One eventful evening, I was hard at work doing my technician duties when another technician, my partner in crime, ran up to me and told me I had a phone call.
One of my duties at that time was to do all the ordering for that pharmacy, from pills, to products, to inventory items, you name it, I ordered it. I did this every day, nonstop, Monday through Friday. At this point, what I ordered and what I needed came second nature and I knew what was coming from where and usually how much it cost.
This particular day, when my technician came running up to me to tell me I had a phone call, she instructed me that it was about one of my orders.
“Miss Laura,” she said, “The package you ordered yesterday was held up.”
This wasn’t really surprising; a lot of packages get held up for different reasons. It was a pain but what could you do? I’ll admit though, I was annoyed, I needed what was in that package to fill an order.
“Why?”
It came out in more of a hiss than a question, which I didn’t mean for it to.
“I don’t know,” she said, “It was held up by the Sheriff.”
I’m sorry, what?
I didn’t order THOSE drugs. I ordered the legal ones. I stood there for a minute trying to figure out what in the world I ordered could have caused the Sheriff to get involved.
Last time I checked, Preparation H and Fixodent were perfectly legal in North Carolina.
“They’re waiting for you on the phone,” she told me.
As I walked to the phone, I wondered what the caption would be under my mugshot. I took a deep breath and answered the phone.
“This is Laura can I help you.”
“Hey, Laura. This is Danny. I was calling to let you know that your order was held up due to snow in Sheriff county.”
I felt my face twist.
“Sheriff’s county,” I repeated.
“Yes,” he said, “I wanted to apologize for the inconvenience, but we hope to have your package to you tomorrow.”
I looked over at my technician, who looked as though she was about to check her bank account to make sure she had enough bail money for me.
I sighed into the phone, “Okay, thanks for letting me know.”
Well, at least I got my cardio in for that day. Didn’t even have to work for it.
One of my duties at that time was to do all the ordering for that pharmacy, from pills, to products, to inventory items, you name it, I ordered it. I did this every day, nonstop, Monday through Friday. At this point, what I ordered and what I needed came second nature and I knew what was coming from where and usually how much it cost.
This particular day, when my technician came running up to me to tell me I had a phone call, she instructed me that it was about one of my orders.
“Miss Laura,” she said, “The package you ordered yesterday was held up.”
This wasn’t really surprising; a lot of packages get held up for different reasons. It was a pain but what could you do? I’ll admit though, I was annoyed, I needed what was in that package to fill an order.
“Why?”
It came out in more of a hiss than a question, which I didn’t mean for it to.
“I don’t know,” she said, “It was held up by the Sheriff.”
I’m sorry, what?
I didn’t order THOSE drugs. I ordered the legal ones. I stood there for a minute trying to figure out what in the world I ordered could have caused the Sheriff to get involved.
Last time I checked, Preparation H and Fixodent were perfectly legal in North Carolina.
“They’re waiting for you on the phone,” she told me.
As I walked to the phone, I wondered what the caption would be under my mugshot. I took a deep breath and answered the phone.
“This is Laura can I help you.”
“Hey, Laura. This is Danny. I was calling to let you know that your order was held up due to snow in Sheriff county.”
I felt my face twist.
“Sheriff’s county,” I repeated.
“Yes,” he said, “I wanted to apologize for the inconvenience, but we hope to have your package to you tomorrow.”
I looked over at my technician, who looked as though she was about to check her bank account to make sure she had enough bail money for me.
I sighed into the phone, “Okay, thanks for letting me know.”
Well, at least I got my cardio in for that day. Didn’t even have to work for it.
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