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PoindexterOglethorpe

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20. Not necessarily.

Reply to debm55 (Reply #19)

Wed Jun 21, 2023, 11:46 PM

Jun 2023

I can think of at least one pharmacy in a local drugstore that absolutely has only a partial view of the store, and I doubt they can see the front doors from there.

Plus, at the risk of repeating myself, the pharmacists are not spending any time looking up and out. They are heads down, filling prescriptions, turning around to pull medications off the shelf.

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Why does a pharmacist stand on a higher platform at the drug store? He/she is not on the same level [View all] debm55 Jun 2023 OP

Dispensation comes from on high. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2023 #1

Very true, Bernardo, very true. debm55 Jun 2023 #2

Or they're high with drugs. Orrex Jun 2023 #3

Nay, I looked back at Rite Aid and he was standing on a platform, which made him high but not that debm55 Jun 2023 #5

LOL Orrex Jun 2023 #6

Rite Aid in my area does. Maybe your's isn't doubling as a security guard. debm55 Jun 2023 #8

To make it harder for someone to come over the counter and take FSogol Jun 2023 #4

Could be but he stands behind a glass window. One would have to break the window. Meds are kept in debm55 Jun 2023 #7

No but they have your car and you don't. nt okaawhatever Jun 2023 #32

Give him some gravitas so you'll be more inclined to listen to them - like a judge or preacher. marble falls Jun 2023 #9

And be able to tell you that it's too early to get your pills refilled. Come back tomorrow. debm55 Jun 2023 #10

With no guff or lip. They aren't a Dr or other title. That step up is all they got. marble falls Jun 2023 #12

Yeah, that step-up is about it. That, and the pharmacy degree they worked many years to obtain. Paladin Jun 2023 #22

Pharmacists acted as doctors in some of the towns I've lived in where there was no GP or ER for ... marble falls Jun 2023 #23

All very true. (nt) Paladin Jun 2023 #24

Not at my drugstore (Walgreen's). Ocelot II Jun 2023 #11

Seems A Mixed Bag ProfessorGAC Jun 2023 #26

Probably stands on a slatted platform intrepidity Jun 2023 #13

Do they then follow the 5 second rule that if is on the 5 seconds you throw it out??? or do they debm55 Jun 2023 #14

They probably wait til the end of the week intrepidity Jun 2023 #15

Walmart pharmacy where I get scripts isn't this way. Nt Mark.b2 Jun 2023 #16

Mine still is --Rite Aid debm55 Jun 2023 #17

Why would a pharmacist also be a security guard? PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2023 #18

Because the pharmacy is in the back at the store directly in the view of the front doors. debm55 Jun 2023 #19

Not necessarily. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2023 #20

The platforms are highly advanced buffering system that act like the shock absorbers on your car, Chainfire Jun 2023 #21

Is that true? If it is, that's a good idea. Thank you. debm55 Jun 2023 #28

I was doing my Republican imitation and practicing lying. I am sorry, it was a joke. Chainfire Jun 2023 #30

Dagnamut, I believed you--------------- debm55 Jun 2023 #31

Flood prevention jmowreader Jun 2023 #25

We Live In A River Town ProfessorGAC Jun 2023 #27

That could be true also as the meds are located in the raised area directly behind the pharmacist debm55 Jun 2023 #29