AS A COMMUNITY PHARMACIST.
- I’ve built such a solid community with my patients and customers that everywhere I go around town, someone knows me. Fuel stations, banks, restaurants, malls. “Hi, pharm!”
- People become so comfortable telling me about their lives. Men will sit in the evening and tell me about their marriages, problems, everything. Sometimes I’m their pharmacist, sometimes their counselor. Sometimes, I just listen.
- When a customer actually listens to what I have to say, appreciates the help I’m trying to give, and simply says “thank you” or shakes my hand. Those little things mean a lot.
- The occasional subtle flirting from patients (mostly women). You just smile, stay professional, and carry on like nothing happened.
- Being the first person people call. Headache, fever, stomach upset, medication questions, even things they’re embarrassed to ask elsewhere or pictures of their privates without giving me heads up.😭 Somehow, i get the call or message first.
- Watching people get better. When someone comes back and says, “Pharm, what you gave me really helped,” there’s a particular satisfaction in knowing you played a small part in their recovery.
Pharmacists, gather here.
What's your favourite thing about being a pharmacist?