not doing this as a customer service (god forbid) - but somehow, just from an operational perspective, doesn’t this seem like a no brainer way to save on time and materials. Seems like low hanging fruit for #CVS to me (you can thank me later!).

the name of the drug, finds out if it’s in stock, and then pushes a button and the box magically slides down a little chute behind her. I wonder how much time and labor (not to mention little plastic orange bottles) this process saves. I’m not saying that the French are more efficient - they’re…

transaction took 10m and I came home with everything I needed, and more. Some of the boxes have more doses than I need, and yet they didn’t take the time to count up each pill and put it in a new bottle. This pharmacy is 5m walk from my house and has a cool chute system where the pharmacist types in

name and the name of my doctor and the dosage custom typed on them. I have boxes of pills, in their original manufacturer packaging, with the original manufacturer info notices inside, and handwritten notes on the box from the pharmacist reminding me of the dose (2 pills morning & night). The…

antihistamine. I paid a total of 43€ out of pocket, and I think that was mostly for the probiotics that I asked for when I saw the big pile of boxes being rung up. And that’s the point of this post. I didn’t call these in and then go and pick them up. I don’t have a shelf of orange bottles with my…

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