Funny thing, when I got out of pharmacy school I wasn't familiar with the term. I thought "partner" was a reference to significant others in a same-sex relationship. I still sort of chuckle at my confusion back in the day.
Partner: one associated with another especially in an action : associate, colleague
It sort of implies a cooperative effort doesn't it?
Why is it, then, that cooperation isn't what we often get? My non-pharmacist friends are often horrified with the stories I share with them. One of them is convinced over half of the pharmacists out there are nut-jobs or complete losers. Maybe its just me.
Let's see, here's some crazies I've worked with:
1. This one fella I worked with blew up his house cooking meth, lost his license and then went on to get in trouble for working at a grocery store pharmacy without a license. Don't they check this stuff??
2. This imposing woman was over 6 feet tall. When she talked to you it all sounded very good and was spoken with such authority, but when the conversation ended you would think, "am I dumb? I have no idea what she was talking about". This lady apparently worked for an indie for years, but resigned after the owner asked her to when he caught her sneaking into the store after hours to steal ketchup and toilet paper. She then went on to get busted shoplifting at a department store. Eventually, when I became her unlucky partner, I discovered she was writing her own prescriptions for metoprolol and Ambien. I reported it, of course. She, also, made many dispensing errors, a record of 6 in one month at a particular point, all discovered by me. It took corporate over a year to fire her... they were busy I guess. She went on to work for another chain who acted much more quickly in firing her, after discovering she was filing RXs on her $0 copay employee plan, purchasing the RXs at the register, and then backing out the claims the next day. Viola! Never ending refills!
3. The Princess. She wasn't a bad pharmacist at all, just an annoying person to have to work with. She somehow managed to get the technicians to totally worship her. They would shower her with gifts for any and all occasions. I was once asked, er rather commanded, to chip in $5 on a Boss's Day gift. "Umm she's not my boss", I argued.
The Princess, also, worked the schedule like a pro. She had it set up so of us 3 pharmacists, we each worked every 3rd weekend. We, also, got extra days off during the week if we worked the weekend; Wednesday and Thursday. Princess' regular day off was Friday (mine was Tuesday, no 3 day weekends for me, ever). Every 3rd week, Princess got a 5 day weekend! Yea.. I didn't stay long.
4. The Slacker Manager-Manipulator. This one probably happens more often than any other. The manager who does nothing, but takes all the credit and tells her boss she does everything and that you are a worthless partner. These folks are often of the compulsive lying type, with grandiose visions of themselves. You do nothing, they do everything. This particular partner I had, actually would take naps on the stool.
I could probably go on and on. I want to hear about your experiences. Maybe I just attract these people. Maybe its just me. Maybe everyone else's partners are totally normal, rational, people. Hmmm yea probably not. Comment or take the poll over to the upper right.
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There was the pharmacists that did the company promo thing, joined the company baseball team, got off work 45 min. early to practice and play games, and when I came in after them on the next shift, was suddenly doing two person's work at the busiest part of the day. Made me resentful.
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