your customer the guy who also asked for the breast milk a few years ago?
ThrottleJockey 36
You want some of this milk, sideburns?
ArmchairAnalyst 9
So what's the problem? If he kills himself, you won't have to deal with him anymore. Win win. Encourage him.
XPhoenixFire 17
Never "encourage" someone into committing suicide. You disgust me.