I'm supposing they don't care about reviews here, but I'd love to enforce something for anyone actually looking for a good pharmacy who is checking-
I have never, never in my life, written a negative review on yelp or otherwise for any place, person, thing- anything. I once sat in a restaurant for three hours with no service, and dismissive wait staff and still tipped after I finally got my (incorrect) order.
But I have never had a negative experience quite like today. First off, I hate to call out someone by name but unfortunately I remember it- savannah did not have the basic decency to answer or obtain answers for questions about drugs I was purchasing. She repeatedly ignored important questions or stood there awkwardly having some sort of stare off with me when I asked. She would then respond with the answer "I don't know" and the occasional eye roll. After a while of her clearly not wanting to ask the pharmacist anything besides one question (I really wasn't asking much!!), she told me to buy the medicine anyways, saying I could return it if I didn't want it. I was asking about drug interactions. Something pretty damn important
We stood there awkwardly for a while and finally I relented and just bought it. After all if I could check and just return it it would be fine right?
But she refused to give me a physical receipt when I asked and when I tried to return it, she told me I couldn't. The medication was 60 dollars.
Eventually they sent me to the front saying they should be able to do it there. He said he couldn't but his store manager could. The store manager said he could only offer me store credit! I would have to go get the receipt from the CVS registered email, which is my mothers. Even though they had just watched me buy it and even told me to do so. My phone was at 1 percent. That meant I would have to drive home to get a charger to call my mom to get a forward of an email to go back to return a 60 dollar item.
Which is what I'm going to have to do now.
Short version- I find all of this to be incredibly rude, but more importantly dangerous. Refusing to answer questions about drugs can cause people severe reactions. Pretty sure it's not legal too. I also find the dismissive nature, and the very snarky tone of the store manager, when I mentioned what she did regarding the "just buy it and if you don't want it return it", to be so belittling. I can't really explain bad attitude and complete lack of customer service, but boy oh boy, I really experienced it today.
I have never ever gotten mad at customer service people! I used to work customer service and I know how rough it can be! But today, I was mad.
But when it comes to medicine I can't believe someone could even be like that. I'm also sorry if I was abrasive to the young man who was working at the front. I want to clarify for anyone reading this I didn't yell at him or anything but I know how easy it is to see irritation on people sometimes and I want you to know you did nothing wrong. I get you were just trying to do your job and following company policies regarding returns and I appreciate you grabbing your manager. I was just pretty fed up from dealing with the girl at the pharmacy.
I forgot to add that I waited for 2 hours when they had said it would take ten minutes. But honestly, that I didn't even mind. I fault that at both myself for not checking in more, and Savannah for, when I asked, raising an eyebrow and saying "Brian?" Instead of actually checking (Even though I think my order was done at that point. But I can't be totally sure since she didn't check)
But yeah. I can't entirely explain, but aside from the most horrible part regarding the medication, the worst bit for me was the dehumanizing attitude. It nearly brought out the worst in me, and even the person with me who is normally the first to cut people slack said
"Write them a scaaaaathing yelp review. Like god that was horrible."
I've mostly calmed down, I just hope they aren't so flippant with people who have more delicate drugs they need. read more