i hate walgreens pharmacy

Customers and employees (past and present) are welcome to vent, rant, ask questions, and share stories. They waste your time telling you that their automated system will call you back (when it doesnt) or finding excuses why their system went down. Id offer a bit of levity about going down, but theyre ugly enough at that location that - like their filled prescriptions - no one gets it. To fix the issue I request that they expiated the correct dosage and have it . Walgreen's is a disgrace to the pharmacy business. In the past Walgreen's has: given the prescription for someone else, handed me paperwork for another customer, given me the wrong dosage by two and insisted all I had to do was cut it in half and could not understand that half of 50mg does not equal half of 15mg. If you don't like where you receive services, I'm sure there are private psychiatrists you could use. "Oh, have a seat, it will be about 5 minutes.". The Walgreen Company is an American company which operates the second-largest chain in the United States of America behind CVS Health. Tommy got Kelloggs Raisin Bran bogo, too. "How's it going?" . I was in a neighborhood where the skin color is not mine. Pharamacists should be the second line of defense, not the first! I hate Walgreens. You were lucky to get the emergency supply. And when the pain comes, I hope they suffer like they have made me suffer, writhing in pain throughout the long dark night, feeling like you'd rather commit suicide than have to suffer from the pain of cancer and chemotherapy. This all should just be automated at most pharmacies to save everybody involved from immense suffering. I have been saved many times by the pharmacist who I am on a first name basis with. Numerous xs they have made mistakes but this one has me speak with corporate. This RX had been called in by the hospital prior to her discharge. The other employees straighten 4 aisles but the manager only has to do one and that is aisle 10. The time it would take to drive somewhere else, pick up the meds, and come home, I would still be in the drive thru waiting for my walgreens refills. Walgreen's violated my privacy by discussing my business in front of a waiting room full of people. Anyway, I get a letter in the mail saying they have to cancel the appointment. It is a complete disaster. It was Sunday and I knew i will not be able to get in touch with my doctor. Then I leave after calling the pharmacist a few choice words. Thank you for letting me vent. They keep telling me to come in when the car line is long or other reasons. "Well I don't think we can fill it. Recall that on the phone many conversations are recorded. They lovingly put me in with a half-retarded resident that will leave in 2 months like always. Jan 26, 2009 - Cashier in Clermont, FL Recommend CEO Approval Business Outlook Pros The discount, most of my coworkers were great to work with. They always notify me by email when my Rx's are in and follow up with a phone call if I forget to pick them up. I told her I'd have her ass fired. I hate those trays. By the way, I got my prescription at Walgreens for the two years I worked there. I had tried the mail once before and received an incorrect RX. Up to 50% off clearance. Janet,No, I would not sit for 90 minutes, either! It was supposed to be on auto refill. This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies. You are either in the business of filling prescriptions or you are not. Even doctors don't want to deal with Walgreens. For example, with the item of the month. How many people overpay and under utilize their health care coverage because sleazy companies like Walgreens!? I waited in their crowded little waiting area for that 30 min and another lady asked me my name and if i was waiting, I said yes, she said ohh they are almost done filling the Rx. 12. She also says we will look at the tape to see then who picked it up! They care about money but they waste who knows how much on printing and posting repetitive already-established signs. slugmama,Fluticasone is exactly what I am using presently. This was also the same day the dog bit me, so I wound up going to 2 urgent cares that day, CVS 3 times, and walgreens once. I was forced to go to CVS? I hate filling them. I will be reporting this to someone higher up than techs, weekend pharmacist, and weekend manager. Unless a pharmacy does compounding, theres no need for a licensed pharmacist. Do it on the last hr of your shift. She ran the photo lab better than anyone I have ever seen. I think they were about $1 the last time I bought any.I was able to do 8 weeks of morning and evening meds. I suppose pharmacies are all like that now, not places you feel like they know you. Stood forever in a line that didn't move, trying not to pass out, all the while listening to a true-blue BITCH of a pharmacy clerk YELLING at elderly ppl for waiting till last minute to call in for their refills. But nothing clears my sinuses as reliably as this product. My physician called an order to be filled. It sounds icky to me, but I did it. I am calling my doctor to see if there is another service I could use, but I doubt there is. I really hope by "medicine clinic" you don't mean emergency room. The online system is horrible and inaccurate. At home, in the ver commercial area I live in, we use a family owned pharmacy that does everything Rabbit said. I hope someone can do something and soon. I feel bad for the immigrants who work super hard thinking it will amount to anything. As for Walgreen'sthey completely and undeniably SUCK and they also really, really