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<blockquote data-quote="Allen" data-source="post: 253369" data-attributes="member: 389">Wirehair, With all due respect, I think the issue is a little different than that.&nbsp; In the past, I've taken a kid with an ear infection in to get a prescription.&nbsp; It gets called into the pharmacy, so a person shows up at the pharmacy (whether it's 10 minutes later, or an hour later) and the prescription now needs to get prepped.&nbsp; E.g. they have to mix the liquid antibiotic with water while you sit there with a crying child for 30 minutes.I've raised this exact complaint at a couple of pharmacies in Bismarck and their defense has been &quot;we don't mix it until you get here because we don't want to get burned by having you not show up to pick up the prescription&quot;. Paraphrasing a little on that second half.I've actually done this at a pharmacy co-located with a grocery store.&nbsp; Physically dropped off the RX, said I'm going to pick up a few groceries.&nbsp; Come back 15 minutes later only to have to still wait while it gets prepped.&nbsp; Same thing, &quot;we don't know that you were coming back&quot;.Basically it appears a lot of pharmacies are concerned that if you aren't in their waiting line, you may not want it enough to actually fill the prescription.&nbsp; Trust me, I've had a couple &quot;are you shitting me?&quot; conversations with pharmacists and their techs over this one. It's really tough as a parent to be sitting there with an ill or injured child for 20-30 minutes when the prescription was called in or dropped off ahead of when I walk through the door to physically pick it up.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Allen, post: 253369, member: 389"] Wirehair, With all due respect, I think the issue is a little different than that. In the past, I've taken a kid with an ear infection in to get a prescription. It gets called into the pharmacy, so a person shows up at the pharmacy (whether it's 10 minutes later, or an hour later) and the prescription now needs to get prepped. E.g. they have to mix the liquid antibiotic with water while you sit there with a crying child for 30 minutes. I've raised this exact complaint at a couple of pharmacies in Bismarck and their defense has been "we don't mix it until you get here because we don't want to get burned by having you not show up to pick up the prescription". Paraphrasing a little on that second half. I've actually done this at a pharmacy co-located with a grocery store. Physically dropped off the RX, said I'm going to pick up a few groceries. Come back 15 minutes later only to have to still wait while it gets prepped. Same thing, "we don't know that you were coming back". Basically it appears a lot of pharmacies are concerned that if you aren't in their waiting line, you may not want it enough to actually fill the prescription. Trust me, I've had a couple "are you shitting me?" conversations with pharmacists and their techs over this one. It's really tough as a parent to be sitting there with an ill or injured child for 20-30 minutes when the prescription was called in or dropped off ahead of when I walk through the door to physically pick it up. [/QUOTE]

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