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"I don't understand. But I don't care, so it works out."
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Originally Posted by HighFlyingBird
Walgreens will send more then one number a text...at least in our state. You can set it up online
Ok. I do understand it if you purposely give the pharmacy a number to contact - your spouse, for example, if your prescription is ready.
I just wouldn't think they'd take it upon themselves to notify other family members - without the patient purposely setting it up that way - of a prescription being ready and send a text to everyone at that same address with the same last name.
The marriage is breaking down because of this incident? Huh? Did I read that right?
That marriage was over long ago, if you ask me. I'm guessing the Viagra was being sneaked to please someone other than his wife. Something was going on for him to be so secretive, even to the point of preventing his medical insurance from knowing about it and paying for it. I mean, who does that? He probably convinced his wife that he's impotent just to avoid having sex with her, but now his lie has been exposed. Better to blame CVS, I suppose, than to accept personal responsibility for his crumbling marriage.
It's not "routine" here (at all) to tell of others prescriptions they can pick up, just because they share the same name...LOTS of people have the same last name, yet may not be related or family at all.
The pharmacist was wrong, and should be punished for his indiscretions.
It's very common here for all family members to be on the same pharmacy account. It's the reason that the Target Pharmacy (when it existed) was popular for the color coded rings on their prescription bottles. One color for mom, another for dad, and a different color for each kid.
In this case, the husband was stupid for having the prescriptions filled where his family's prescriptions were also filled. This could have easily been avoided by using a different pharmacy.
Reminds me of the time I was working at a major jewelry chain back in college. It was standard practice for us to write a thank you note following a purchase (particularly the high value purchases). I thought it was a silly practice in a field where many of the purchases were being given as gifts to someone else, but I followed the instructions I was given. We had a very angry man come in and yell at us because his wife found the thank you note for the piece of jewelry he purchased for his mistress. My manager explained that while it's unfortunate that his wife found the note, it wasn't our employees' responsibility to cover for his infidelities. Whoops!
You have to 'opt in' for texting, so yeah, they shouldn't be just randomly sending text to phone numbers on file. I can also ask to pick up a family members rx, but they never just volunteer that info if I ask about my own rx.
It's not "routine" here (at all) to tell of others prescriptions they can pick up, just because they share the same name...LOTS of people have the same last name, yet may not be related or family at all.
The pharmacist was wrong, and should be punished for his indiscretions.
No not because they have the same name. Because they are in the same family.
That's not routine, actually. You can go pick up prescriptions, but you have to give the name and birthdate of the person you are picking up for, and show ID.
A pharmacist or clerk shouldn't just mention that there is another Rx, viagra especially, for another member of the household when someone calls to check on their meds.
That’s why I think there is more to the story. They can ask, we have another prescription for you and tell you what yours is. But for another family member, just that they have one and would you like to pick it up? Then when you get there they ask you for the information you describe. Sorry I don’t think I made it clear.
Shouldn't the word be "blabbing" and not "babbling"? This whole article, if you click on the link, is awful. It is written terribly and the page is filled with ads and other pictures and wording that makes it difficult to read the story.
I don't have an argument with the use of babbling, it can also mean "talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way.". It fits, very foolish of the pharmacist to mention it. But I do agree the article was poorly written overall.
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