I really hope by "medicine clinic" you don't mean emergency room. I can ask questions there and interact with a real pharmacist. Belinda,Thankfully, I have my other nose spray that I use in conjunction with the Flonase. I gave it to the tech and he said it'll be about 30 min. I wonder how many times I have to tell the same person I cannot walk there. Florida's nine-member board, for instance, includes a lawyer for CVS and a director of pharmacy affairs at Walgreens. This pharmacy! I hate this company and I hope the hell they have visited upon me will come back to them ten fold. Which is made perfectly *obvious* by your even bothering to respond to this thread. They close for lunch hours in the middle of the day (suspect because shortage of staff), which makes it super annoying. Is it me or do other people have the same problem? Flonase. There has never been a single time that I've gone to pick up my prescription and it has been ready. So, now it is Saturday and I have to wait until Monday to get a refill. from CVS 12. Walgreens employee allegedly posed as a pharmacist for nearly 11 years, prescribing over 745,00 prescriptions. But thats not always the case. That way I never show up with my meds not ready to pick up. Its 11 PM and Ive already sat in your store for almost an hour and you tell me I have to wait another, due to your irresponsibility? You said something about the triage nurse. If pharmacists get so stressed because they are short staffed, company should do something about it. She says smugly. "Oh I don't know if we can do this. As we were leaving she got loud an said sarcastically you all have a nice day extremely rude. Today I called and waited over 10 minutes before giving up and driving to the store. He actually called me back, but he did nothing to either help me or to reprimand his employee. I'm sure it won't be as bad as you think. It means: answering questions promptly and courteously, making service agreements and plans clear and easy to understand and use, promptly returning phone calls, updating information correctly into the database, treating customers with respect despite their own prejudices, not making unwarranted judgments about clients, sending medications in a timely manner, and communicating with the nursing companies they contract with, among other things. What do people do who are ill and maybe going downhill when they get meds? that's very incompetent. Always leaving costumers with out medication. Walgreens loses money by not training their people correctly and taking the time to do it. Pharmacy at WALGREENS Transforming lives and transforming an industry. By the way, I got my prescription at Walgreens for the two years I worked there. EVERY month my prescription is delayed. It also takes time to bring the new stuff in and, in the mean time, the customers are very unhappy that photo is down. I understand how frustrating it is to wait so long for a prescription. It will help lower your stress about dealing with the nurse and dodging appointments and getting refills on time. I received no text message about this. My parents are starting to need a lot of important meds and the pharmacist knows them well so will give them meds without a script in an emergency and things like that. What do you do with a company like that? I know this is no exception, but I am just asking people to try to be more patient. Bad attitudes meaning lazy, rude, micromanaging or totally ignorant of the idea of positive reinforcement. Tommy has a Sam's Club Membership. And from now on, your competition WILL get my business. The other poor souls left without their medicine. Either fucking walk out or let them fire you and collect that unemployment. Pharamacists should be the second line of defense, not the first! Aside from creating potential conflicts of interest, the industry presence . Then I still didnt get my break until I called the district manager. I have interfaced with 2staff pharmacists who were good. CVS doesnt seem to have these issues. ComplaintsBoard.com is a leading complaint resolution website on the Internet. refused to give me meds after covid ..lucky i didnt wind back up in hospitalor a lawsuit. I've also had two problems getting authorization from my insurance company and the people at Walgreens were totally cool with calling the ins. I complaint to a store manager and told him exactly what happen. He just prescribed it anyway. My daughter used to use Walgreens for herself and her kids. They said it depended on the medication. So many things to complain about. Empty shelves, fewer selections, iffy prescrips. I am so irritated with this! They must have minium wage pharmacist as none of them ever stays! Walgreens has crossed that line for me several times. I've learned that it is absolutely NOT an option to miss meds. yes 2021! Meanwhile I run out of Paxil. Fuck this place. I agree that being on the other side of the phone/window/counter, dealing with 50 needy un-medicated people can be stressful, but I am also of the opinion that it takes TWO to tango and a little courtesy and respect on BOTH sides of the counter should just be done, no matter how crabby you are or how long you've been without meds. I WAITED 45 MIN for them to tell me it was EXPIRED ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Um then why did you tell me it would be ready at a certain time? She was supposed to be at 2.5 