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hurricane ike
Stop Whining About Hurricane Ike, You're Scheduled To Work At Walgreens
A reader reports that the Walgreens he works at in Houston, Texas, where Hurricane Ike just passed through, is making him come to work, even though he has no roof. He writes
Nearly all of Houston has no power and most has no water. Even though my upstairs ceiling caved in, my manager at Walgreens said "you're scheduled to work and are expected to be here."
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cvs
CVS Employee Calls Customer A 'Fucking AIDS Freak'
Check out this stunning exchange between a Philadelphia CVS employee and a customer:
His response was "Whatever, somebody needs to come deal with this because I'm about to go off..."
"You're about to 'Go off?', I asked him."Do you really think that's the best thing to say to a paying customer?"
And at this point, with his back turned to me, the young man muttered "Fucking AIDS freak."
Read J's full story of how it got to this point, and CVS' meager response, below.
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your health
Could Generic Drugs Be Even Cheaper Without The Middle Man?
The WSJ Health Blog says that pharmacy benefit managers are marking up the amount they charge your insurance company for generic drugs and keeping the difference. Often the mark-up isn't too severe, but the WSJ has one example where the difference was over a hundred dollars. More » -
birth control
New "Pro-Life" Pharmacies Won't Sell You Birth Control
Putting their own beliefs ahead their customers', the DMC Pharmacy, scheduled to open in Chantilly, VA., is among a growing number of "pro-life" pharmacies that will not sell any form of contraception. According to the Washington Post, the pharmacy, an expansion of Divine Mercy Care, asserts a "right of conscience" which means they won't provide any services or products that they find objectionable. Details, inside... More » -
walgreens
Walgreens Pill-Flipping Scheme Costs Taxpayers Millions
Thanks to an anonymous whistle-blower, a Walgreens pill-flipping scheme has been blown wide open, according to CBS. "Pill-flipping" refers the practice of pharmacies that purposefully switch Medicaid patients to more expensive versions of certain drugs for the sole reason of collecting more money from the government. Naturally, when this happens, taxpayers pick up the bill. Athough, Walgreen's officially denies any wrongdoing they have agreed to pay the government more than $35 million. Details, inside... More » -
The New High
The Battle Of The Biggest Killer: Prescription Drugs V. Illegal Drugs
So, Florida is apparently plagued by addicted prescription-poppers and not the pot-addled deviants targeted by our government's so-called "War on Drugs." A new report shows that prescription drugs killed three-times more Floridians than illegal drugs, and not because old people can't follow doctor's orders. Addictive prescriptions like Vicodin, OxyContin, Valium and Xanax killed more users than all illegal drugs combined. More » -
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prescriptions
CVS In Pennsylvania Keeps Pharmacy Supplies At Toasty 93 Degrees
A CVS in Cressona, PA has had chronic air conditioning problems "for over a year and a half now" according to the employee our tipster spoke with. Now Frank wants to know whether or not it's safe to store so much medicine in such intense heat. It certainly goes against the storage instructions for a lot of meds. More » -
complaints
CVS Refuses Foreign ID To Buy "Plan B" Birth Control
Reader John and his friend Michelle found themselves in a situation where they needed to get "Plan B" birth control, also known as "the morning after pill." They went to their local CVS in Hawthorne, CA. and met an uncooperative pharmacist who refused them access to the pills because Michelle only had foreign ID to prove she is of legal age. (18+) The pharmacist also refused John's state issued ID with the reason that it could not be sold to man, however, the FDA's website clearly says that Plan B can be sold OTC to a man or woman who is 18 or over. Find out what happened to John and Michelle, inside.... More » -
mea culpa
Rite Aid District Manager Successfully Handles A Customer Complaint
With all the customer service horror stories we post, you'd think businesses in the United States have lost the ability to treat their customers with respect—and by and large, you'd be right. But every once in a while we get a tip that proves that there are still intelligent, competent people out there who can answer a customer's complaints forthrightly and honestly. That happened over the weekend with Dancing Deer and their shiv-in-the-Blondie incident, and now comes this story of a Rite Aid pharmacy district manager in Seattle and his band of idiots at a specific store.
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