BLOW!!!! I was a customer before I decided to work for the company and all I can say is it's the worst decision I've made in the entirety of my existence on this earth. Also, every call he has to make to a doctor is a pill bottle he isn't filling for someone in line at the counter. As we were leaving she got loud an said sarcastically you all have a nice day extremely rude. Ok bye bye walgreen. Aside from creating potential conflicts of interest, the industry presence . On a positive note, I loved most of the employees. I only hope you will one day suffer the literal pain your customers suffer due to your poor (absolute [censored]ty) service supplied (or not supplied) by your inept pharmacy staff. Walgreens is the worst in every way possible. Or she claimed not to know it. They want their customers to be happy, so they know they need to keep lots of employees. Then, another Walgreens pharmacy can access your prescription from the original one fairly soon, provided that the medication isn't a controlled substance and has refills remaining. Photo is expensive. Mentally ill people are treated like SHIT!!!!!! What a steal! He is having heart trouble today and I am currently in line at the pharmacy trying to pick up a prescription. are killing me right now and I'm short with my kids. Ive seen an old woman with a deceased husband ask for more hours at work only to have her hours cut three weeks later AND a new person hired. There's VERY little front end support. Well last month, the pharmacist practically reprimanded me and told me to come in and get an emergency supply to last until I got an appointment scheduled. Investigation by the California State Board of Pharmacy finds that a Walgreens . isn't that strange? They shouldn't have to talk to management, they should have been told about their breaks when they started. I hate that some will not stay closed. No. Hate When you make a phone call it's worse, you will hold until you decide to hang up. I always had nothing bad to say about Walgreen's, but familiarity does breed contempt. I totally agree that customers should once in their lifetime experience retail life to get a clear prospective on how stressful it really is. The pharmacy techs can never find anyones prescription. But I think increasingly, physicians are pushing off all cross-checking of drug interactions on the pharmacists, rather than doing the work themselves, as they should. The previous store manager gave her an award to show her recognition for doing such a great job. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. The ham will not fitlol. I saw the pharmacy man working at another pharmacy and he said he was glad to quit over what they did to me and report the facts. EVERY month my prescription is delayed. I was a customer before I decided to work for the company and all I can say is it's the worst decision I've made in the entirety of my existence on this earth. And their Option Care Service has also earned an ultimate FAIL. I'm sure it won't be as bad as you think. He didn't believe me, refused to call to confirm, and informed me that it was HIS PHARMACY and I informed him I would do business at a pharmacy that didn't have anything to do with HIM. I had to print out the store policy for breaks and bring it in and show them. Just adding that I agree Walgreens bites the big one, I prefer small privately owned pharmacies myself but I have to use RiteAid for the most partthe people at walgreens are very rude and judgmental to say teh least, it think it is a qualifications. This makes me so happy because I HATE filling them. I tell them every time I am here to please put it on auto refill and they always say they will. I was also told they don't know when they will open their pharmacy and the problem with that is if they already filled my scripts my doctor can not send them through again. If someone was having you do something that could be illegal and make you lose your job would you do it? You don't get holidays off ever. Thanks. Get rid of you Walgreen's stock now as the Bottom is about to fall out Especially in the Miltary areas of the nation! I will never spend a dime in that store. I have to check with my doctor before I can use any otc or prescription, so it is hard to treat myself without guidance. I have interfaced with 2staff pharmacists who were good. I hate this company and I hope the hell they have visited upon me will come back to them ten fold. In the like 8 years I've been getting my script there. My husband is having chest pains, and he needs the medication. Refill prescriptions online, order items for delivery or store pickup, and create Photo Gifts. Because they will most definitely get tired of seeing you. It's as if the old Soviet Union came back and 're-organized' operations to ensure everyone's [censored]ed - including the hard-working. They tell him he needs doctor authorization first. How about hiring more people and paying them properly! I have always checked what I get. The pharmacist at Walgreens 45549 HWY 27, Davenport FL 33897 is a very unprofessional and rude person. I would not care if it would not be for the fact that very few pharmacies are allowed to carry my meds (DEA regulations) and my prescriptions can not be filled partially. It sucks when plans fall apart. That way I never show up with my meds not ready to pick up. It apparently does not update the stores contemporaneously. Sucks. Because of Covid I am not picking up all of my parents' medications. Not only a new person hired, two new people hired within the month. I can only hope the people whom they have made suffer