Problems can be dealt with tough, in a variety of ways, some effective, some not so much. I have a rather.....um....non-keystone tech who chooses to deal with a language barrier by, and I'm totally not making this up, adding the letter "O" to every other word and speaking at twice her normal volume. I was on the phone this afternoon and heard this in the background:
PRESCRIPTIONO????
NUEVO CUSTOMER???
Um.....yeah....I appreciate your effort here...... But maybe we should call for José......
Which was done. In response one of 5 people on the planet who may be whiter than myself showed up.
"No, we were calling José. We need a translator"
"I know. He 's out to lunch, but I had a year of Spanish in high school"
My hopes were not high, but I let her take a shot. "Ask him if he's filled prescriptions here before or if this is the first time" This is what the translator said. Again, I am making nothing up:
"Ummm.....es usted Nuevo Customer?"
The main distinction that makes a person a translator in my store would seem to be one of volume only. The translator was dismissed, I spent a good 5 minutes looking for my "Spanish For Healthcare Professionals" book, and with a lot of pointing to various phrases, the prescription was filled. Which was fine this time, but made me realize that my lingual skills are not nearly cunning enough. I'm thinking of maybe taking some classes to become a more cunning linguist.
Although I've heard there is no substitute for practice if you wanna be a cunning linguist. I've also heard it's a lot of fun. I don't know what I'm waiting for.
10 comments:
heehee...you're last paragraph. lol!
You mean you haven't become a cunning linguist already?! Do you know how many women you could benefit if you were to become one? Tons. There are tons of latinas in California, right? ;)
Hey, Bub! Get your own clever carnal catchphrase! I've been using this one, with varying degrees of utter rejection and derision, for about 20 years. Stick to your efforts to summon fetching females who fulfill their fantasies through a pharmaceautical fella...ciao!
Heh heh, heh heh heh.....
You said "cunning linguist."
Heh heh, heh heh heh heh heh...
yay cunnilingus!
that is what this was about right?
You're waiting for me, of course. ;-)
cunningo linguisto...spanish is sooo sexy
Cunning linguist...is this similar to the story about the lady who was told to make a public address announcement for someone named Mike Hunt, as in, "Is Mike Hunt here?"
Now *that's* what I call a "pharmacist consultation."
Now *that's* a great gimmick for customer loyalty.
Now *that's*.... um... classic DrugMonkey.
Those spanish lessons may come in handy! Can you roll your R's?
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