http://pharmacychick.blogpharm.com Flying the Coop in Retail Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:51:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en With apologies to the shoe company with the swoosh logo, I am sending out this challenge to all you pharmacists who CAN vaccinate:  DO. About 5 years ago,  the state I live in  decided to allow pharmacists to vaccinate.  I was slow to jump on the bandwagon by one year.  I took ... http://pharmacychick.blogpharm.com/2008/08/16/vaccinations-just-do-it/ Mr and Mrs Chick took a few days off recently to get some needed home maintenance done.  Actually we are doing a kitchen gut and redo and we decided to be our own paint contractor.  (note to self: painting a ceiling is harder than it looks).  ANYWAY,  this required spending ... http://pharmacychick.blogpharm.com/2008/08/12/radio-ads/ The coming of fall always makes Pharmacy Chick wax nostalgic to her college days. Already I am seeing Back-To-School ads and kids in the store haggling with their parents over backpacks (why do they need a new one every year?)  I have to be honest, it took me a good 5 years ... http://pharmacychick.blogpharm.com/2008/08/10/throwing-away-the-pages-of-history/ Pharmacy chick logged in today to see that blogpharm as changed its format. Because I am a major techno-phobe, I dont appreciate having changes made to my computer stuff or my internet experience.  I mean, its taken me months just to figure out how to put a picture on my blog and ... http://pharmacychick.blogpharm.com/2008/08/06/i-need-something-to-whine-about-today-so-i-chose-this/ What is it about summertime that turns people's brain to chowder when it comes to fashion sense? Since Pharmacy Chick sees a bazillion people every day, I'd thought I'd share some of my own observations of shoppers who passed by in recent days. I swear some people get dressed in ... http://pharmacychick.blogpharm.com/2008/08/03/blind-mine-eyes-put-some-clothes-on/ Pharmacy Chick is not the techno geek that some people are. I do however have a failsafe security measure on my laptop that makes it impossible for the un-informed to boot it. Because its old, there is some short in it someplace. I have to perform some ... http://pharmacychick.blogpharm.com/2008/07/30/fishing-for-cell-phones/ Every now and then we have a day that causes us to check the calendar to see if its a full moon. This day was one of them. She was in her 30's, a yuppie type lady with high heels under a smart suit. She handed me ... http://pharmacychick.blogpharm.com/2008/07/29/is-this-rx-mine-or-not/ One of the things Pharmacy Chick thinks is important is the presentation of the prescription given to the patient. I do not like wrinkled tape on the label, the labels crooked on the bottle, and I don't like to have mispellings. I cannot tell you how many times ... http://pharmacychick.blogpharm.com/2008/07/26/petty-gripe-number-1587342/ This morning as I padded sleepy-eyed from the bed to the dresser, I commented to Mr Chick "Today's going to be a good day!" He asked why and I said "Because its WHITE sock day" We both had a little chuckle because we knew exactly what it meant. The ... http://pharmacychick.blogpharm.com/2008/07/24/white-socks-and-black-socks/ Going to work on a monday is like beating myself over the head with hammer. It hurts, but for some stupid reason (money??) I keep doing it. You'd think that after a while, I'd get out of the way of the hammer. Since people who receive faxes from pharmacies ... http://pharmacychick.blogpharm.com/2008/07/21/does-anybody-read-what-i-fax/