mg. For 2 months, she was taking double the meds. They want you to mop, take out the trash, stock the shelves, put up signs, help the customers and run photo. Well another post saying how horrible their pharmacy is ran. I went there at noon, and the male pharmacist working said they did not have Fentanyl. Thanks. Was there a couple years ago, had serious case of flu and needed Rx's filled. DO YOU KNOW I CAN GET VERY SICK FROM NOT HAVING THIS MEDICATION? Would you like to buy this crap I havta ask you about for the next 30 days?" Avoid like the plague!!!!!!!!!!! I said Id pick it up in the morning. He found the lying sack manager to be the worst of people previously. Much cheaper. The amount was returned to my card. Extra 15% off $40+ vitamins. I strongly prefer and recommend a small family owned practice. I had to use the Walmart pharmacy for years when I went to school, and just no. its terrible. Wh Also, let's say you want to invest in this company and make it a career. Do it on the last hr of your shift. It was supposed to be on auto refill. I got my Paxil and hopefully will feel better but the withdrawal affects, brain shocks, and black spots I keep seeing (aren't those visual hallucinations?) Up to 50% off clearance. Access your free Rx discount card online and use it at Walgreens Pharmacy locations nationwide. True, it's not the pharmacy's responsibility to provide multiple emergency supplies, but IMHO, any pharmacist or tech worth their salt should treat ppl respectfully and give an explanation that makes sense to their client/customer. The only people who get any recognition are the management in forms of bonuses that no one else sees. You are obviously doing something wrong. This is the SECOND time I go to the pharmacy to get a prescription that my doctor calls in and they say that they are out of it. Walgreens on Sumter and Price in North Port, FL Wegmans' number one priority is customer service. So keep up with regular appointments. I would be using another pharmacy/drugstore after all that. In the like 8 years I've been getting my script there. do you have any idea what that did to my confidence? They just lost us as a customer permanently. Ive had a manager tell me that I shouldnt tell the customers about the coupons because ripping them off instead of establishing a friendly relationship really makes them want to come back. Document as much as possible and talk to an attorney. Submit a complaint and get your issue resolved. Ever! Mr. Lugo is one of those "special" managers though who likes to talk on the phone to his friends all night and claim he was busy with customers so I have to do his aisle plus the long list he gave me. I noticed there were only 2 meds as opposed to the 3 written by my doc. I know the process of filling a prescription can be an immense task when you are short on staff or when the pharmacist is extremeley slow. What food deals or any deals have you found. She constantly had customers asking for her. I think I'm lucky with my local Walgreens. Pharmacist told me that He has to contact my doctor prior accepting my prescriptions. So why would I get it? I was on hold a minimum of 45 minutes last week three different times and nobody ever answered. We have another ham for Tommy to cut up for the freezer. If you work under a certain number of hours a week, you lose your health insurance. Just search for your medication and we will show you the cost at various pharmacies near you along with free coupons to save you money. I think every Walgreens is different and you can't generalize over the hundreds of locations they have. I see Walgreen's must hire from the bottom on the pharmacy class, and CVS hires from the top. They gave you pins years ago but they stopped doing that to - gasp - save money! Even doctors don't want to deal with Walgreens. Well, except for the one pharmacist and the one cashier. It really sucks to go thru SSRI withdrawal. At the very least, he needs to cross it off your list of possibilities. Now my wife will not have a Rendezvous with me. The previous year I was never even told there was an evaluation! Up until yesterday. They don't train people. I just quit walking except to go to the bathroom! At this pace I could have taken the first dose and began to start feeling better. And, I would not realize I actually needed a new prescription. This is a huge problem! One person told me that a particular manager liked to sit and watch us on camera and then pop out when we were standing still. This is not the first time Walgreens sucked. But desperate people do desperate things. Our regular pharmacy doesnt carry Fentanyl. The pharmacist is restricted by state laws. PS: You are going to discuss that antibiotic with your doctor, right? I also have to make them sign the long. I have always checked what I get. . Then, another Walgreens pharmacy can access your prescription from the original one fairly soon, provided that the medication isn't a controlled substance and has refills remaining. I use some very inexpensive ones from Walmart. If they don't respond I will be contacting federal authorities. I hate them. Instead of giving the hardest working person in Walgreens a transfer and keeping her in the company, they let her quit. Recall that on the phone many conversations are recorded. I have my prescriptions at CVS and have had similar problems over the years. Monday morning, I will