I can't do this anymore.

[insomniel]

I just about had an apoplexy arguing with this woman who came in 5 minutes before we closed, got out of her car and was leaning through our drive through window so that we couldn't close and wanted me to give her a pint of the purple syrup when she was prescribed only 30 ml, an amount that she obviously scratched off the page herself. I wouldn't

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[binaryprecision]

Your job and the post office bring out the worst in the people you are trying to serve. For you, everyone is sick and irritable or an asshole junkie, and for the post office people just get such an entitled mentality about their fucking mail and decide to verbally assault anyone who doesn't give them immediate attention even though they can see there's a long ass line. People suck.

I LOLed at a "pint" of cough syrup. It's not beer, lady, you're making it too easy to dismiss you. ;)

I have not forgotten about the horseback riding trip. I will let you know when I make the reservation! Do you prefer a morning or afternoon outing?

[kitrinathegreat]

*hug* I see two realistic options for you:
1) Keep the job and eventually burn out.
2) Take vacation days (once you've earned them) to look for a different pharmacy job.... which may or may not be better.

I hate these people too. We have a lot of patients on ADHD medications. And at least one third of them cannot be bothered to call us for a new script until they are out. Then they are made at us because the doctor can't drop his other patients to do their script. Of course, it is our fault since we don't walk it over to the pharmacy for them. We should be wiping their butts too while we're at it.

When you're burnt out, you should come up with a snappy nickname or catch phrase. "No I can't increase the dose for you. I'm just the drug monkey. You'll have to talk to a drug pusher about that." And then walk away with your white coat flapping in the wind!

[thelonebamf]

I like that last suggestion. I think the only thing one can do in a stressful work situation is to come up with ways to make it bearable, generally by laughing. Your job seems to be a terrible combination of like being both a customer service person (like a waitress) who has to deal with people and their crap, but also a back of house person (in the kitchen of a waffle house) who has to try and keep up with an endless stream of orders. :( My sympathy to you. Spend that money on something awesome and chocolate!