30 Weird, Ridiculous, And Purely Infuriating Things Spotted At Local Pharmacies

The irony makes this hilarious

Is that even legal?!

Coupons!!! Just tell them you don't want a receipt. You can access your coupons online at CVS.com. They'll accommodate you.

Ages ago Germany had a fun ad for condoms. A young guy nervously at the till, trying to hide the condoms he's buying under the rest of his shopping. Lady at the till tries to scan them, giving him a understanding wink. Condom doesn't scan, so she shouts through the whole shop "BERTA, (Berta being an old-fashioned German first name), WHAT'S THE PRICE FOR THE CONDOMS?" Guy almost dies and pretty girl and the next till makes some encouraging comment. it was meant to show that condoms were nothing to be ashamed of. Was pretty nice and got people talking about condoms. Well done!

TBF there will be a printed sheet inside the box, but yeah, pretty stupid.

Walk to the drive thru like you're walking a bike and if they complain, say your bike is invisible

You can get both receipts and coupons online. Most CVS have a little gizmo where you can tick off "no receipt". If you're in drive-thru, let the clerk know you don't want receipts before everything is rung up.

Good grief!

CVS has a staple fetish. I swear they use a box of them on my family for a month's supply of prescriptions. I'd call them and tell them they need to deliver a new prescription to your home, and they're covering all costs.

As usual, QR stands for "Quite Rude".

This is the kind of c**p pulled on black Friday and cyber Monday as well. Just peel that sticker back and wow! It's 10 bucks more expensive! WHAT A DEAL!

Contact your government's health board. These kind of mistakes can kill. If they don't respond, contact a reputable media source. Keep everything for proof!

I would have my doubt about how sterile that is, given that it is something that shouldn't be anywhere near the pills. A rat could have brought that in!

Well, she convinced me! 😆

They need to yank those staplers out of every pharmacy. They get staple crazy.

Outch waiting to happen. And infections, did I mention those?

Our city homeless shelter accepts recycled prescription bottles. Check with yours.

I doubt that this is legal. It's definitely illegal here.

Look on the bright side, all those vitamins are free!

Anti-seizure med. That sucks.

Possible theft inside the system. Contact your pharmacy immediately. If they don't respond, go to your government's health board. Still no response? Contact reputable media! Keep all packaging, photos and this post for proof.

Those not already in wheelchairs, soon will be as they trip over 'the ramp'.

It didn't puncture the safety cap, did it?

Take the pills to the pharmacy and ask them to explain. Follow the above information if you get pushback.

In Ireland, prescriptions are capped at €80 per family per month, anything above that is not charged. Saves us a fortune.

Like that the cat flea treatment is ALSO on the kids medicine shelf....

Most pharmacies I know use paper bags.

Fun fact, my Dad once had a job as a tampon tester (okay, so it was testing the quality of the kapok used in them, but that doesn’t sound as good!)

It would be correct in the Netherlands. Lots of pharmacies have an automatic distributor to serve clients outside of opening times. We are in a rural area with no emergency pharmacy anywhere near a 1h drive, so they invented a mechanism that can distribute medication remotely. No idea how it actually works, but it does.

Pretty standard at English pharmacies. A lot of meds still come in 30 day packs but GPs prescribe in 4 weeks ie 28 days. The pharmacist then has to snip off any excess tablets and dispenses them in another prescription. Admittedly, it looks like they’d been stockpiling these ones!

I hate to say this, but unfortunately it is quite necessary. Some customers simply can't or won't connect the dots.

Yeah you're gonna have to find a new pharmacy and have your dic call them first to confirm and make sure they get your insurance info. This is f*ckery pure and simple

This is another one definitely worth reporting. Pharmacies are required to follow strict inventory management to prevent precisely this.

The pills look different. So likely they ran out of one and had to switch to one from a different manufacturer and by law they can't go in the same bottle.

I'm on a narcotic pain med and I have to call the pharmacy 3 days in advance every month to make sure they order enough to fill my prescription. Luckily, I have a good pharmacist who isn't an a*s about it. Here it is a state law that if you accept a partial fill, you can't get the rest later.

Mine did the same thing to me two months ago. My husband is at a different pharmacy and they gave it to him in the original tube. It just seems weird to me.

He just wants his prescription filled

Ouch for anyone who has a problem swallowing pills

Well…I’m not saying it’s ideal, but…you know…

My blood still boils that to get a Covid vax at the height of everything you absolutely *had* to have internet and a smart phone. My 91yo MIL doesn't have either, so I had to do all the appointments for her.

8 Hot dogs in a pack and 12 buns in a pack...

They have to include all that due to safety and legal regulations

And at least 6 people in that line are also trying to buy several non-pharmacy items each with two items that won't scan at the sale price.

Pretty sure you got to blame that on the customers,

Happens to the best of us.

They have no choice about that. It's the law.

We can all see the ramp isn't the real problem in this picture. /j

Take it back immediately!

Pill ID says it is amitriptyline so you shouldn't feel depressed about it.

Err, just don't reply?

It was pretty easy to read, just right to left, as normal.

Walgreens is basically an expensive, oversized 7/11, they're not a pharmacy in & of itself.

But how long have they been standing there?

Wouldn't an "out of order" sign be more efficient?

I get the point they're making, but neither of those statements are true. The primary difference between the two is that the night side contains an antihistamine (which causes drowsiness as a side effect), while the day side doesn't. There's no stimulant in the day side to "keep you awake".

This looks a store that's going out of business.

FFS. Expiry date on salty water.

This is in Australia. It is not true that the Consumer has no idea what they’ll be charged. You can always ask your pharmacist about the cost of the medication. We cant see the brands here but I suspect that one of these is generic and the other is branded. Chemist Warehouse will almost always sell the generic brand in the first instance. It's one of the reasons its so much cheaper, but you can you can always ask your pharmacist to supply you the generic brand.

We import our d***s from Europe, Japan, Canada, and India mostly. They are, after all the ones with the giant manufacturing facilities. Some ARE manufactured in the US but most aren't.

How unrealistic! The pharmacy is run by HUMANS. Humans get sick, etc. (And some businesses have a hard time keep humans working for them cuz they're terrible employers.) But OP, you're right! When things go sideways and no other HUMAN is available to work on short notice, that establishment should call every possible client that might show up that day and inform them of this excruciating mishap. God forbid the customer not attempt to wait until the very last moment to fill their vitally required medication. The pharmacy is at fault for not warning everyone that HUMANS might have personal needs. /s 😮‍💨🙄