Sounds like 4258. Been there, done that.

But not all in a row... remember RXPVSM?

He was a legend in Market 10. He'd work 9am to 6pm at 4258, then over to
Jersey to take the overnight shift at 1542, 8pm to 8am... then back to
4258, for three days and three nights running. God knows how he did
that, but I wouldn't want to be the one whose rx he filled at 7:00 on
Thursday morning...

Alan (formerly RXPJAS5)

When I don't fill in part time at the RiteAid down the street, they close
the pharmacy for the day.  400scripts average per day.
The area is saturated with pharmacies.  All of them open 14 to 16 hour days.
All of them have drive thrus.  All of them have inadequate tech help.
I used to be able to work 60hr weeks.
f.ck that.
It's too hard anymore.
They want help, they can help themselves by shortning their hours to free up
RPh time and providing an environment that would enable pharmacists to work
overtime.
They've made it so difficult I don't have the strength to work extra.
I used to.
If they would make some small changes, I'd bet they'd see a 30% increase in
their work force.
But then they're MBA's arent they.
From experience I can say they couldn't find their a.s at high noon with
both hands and a guide dog.
So f.ck them.
Let them whine about their shortage.

Larry

A brief item in the latest issue of "Pharmacy Times" said that the
pharmacist shortage continues unabated. The article estimated that, for
example, the US chain drug industry is short 5500 pharmacists. The cause, it
was suggested, is the lenghtening of the pharmacy program by one academic
year to make the Pharm.D. degree.

What else is contributing to the shortage, and to what degree do you think
it is? Lack of secondary school training, interest, and/or ability in
science? Tuition costs? I know that there was a Congressional study on the
issue in the late 1990s, but I'd like to hear from the field. What do you
think?

Paul Trusten, R.Ph.
3609 Caldera Boulevard Apartment 122
Midland TX 79707-2872 USA
432-694-6208
ptrusten@cox.net

"There are two cardinal sins, from which
all the others spring: impatience and laziness."

                                         ---Franz Kafka