make another appointment. Sure, that WASN'T the issue. PS, as a nurse I've been on the "other side" myself, and have dealt with ppl without having to insult their intelligence or pontificate to them, and guess what, it really works!!! It is a complete disaster. I worked in a office some years back but my position was downsized so I came back to retail big mistake. This was also the same day the dog bit me, so I wound up going to 2 urgent cares that day, CVS 3 times, and walgreens once. "How's it going?" What exactly do those things have to do with the past 2 hours you've had to fill my script? All the pharmacy staff provide good service and are friendly. Powered by Invision Community, The Orion Spur, or if you want greater specificitythe Pacific Northwest. Forums Pharmacy Communities (PharmD) Pre-Pharmacy walgreens pharmacy tech Walgreens is running a BUSINESS that deals with PATIENTS who rely on them to be HEALTHY and while they should not break any laws, they do have, in my opinion, a responsibility to be courteous and helpful and perhaps take some pride in having good customer service. Even though they pay me 8 bucks an hour, it's wrong for me to hurt company profits by getting an iced tea for a quarter. The pharmacist at Walgreens 45549 HWY 27, Davenport FL 33897 is a very unprofessional and rude person. We got there (Friday) 1:08 and we were promptly told come back later we are closing for lunch. My insurance company is all set to pay it's share, and I'm ready to pay mine. I hope you are feeling better. To top it off I had a "talking to" telling me to tell employees to talk to management about breaks because another person told me she hasn't gotten a break since she started and I said she's entitled to those breaks. Every time I go there they dont have my meds in stock. I stood in line for 1/2 an hour only to be told I should take a seat as it was going to be about a 90 min wait! I asked to speak with the manager and the manager never showed up. It's not the pharmacists fault you have problems with the clinic. I then sat another 10 min and then she came out and she gave me back my Rx and said it had expired. YES! I do hold some hope. I am sort of desperate for this medication. On top of that, it blocks the prices of the other products below and above the signs! I deliver to Walgreen and they have more part time people that McDonald's! Yes, it may be closer to the house than other places, but I am at the point where it is not worth it! I'm pretty fed up with them. The fear of this being their main job with no education and children committed them to remaining quiet and that is completely understandable but sad nonetheless. I wanted garlic powder and onion powder, but there was no onion powder. Walgreens' online pharmacy is a quick, convenient way to get prescriptions refilled.. Hope you can get the red tape settled. HELLOOOOOOO!!!!!! resident-of-the-week-who-rotates-thru." They offered me to contact the doctor and get additional prescription after 15 days of messing around. More like they care about your wallet. I will never spend a dime in that store. Walgreens is right by work, I pass it every day whereas the nearest mom and pop is out of my way. Because of Covid I am not picking up all of my parents' medications. The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customers satisfaction. Urspo,Actually, I think one WG I go to is very! (I've been on the other side of the phone/window). I was told that was 1-26 of 2022! It will help lower your stress about dealing with the nurse and dodging appointments and getting refills on time. They have stolen my benzos and committed insurance fraud and shorted my husband by two thirds of his inhalers putting him in the hospital with an exacerbation! I did get a rain check. This happens every month. Just wanted to switch tomorrow since new year is starting. I have so much much proof and even more stories (with witnesses willing to come forward). For me I can't even miss one dose. The pay is awful and you can get better wages in my area in starting jobs in similar type of retail, and the raises do not keep up with inflation. One day cancer may come for them, and when it does I hope that they are denied medically necessary pain medication just because it is a weekend. Quit OP. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. I'd be finding me a new job pronto. Perfect every time. If you enjoy pharmacy, then maybe you'll like the chemistry more if you knew it's being applied to pharmacy. My wife and I had some issues and I was not able to hold an erection and i went to order my viagra not only did they make me wait for 8 hours, but they gave me the wrong medication. Walgreens has a way better system of filling their prescriptions. There is no positive reinforcement. Ive seen an old woman with a deceased husband ask for more hours at work only to have her hours cut three weeks later AND a new person hired. The bottom line is that this is all your responsibility and you need to get an appointment far enough in advance in case this stuff happens. Best case scenario, they become assistant manager after three years of busting their butt and appeasing the various personalities of management. That does NOT mean doling out meds against regulations. Walgreen, however, is once again putting some kind of a block from filling it. 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