Sunday, March 30, 2008

Sometimes people just want to talk...

Working in retail, you find that sometimes people just want to talk. They have something to say and there you are. So, they tell you silly things, things that are of little or no consequence to you, but are just something the customer felt the need to share. They tell you the silliest things, like that their dog likes peanut butter M&M's or that they really enjoy a certain book series that their daughter buys them or that they have a son who just graduated from college or that they enjoy singing and even made a private recording once. It's just little things. Glimpses into the lives of my customers, but they mean something to them and the fact that they wish to share that little piece of information about their life says this. So, when people want to tell me something about their lives I listen, because even if it is of little consequence to me, it means something to them.

Saturday, March 29, 2008

Last minute customers...

I don't remember how long ago this was....

Last minute customers are really annoying, but I always hope that they aren't doing it on purpose. They lost track of the time, they really needed their prescription that night, etc. However, one night a lady came in with five minutes to go and a shopping list! It was all regular stuff too! She could have drove down the road to a grocery store that would be open for at least another hour to get what she wanted, but NO! She had to come here. So, she was finally done shopping and I was ringing her out. She apologized for being a last minute customer and then proceeded to say how she always hated having last minute customers when she worked in retail......THEN WHY WAS SHE DOING IT TO ME?! I just don't understand people sometimes. They simply don't make sense! AH!

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Sick of Working!

Between working at the pharmacy and schoolwork, I am just really sick of working.

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Apparently, stepping on a vacuum cleaner cord is funny....

I absolutely hate it when customers think it is funny to step on the vacuum cleaner cord while I am trying to vacuum the store!

FYI: IT'S NOT FUNNY!

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

A new look!

I get to
wear one
of these at
work now!
Yay!

Monday, March 24, 2008

Just keep floating!

When pharmacists don't have a specific pharmacy that they work at, they are called floaters. Floaters are called upon to help out when a pharmacist needs a vacation or when a pharmacy is in the process of finding a permanent pharmacist. For the latter of the two reasons, we had a floater at our pharmacy.

A lady came up to the counter to pick up her medication. It wasn't quite ready yet. There had been a problem with one of the prescriptions, but the floater had worked hard and gotten it all figured out. The lady, not realizing this and just seeing that her prescription was not ready yet, got a little angry. She asked me, "Is that a new pharmacist?"

"No," I replied, "She is a floater."

"Well, they should just float her on out of here then!"

Uh........OK lady. Whatever you say.

Sunday, March 23, 2008

It's Easter!

Happy Easter everyone! <3

Saturday, March 22, 2008

Have a nice night!

Today an elderly lady came in and bought condoms........

Ha ha. I told her to have a nice night. =D

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

What an honor!

This story is from several years ago. It's rather embarrassing, but I assure you, I am far more competent now.....Well, I think so anyway.

Before I worked at my pharmacy, I was an employee at a coffee shop with my mom. It was a Saturday and three guys came in. They ordered, we served them, and then they left. However, as they were leaving our boss came up behind us and was like, "Wow. What an honor!" My mom and I both turned to each other with questioning looks. "What? What is an honor?" Our boss grinned. "The governor of Pennsylvania came to our coffee shop!" Oh! We knew that........Right.

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Customer service needed in aisle 5...

You know those buttons you can push to get customer service in a particular section of a store? Yeah? Well, tonight at work one of those buttons got stuck.

"Customer service needed in aisle 5. Customer service needed in aisle 5. Customer service needed in aisle 5.......Customer service needed in aisle 5. Customer service needed in aisle 5. Customer service needed in aisle 5.......Customer service needed in aisle 5. Customer service needed in aisle 5. Customer service needed in aisle 5.......Customer service needed in aisle 5. Customer service needed in aisle 5. Customer service needed in aisle 5.......Customer service needed in aisle 5. Customer service needed in aisle 5. Customer service needed in aisle 5.......Customer service needed in aisle 5. Customer service needed in aisle 5. Customer service needed in aisle 5......."

Annoying? Yeah. Tell me about it.

Sunday, March 16, 2008

Working makes you tired!

Worked all weekend.....too tired to type.....falling asleep.....

Goodnight readers.

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

I hate you. I hate you not.

"Miss? I need to buy some mascara. What kind would you recommend?"

I hate it when people ask me questions concerning the cosmetics section. I don't wear make-up and so I don't really know a lot about it. So, when a lady asked me about a beauty product one day, I had to tell her this... BIG mistake. After I told her, she started off on a tangent of unending contradictions. She kept saying:

"You don't wear make-up? Oh, you're so pretty! I hate you! You don't wear make-up? You should be on Top Model! Oh, I hate you! Well, no. I don't really hate you, but I hate you! You are so pretty! I hate you. And you don't have to wear make-up! I hate you! Well, you know, I don't really hate you. But oh, I hate you!"

It went on like this for about ten minutes and all I could do was nod and smile. I felt as though the women had enlisted the age-old method of pulling off flower petals in order to figure how she felt about me:

I hate you. I hate you not. I hate you. I hate you not.