So, waiting in line at the pharmacy today I overheard another customer complaining. They were a little behind the guy was moaning it had been two hours; well it was his choice to sit and wait rather than come back or do some shopping!
Anyway, I heard him complaining how the last time he came in was to pick up a prescription for his wife. He said he'd had her license and everything, but they refused to give him the medicine until she came in and signed for it herself! He went on about how she's handicap and she had to come allllll the way back with him to get her medication, and he didn't know WHY they couldn't just give it to him!
I wanted to say "Don't you realize that they were protecting your wife? Imagine if somebody got a hold of YOUR license and came in to get YOUR medication claiming to be your brother or son? Wouldn't you be pissed if they let some guy take your meds just because he SAID you said it was OK?"
Unfortunately, he was called up next before I could say that.
Do'h.
(PS. I know that I had to sign my signature acknowledging that I was receiving the medication, so I assume the patient has to be there to sign, unless someone else has power of attorney. I've heard you can give a pharmacy permission for predetermined people to get items on your behalf though.) I read that my pharmacy requires a written 'prescription confirmation' form to be signed by the actual medication owner if sending someone else to pick it up, so I'm assuming his wife didn't do that, though it seems simple enough and the information was easy enough to discover. I'll bet he was just too angry to ask.
Anyway, I heard him complaining how the last time he came in was to pick up a prescription for his wife. He said he'd had her license and everything, but they refused to give him the medicine until she came in and signed for it herself! He went on about how she's handicap and she had to come allllll the way back with him to get her medication, and he didn't know WHY they couldn't just give it to him!
I wanted to say "Don't you realize that they were protecting your wife? Imagine if somebody got a hold of YOUR license and came in to get YOUR medication claiming to be your brother or son? Wouldn't you be pissed if they let some guy take your meds just because he SAID you said it was OK?"
Unfortunately, he was called up next before I could say that.
Do'h.
(PS. I know that I had to sign my signature acknowledging that I was receiving the medication, so I assume the patient has to be there to sign, unless someone else has power of attorney. I've heard you can give a pharmacy permission for predetermined people to get items on your behalf though.) I read that my pharmacy requires a written 'prescription confirmation' form to be signed by the actual medication owner if sending someone else to pick it up, so I'm assuming his wife didn't do that, though it seems simple enough and the information was easy enough to discover. I'll bet he was just too angry to ask.
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