http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/18/anthony-kyser-death-video_n_2506106.html?utm_hp_ref=chicago
Yikes. Worse than Jerome Ersland for sure.
Yikes. Worse than Jerome Ersland for sure.
Props to CVS for backing the store mgr. This POS won't be stealing anymore. One less burden on our society and the taxpayers.
Props to CVS for backing the store mgr. This POS won't be stealing anymore. One less burden on our society and the taxpayers.
Props to CVS for backing the store mgr. This POS won't be stealing anymore. One less burden on our society and the taxpayers.
Props to CVS for backing the store mgr. This POS won't be stealing anymore. One less burden on our society and the taxpayers.
That's not self defense. That's aggravated assault and manslaughter. Getting punch in the face doesn't give you a right to take another human being's life.
Props to CVS for backing the store mgr. This POS won't be stealing anymore. One less burden on our society and the taxpayers.
Hopefully you'll kick off before collecting any social security or MedicareProps to CVS for backing the store mgr. This POS won't be stealing anymore. One less burden on our society and the taxpayers.
This thread makes me sad so many different ways
I always expected the violence would one day escalate to this, although I predicted it would be customers hitting employees. One man threatened to "jump over the counter" if his prescriptions weren't ready. You couldn't tell if he was joking or was serious. The company won't hire any security guards or allow panic puttons. Most of the manangers I know always side with the customers and never with the employees, even if a customer curses us out, we aren't showing them good customer service.
My pharmacy manager at Walgreens told me when she was a floater she was at a store one time where a guy told her " You fill my Oxy right now or I am going to go to my truck get my gun and blow your head off!!!"
She filled his Oxy ASAP (even though he just got it 3 days ago) and NEVER went back to that store since.
Thank god he didn't shot her!
I would have called the police.
My thoughts exactly. I called the police once at a former job (not pharmacy) for almost this exact thing (threatened with gun violence). If you really think you are being threatened why wouldn't you call the police?
I would have called the police.
My thoughts exactly. I called the police once at a former job (not pharmacy) for almost this exact thing (threatened with gun violence). If you really think you are being threatened why wouldn't you call the police?
Retail pharmacist basically have TWO choices:
1) give the customer whatever the hell they want and they leave. You keep your job/paid.
2) argue with the customer. Risk getting hurt by them OR they will simply file a complaint with corporate and your ass will be fired soon. You LOSE your job/paid.
I prefer just sticking with number 1). I don't care if I am right or not. That doesn't matter to me anymore. LOL
Do you know how many pharmacies in FL have lost their DEA license recently? Protecting the public is a part of the job whether you like it or not.
Retail pharmacist basically have TWO choices:
1) give the customer whatever the hell they want and they leave. You keep your job/paid.
2) argue with the customer. Risk getting hurt by them OR they will simply file a complaint with corporate and your ass will be fired soon. You LOSE your job/paid.
I prefer just sticking with number 1). I don't care if I am right or not. That doesn't matter to me anymore. LOL
Do you realize what you are saying by going with Choice 1? The customers don't care about you and your license. You can always get another job, you may lose your license forever, that's how I see it. If you fill their Oxycontin every day, you are going to get investigated by doctors and the DEA. That has happened at stores I know. What do you do about fake prescriptions? Fill them? Most patients are understanding when you have to call the prescriber to get missing information or a DEA number.
Retail pharmacist basically have TWO choices:
1) give the customer whatever the hell they want and they leave. You keep your job/paid.
2) argue with the customer. Risk getting hurt by them OR they will simply file a complaint with corporate and your ass will be fired soon. You LOSE your job/paid.
I prefer just sticking with number 1). I don't care if I am right or not. That doesn't matter to me anymore. LOL
Doesn't Walgreens have panic buttons? Unlike other companies who don't care about employee safety? I would have touched it a thousand times.
Do you realize what you are saying by going with Choice 1? The customers don't care about you and your license. You can always get another job, you may lose your license forever, that's how I see it. If you fill their Oxycontin every day, you are going to get investigated by doctors and the DEA. That has happened at stores I know. What do you do about fake prescriptions? Fill them? Most patients are understanding when you have to call the prescriber to get missing information or a DEA number.
Unfortunately, they may figure out you are lying if you use the excuse out of stock. Some pharmacy technicians have looked at the inventory and actually told people we have it in stock. I just tell them we are unable to fill the prescription and move on. I don't spend 3 hours arguing with someone. I give them their prescription back, and they leave.
Even if you don't know where the panic button is, everyone knows what 911 is. One of the first places I look at a store is the exits and where the telephones are.
Retail pharmacist basically have TWO choices:
1) give the customer whatever the hell they want and they leave. You keep your job/paid.
2) argue with the customer. Risk getting hurt by them OR they will simply file a complaint with corporate and your ass will be fired soon. You LOSE your job/paid.
I prefer just sticking with number 1). I don't care if I am right or not. That doesn't matter to me anymore. LOL
Retail pharmacist basically have TWO choices:
2) argue with the customer. Risk getting hurt by them OR they will simply file a complaint with corporate and your ass will be fired soon. You LOSE your job/paid.
I have complaints filed on me pretty much on a daily basis. Hell, I have complaints filed on me when I didn't even do anything. I'll randomly get a tech come up to me and say "That person wants to know your name." Uhh... okay...
Why not go over there and soothe the situation, you ask? Well, you go work in the ghetto right across the street from 3 emergency rooms and tell me how that works out for you.
I'm telling you - Daily Basis Complaints (DBC). It's a metric that I'm trying to reach 65% on. Right now, I'm at 45.3%. I have a lot of work to do to but I think 2013 is going to be a great year for improvement!
(If you didn't catch the sarcasm and light-heartedness in this post about having to work in a high volume store with such a demographic, well then disregard completely because I'm not going to argue about it.)
I would have considered that to be a robbery and proceeded as such...give the guy what he wanted and then called the police after. Threatened bodily harm carries similar legal weight as physically waving a gun at you.
I have complaints filed on me pretty much on a daily basis. Hell, I have complaints filed on me when I didn't even do anything. I'll randomly get a tech come up to me and say "That person wants to know your name." Uhh... okay...
Why not go over there and soothe the situation, you ask? Well, you go work in the ghetto right across the street from 3 emergency rooms and tell me how that works out for you.
I'm telling you - Daily Basis Complaints (DBC). It's a metric that I'm trying to reach 65% on. Right now, I'm at 45.3%. I have a lot of work to do to but I think 2013 is going to be a great year for improvement!
(If you didn't catch the sarcasm and light-heartedness in this post about having to work in a high volume store with such a demographic, well then disregard completely because I'm not going to argue about it.)
This thread is scaring me too! God PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let me get a work at home mail order job!!! I'll do anything!!!!
Would you give me your stash of shoes? I have a friend at Express Scripts who said I would have a job there post grad if I wanted it I worked there as a tech and the hiring manager really liked me. They said I could always go back as a pharmacist.
Nice! But why on earth would anyone give up a WORK AT HOME job that paids six figure? I don't think it can get any better than that! lol
Do you wear size 6 in shoes? lol
because I would probably get bored working at home. But this job would be on site verifying orders and calling prescribers. You get your own cubicle, though. I suppose it could be turned into working from home, though. I don't know.
And I wear size 8
Have you thought about pursuing something besides pharmacy, SHC?
I might if I really hate retail pharmacy. LOL....if I can have a work at home job then hell no. Six figures and never leave the house? I can't think of anything else better than that. LOL
Six figures to play video games.
Six figures to play video games.