General Chat

I'm fine at the moment Sharyn, but as they wouldn't give me the prescription this morning, I have to go back again this afternoon! Funnily enough I'll be going to the supermarket for a bit of haddock for tea before I go to the chemist! lol

Jeanette what do you mean turning in to a grumpy old woman......are you different today? Sorry sorry....ignore me, I am just totally incorrigable and should be sent to the naughty corner XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX lots of X's for being cheeky x

No Comment Jeanette except to say well you aint old Lol I am not telling you the things I have had said when I have had bad service at places , garages being one of the worst ' women and cars Huh!!!! ' Good for you lasss and hope it is a large haddock Love Jan xx

Aaaaaarrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I don't believe it! Went to the chemist and got the same 'lovely' assistant as this morning. Asked for my script. 'I told you it would be at the surgery to pick up' she says. 'No you didn't. You said it would be here' I says. 'No I didn't' she says (with a look on her face I was dying to wipe off! lol) 'Right' I says. And stomped off down to the surgery Receptionist at the surgery tells me it's at the chemist. Well you can just imagine the steam coming out of my ears!!! So I'm just in the middle of demanding to see someone when the lovely assistant from the chemist comes dashing in with my prescription. All nicey, nice she is but didn't once apologise for her atitude. So I told both the receptionist and the assistant as loud as I could in the middle of the reception area how useless they were and to stop wasting my bloody time! You'd think they would know better than to mess with someone who's given up smoking! I'm now wearing all 14 patches! lolol Jeanette x

Where did you put the patches Jeanette? xxxx

You don't want to know Lemon! lololol

I do, I do...and if they don't work....come in the garage with me XXX

Lemon don't tempt me you naughty girl! lolol

Sorry, but I have two chairs in there....so if ever you want to hide, you are welcome, and we can pretend you are not there XXXXXX

Sympathies to all those who have had bad experiences. I must be so lucky - I order one day, pick up the next, no probs. If I forget and run out of tabs. the Pharmacist will give me some to be going on with - he has my details on computer - and I ask doctor's receptionist to fax the repeat prescription to the Chemist's. It's worked so far....! Lily

We've taken to putting repeat requests into the doctors with a reply-paid envelope, so they send it back to us. For my mother-in-law and brother-in-law we fax the request to their doctor, they get the prescription to the chemist and mother-in-law collects them. it's worked a treat so far (crosses everything).

We Have a couple of chemists near us that will collect pescription from Docs , make up prescription and then deliver it to you. If they have not got all your rrequired drugs they will let you know and deliver when they have them. Having said that GOOD FOR YOU GAL, did you not resort to the wet haddock slap then I must admit I would have done just what you did , and I never smoked so couldn't say it was anything to do with stopping and using patches and chewing gum and hoping I had them the right way round.Jeanette , just remember you don't chew the patches !!!!!! Love Jan xxx

well jeanette i work in chemist and if someone has the same problem, we offer to phone surgery first, if the prescription is at surgery, we give the medication out as a loan (if they have had items before) and when the prescription comes from GP we delete the loan, patients run into this problem a lot, and its usually down to the surgery not doing the two prescriptions together, sometimes the patients offer to pop back to surgery to give them ear bashing

Jeanette I think it comes naturally with age lol! I never used to say boo to a goose but I threw a thrombie in the bank last week - they wouldn't let me pay a cheque in! Quite proud of myself I was! My late aunt was the best. She used to write to the BBC if the newsreaders used the wrong grammar while reading the news! She once wrote to the Lord Mayor of Bradford to get her council tax sorted as the council did nothing! When she wrote letters of complaint she used to write on the envelope (like Hal) 'To the Managing Director not his Assistant nor his Secretary'! Go get 'em girl! Debby

If I don't get good service I don't think twice about complaining. My kids hate it if I am in a shop and I have cause for complaint, they whisper 'oh don't moan mum'. I try never to shout, I am never abusive but definitely firm. The kids always come home and say 'mum kicked off again today'. grumpy old woman Sue

I have all my best run ins at the swimming....when great big ...not looking where they are going men (usually), swim at me, through me , over me, under me....kick me, splash me.....oooooh don't get me started on swimming with ignorant piggys xxx

I have all my best run ins at the swimming....when great big ...not looking where they are going men (usually), swim at me, through me , over me, under me....kick me, splash me.....oooooh don't get me started on swimming with ignorant piggys xxx

hello usually while waiting for a presription I would end up buying other things, so could you take your custom to another chemist and then they would loose a loyal customer! lol Claire

Your not old or Grumpy Jeanette. But if you had doctors receptionists/chemists that are inefficient in your town like they are in Otley,You would be spitting feathers. Every month for the last 3 months I have put a repeat prescription in at the doctors.24 hrs later when I went to pick them up it was the wrong medication that they have given me. Receptionist said''well I don't know who you spoke to the other 3 x but'. Stopped her dead in her tracks as I told her''It was you that I spoke to face to face and if you cannot get your job done properly then you should pack the job in.'' All it is inefficiency in the doctor's receptionists but it just makes me blow my top. Sue

and these receptionist well not all( dont wana offend anyone who maybe) some of um wana know the ins and outs of a nags ar*e, and they still get it wrong, we have a very efficient receptionist in our surgery, but if shes not on duty it can turn into the dredded mist situation