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  • Electric Ave: Closed for Repairs

    We had a massive thunderstorm here in Rhode Island this morning. I may or may not have spent the hour between 6am and 7am with a terrified cat under the covers, trying unsuccessfully to insert herself into my navel. But anyway...

    Providence is up and running but our neighboring city of Warwick is still dark, with power not expected to return until tomorrow. So one of our most special patients calls in today to see if her doctor called in her refill. When told he hasn't, she flips. The fuck. Out.

    "Why? WHY NOT?!?! I leave for vacation tomorrow! They told me it would be done today! Did you call?!?!?!?!? Check again! I DON'T BELIEVE YOU! YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING! GET ME THE PHARMACIST!"

    The pharmacist is gotten.

    PIC: "Hellooo?"
    Psycho Bitch: "They're saying' my meds aren't ready! The doctor ALWAYS calls them in right away! Did you even send me the request because you SAID you would and I'm LEAVING tomorrow!!!"
    PIC: "Doctor So-and-So works out of Warwick, right? They don't have power. They CAN'T call it in, nor can they fax it, or email it. Remember that storm this morning?"
    PB: ".......................................oh."
    PIC: "And by the way, my techs don't lie."
    PB: "Well...I was just...checking."

  • #2
    Well, it's kinda hard to do your normal routine stuff when the power decides it's not going to join you at work. You know, the person she shoulda been bitching at was the deity in the sky, with maybe the doc's office second. I have called my doc when my meds hadn't been faxed/e-faxed in, to find out they had a power outage right after I'd left. It was just that kind of day.

    Tthank you so very much for giving me Monkey Wards Repair flashbacks. Stupid ad firm that talked the idiot of the day into naming the electronic's section "Electric Avenue," just because the song sounded "cool." I'm thinking neither idiot actually listened to the song to know what the song was really about. Nope, all they heard was, "We're gonna rock down to Electric Avenue.." (Our electronics repair bay at the store had "Electric Avenue: Repair" over it, that's why it brought back memories :P )
    If I make no sense, I apologize. I'm constantly interrupted by an actual toddler.

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    • #3
      Nice to hear the pharmacist sticks up for the techs.

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      • #4
        Reminds me of the Pharmacy I worked in, we were in a store in a well-wooded neighborhood that had transformers the squirrels liked to play on..... at least once a month, we'd lose power for about an hour while the utility company was out trying to find the newly-barbequed-rodent.

        At least we had a backup genset.
        - They say nothing good happens at 2AM, they're right, I happen at 2AM.

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        • #5
          Tasty, I love Squirrel-on-a-Stick.
          I might be crazy, but I'm not Insane.

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          • #6
            A thunder shirt might help the cat. We use one when we take some of ours to the vet.

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            • #7
              Quoth raudf View Post
              I'm thinking neither idiot actually listened to the song to know what the song was really about. Nope, all they heard was, "We're gonna rock down to Electric Avenue.."
              Kind of like when the GOP tried to use Bruce Springsteen's "Born In The USA" as President Reagan's re-election theme song in 1984.
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              • #8
                Quoth Gilhelmi View Post
                Tasty, I love Squirrel-on-a-Stick.
                <scowls at Gilhelmi>

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                • #9
                  Quoth An Haddock View Post
                  Nice to hear the pharmacist sticks up for the techs.
                  AMEN to that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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                  • #10
                    Quoth Gilhelmi View Post
                    Tasty, I love Squirrel-on-a-Stick.
                    Bet you love Sossidge-Inna-Bun, too.
                    I am not an a**hole. I am a hemorrhoid. I irritate a**holes!
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                    • #11
                      Quoth dalesys View Post
                      Bet you love Sossidge-Inna-Bun, too.
                      Now the comic strip Curtis is running a "Mystery Meat" special.
                      "I don't have to be petty. The Universe does that for me."

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                      • #12
                        Argabarga, it's been almost two months without a Tow Files post, don't hold out on us like this!
                        "I try to be curious about everything, even things that don't interest me." -Alex Trebek

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                        • #13
                          +a few zillion. We need more Tow Files!
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                          • #14
                            Then the public will just have to get more stupid, because nothing's really been happening...

                            Uh oh, did I just WISH for the public to get DUMBER, I didn't mean it! No! Please!!!! Dammit, too late.....
                            - They say nothing good happens at 2AM, they're right, I happen at 2AM.

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                            • #15
                              Quoth Argabarga View Post
                              Then the public will just have to get more stupid, because nothing's really been happening...

                              Uh oh, did I just WISH for the public to get DUMBER, I didn't mean it! No! Please!!!! Dammit, too late.....
                              I keep posting in Sightings because I haven't had anyone particularly sucky to me at work for a while. Granted, I work a lot while the store is closed. Anyway, back to school means I'm sure it won't last.

                              Seriously, I know it's a bit weird but I've read your posts to friends, I've never had anyone not laughing hysterically. And those people were totally sober.
                              Replace anger management with stupidity management.

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