"So I wonder if my pharmacist used to make fun of me the way we sit here and make fun of pretty much everyone" I said to my keystone tech of the week. My real keystone tech is on vacation. So I guess really this tech would be the first stone that is slightly to the left or right of the keystone.
"Probably" she said. "Pharmacists seem to make fun of almost everybody"
I thought about it, and while she's right, we do make fun of almost everybody, I think I might have been an exception that proved the rule. I'll tell you why.
I remember the first prescription I ever had filled, long before the thought of toiling away in a pillshop had even entered my mind. I was probably 11 or 12 years old and I had some sort of asthma/breathing thing going on. After I left the doctor's office I went to the nearest drugstore and handed the prescription to the person behind the counter. I answered the questions they asked me and understood when they said how long it would take them to fill the med. I had a little fever as well, and the doctor had told me to get some Tylenol. You know what I did? I went to the shelf and picked out a bottle of Tylenol. All by myself. Then I sat in a chair in the waiting area until they called my name. Then, I made out a check my Mom gave me that morning, and left.
Those of you in the profession are probably gasping in disbelief. At 12 years old I was able to pull off what 90% of pharmacy customers of any age cannot. Looking back, I see now that I was a child prodigy amongst drugstore clientele. Many of you reading this probably do not believe that a person has ever simply dropped off a prescription and bought the correct over the counter product recommended by their doctor. I can't say that I blame you, as I have never seen it happen myself other than when I did it.
Little did I know, as I walked out of the drugstore that day with my Medrol dosepack and Tylenol capsules, how close I was to the apex of human development. I was so not made fun of.
