I know you expect quality true stories about real life retail freaks though, and you expect them often. Fear not. I have scoured the internet to bring you what you deserve. Actually I scoured the internet looking for myself. My ego is unmatched in the universe. You'll notice the post I found mentions me. You talk about me anywhere online and I'll find it. Remember that. The author has been a very good sport about my stalking behavior though, and I'm sure you'll find the story worthy:
So I'm at work. Being a tool to the establishment as usual. Dusting shelves. Talking about the blogger formerly known as DrugNazi. Perusing the ad that's insanely thick for the Christmas season, because apparently Jesus died so we could shop.
And up walks scraggy shaggy. Asking the pharmacist prices. Wanting to know the price of a "little white pill" that's for blood pressure.
Pharm-"Um, there's a lot of those. Do you know the name?"
VM-"Lisinop."
P-"You mean lisinopril?"
VM-"No. Lisinop."
P-"Well, there's no medication called 'lisinop' so the label must have cut off the rest of the name."
VM-"OK, it's 20/12.5."
P-"That means there's hydrochlorothiazide in it too."
Pharmacist gives him the price for 60.
VM- "And I take 100mg of hydrochlorothiazide a day. One four times a day. It's a little pink pill."
P- "But there's already HCTZ with the lisinopril you're taking."
VM- "Well, that's what I take."
Pharmacist gives him the price for 120.
VM- "I have insurance. It's a $10 co-pay."
P-"Then it would be the same here. If you have insurance, it's the same regardless of where you go."
VM- "My co-pay is $10."
P-"Then it would be $10 here. IT WILL BE THE SAME REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU GO."
For those of you who don't know, HCTZ is a water pill. Makes you pee a lot. Most people just take one. And this guy supposedly takes 6 a day. Piss should have been running down his leg. Maybe it was.
VM- "Um, and can I get the price for 6 viagra?"
Pharmacist gives him the price.
Creepy viagra man leaves.
P-" He was just asking me those other prices because he just really wanted a price on the viagra."
Me- "You think? How did you see through that one?"
P- "I don't know, it was hard."
Me- "Well, since he's taking SIX HCTZ a day, maybe he pissed out his brains."
For some men, viagra should be considered a concealed weapon. Seriously creep me out. Get your limp flannel self out of here. Visible shudder visible shudder visible shudder.
Gotta love the "smart" erectile disfunct guy who thinks he's being smooth by asking other questions first. We know your agenda. And we don't like it.
Where's the female version? It's supposedly been in the works for about a decade now. Doesn't surprise me though. If men can't figure the real thing out, how are they going to make a pill for it?
Would be helpful after a woman sees creepazoids like that though. Eewwwww. The Lord Giveth and the Lord Taketh. Maybe it's just me, but I think He did it for a reason.
Wow. That was the easiest post for me to write ever. You people should write more stuff like this for me to find. Don't e-mail it to me, that would be too easy. Prove yourselves stalkworthy and you'll win my heart.
3 comments:
Where's the female version [of Viagra]?
They've had the female version of Viagra available for years. It's called "husband cleaning the kitchen and putting the kids to bed."
I crack myself up.
*grins* at annapolitan.
I am a tech at a mail order facility. Mostly I work on the phone because of my sparkling personality (*grits teeth*) that wins over the old and disabled folks to which the powers that be have chosen to cater.
The way it works there is that when a patient has a new rx, we need to request all of his or her rx's from the doctor. This process is called intake. Intake involves my eliciting the information from the patient on what he or she takes. This can sometimes go on for an hour or more, particularly with the people who only know their Actos as "my sugar pill", not knowing strength or anything. (or "my water pill" or "my pressure pill", etc. I am sure you feel my pain keenly. ;-))
Oh. My point! Viagra!
Some of the men that call in with Viagra get super embarrassed in a gentle way, which makes me treat them with warmth and sympathy.
Some of them get embarrassed in an angry way, which makes me usually dispassionate (sometimes harder than I mean to be - no pun intended) because I try to be empathetic to their obvious embarrassment.
Then there are the ones that joke and have fun with it. I treasure these men with their delightedly twisted senses of humor.
Give me more funny viagra men any day.
You can keep the creepy ones, though. Mkay?
Just an FYI...there is a ceiling effect with HCTZ after what, 25mg right? Start on 12.5, go up to 25 if you need. If you go higher you aren't going to get added benefit, just more side effect.
That's what we have learned in class.
Anyhow, not the point. Just an note to show that patient is wasting money like no ones business.
cheers
canadian pharm student
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