from their idiotic run around to fill prescriptions prescribed by a freaking oncologist from a large cancer treatment center, that they get that back ten fold. It will help lower your stress about dealing with the nurse and dodging appointments and getting refills on time. I have given Walgreens many chances over the years, but now I've had it. I have no complaints. I noticed there were only 2 meds as opposed to the 3 written by my doc. Its definitely illegal to deny people breaks. Now she is leaving me for my next door neighbor AND HE IS A MIDGET! There's already a sign up saying the sale price but you have to put another sticker UNDERNEATH the sign that's already up because there's no room to put it. Never ever get generic from Walgreens. This happens every month. Just got into a argument with the pharmacist. Part time people up the Ying Yang! Walgreens has a policy that you are supposed to get three a shift. A Walgreen pharmacist in Bend, Oregon had to have me tell her Fentanyl (pain med) could be refilled. I hate Walgreens. They are so overwhelmed with signs and stickers that they don't even notice them. I hate using chains. Walgreens buys the store two months ago. It is no different than making sure you have insulin if you have diabetes. Consultants working on a corporate report were told to drop safety complaints. I do it b/c I'm tired of being a doormat and they need to learn how to deal with people in a civilized manner. I wonder how many times I have to tell the same person I cannot walk there. Good show CEO ur running Walgreens right into the Ground! That is the only time I have seen any management show any type of acknowledgment for the people who work hard at their job. Why it matters: The future of pharmacy services is murky, with Walgreens, CVS and Amazon all pursuing disparate strategies. There is one pharmacist who is a grumpy gus and one cashier who gives everyone the hairy eyeball but other than those two everyone is very nice and helpful. Your not alone, rude by pharmacy staff is putting is mildly. they screw them all up!!!!!!! I would take my business to a mom and pop but none have a web page interface, text page, or a drive through. Walgreens 62 reviews Claimed $$ Drugstores, Cosmetics & Beauty Supply, Convenience Stores Edit Closed 8:00 AM - 10:00 PM See hours See all 24 photos Write a review Add photo Save Location & Hours 1620 1st St Livermore, CA 94550 P St & O St Get directions Edit business info Amenities and More Health Score PASS Powered by Hazel Analytics Only the pharmacy man told the truth. I was told they had just given me three bottles. Fluticasone Nasal Spray is the generic for Flonase. And we could not even get our freak on. The only people who get any recognition are the management in forms of bonuses that no one else sees. I heard Walmart was cheaper so I started going there. I was glad he told me. I literally saw Tony outside smoking a cigarette while another girl, I called her Amanda because I have no issues with her to reveal her name, did his work. I take generic Mucinex which is guaifenesin. The other issue is the management. I hated working for walgreens. Other Walgreens in town have long lines, not enough staff. Walgreens is firing at the Bottom to cut cost when they should be firing at the Top! 13. I have some cheap ones, some free ones that came with a med, and more expensive ones. The store manager did not even know this. They must have minium wage pharmacist as none of them ever stays! This particular one feels dirty, and the cashiers don't seem to have ten IQ points (or teeth) among them all. If you are doing a good job AND are a manager, they let you know. Walgreens covered it all up. and he was never available by phone. My regular pharmacy CVS was out of my heavy pain killers ( Morphine, Methadone etc) so like usually in this situation i went to Walgreens across the street. "I put in a note to get it refilled." They are defysleazy. My insurance company uses only Walgreens. Your pdoc really does need to see you in person so that he can talk to you and visually see how you are doing. Monday morning, I will make another appointment. Every time I go there - drive-thru or going inside - there is always a long, long line, and it takes about 10 minutes just for someone to finally get their medicine. I finally had to leave. There is an old man ahead of me who asks for his prescription. After I do get my meds I will take my business back to CVS I have given Walgreens 2 chances and they clearly are not capable of doing their jobs nor do they seem to even care they have jobs. I haven't shopped WG in years - just no need. It's not the new person's fault for breaking stuff either. If you are in the number one photo store in the district, most managers let you just take care of photo but you always have the crazy ones who still expect you to wait on photo customers every five minutes, take care of their photo orders AND stock the cooler AND stock the shelves AND whatever list that is neverending. I refuse to use any chains. There is nothing to do but be your own watchdog, I'm afraid.Plus, so many doctors just leave their prescription details to the pharmacist. Yes, pharmacists know what the job entails. Please clean house from the top down. Being polite and even a little sunshiny goes a long way when you need special favors. I just moved to the area and changed my prescriptions to go to Walgreens Pharmacy Store #6898, 3701 N KINGS HWY, Myrtle Beach, S.C. 29577. Our family uses CVS but my parents use Walgreens. 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i hate walgreens pharmacy