They don't make a drug for what's wrong with you, Ashleigh with a "K"

After a few years of running a different blog, I've decided to make a fresh start.

Pharmaholic will serve as my new venue.

It will serve as a dump site for the minutiae that permeates and collects on the fabric of my life.

I'm posting this phone conversation, a transcript of an earlier entry from my other blog a few years back.

I needed something post, to get this blog up and running, and this entry seemed an appropriate launch in the vein of what I'll cover here.

I can't guarantee everything I post will agree with all my readers but hopefully it will entertain. Enjoy.

Me, vs, Standard Customer.

-Phone rings-

Me: "Thank you for calling blah blah blah pharmacy."

sc: "I need a refill on my prescription."

Me: "Okay, do you have the prescription number?"

sc: "No, I'm driving."

Me: "Fine, may I have your phone number please?"

sc: "Why, I'm already talking to you."

Me: "Your phone number will help me to locate you in our computer."

sc: "So. . . if I give you the wrong number by mistake will it still work?"

Me: "Probably not."

sc: "If I give you my ex-husband's number will it locate him, 'cause I'd like to know where he's hiding."

Me: "No ma'am. I just need your number."

sc: "I'm not sure which number it's under."

Me: "Okay, who is the prescription for?"

sc: "FOR ME! JESUS, aren't listening to me?"

Me: "Yes ma'am. What is the name on the prescription label?"

sc: "I don't know, Valtrex, I think."

Me: "Not the name of the drug. Who is the prescription for?"

sc: "ME"

Me: -Deep Sigh-

Me: "What is your name?"

sc: "Ashleigh Peterson. Ashleigh - with a 'K'."

Me: "Ashleigh - with a 'K'?"

sc: "HELLO - A-S-H-L-E-I-G-H!"

Me: "You dont have to shout ma'am, I simply misunderstood you. I thought you said, 'with a K'."

sc: "I did."

Me: "There is no 'K' in Ashleigh."

sc: "Duh, It's my middle initial, you know, in case someone else has the same name."

Me: "Fine. I've found you in the computer and filled your script for Valtrex. Is there anything else I can do for you?"

sc: "What time will it be ready?"

Me: "We'll have it ready by the time you arrive."

sc: "When will that be?"

Me: -another deep sigh-

I'll spare you the rest. The conversation continued on, far past the point of reason.

Anyway, this seemed as perfect a post as any to kick off Pharmaholic.