For the past several years I’ve used a large chain pharmacy. The service has been tolerable at best. The people have always been professional and pleasant, but turnaround times to fill prescriptions are slow, wait times to pick up are long, and out of stock situations occurred often enough to be inconvenient.
Recently I attempted to get a prescription refilled and was told that it was out of stock. They suggested that I contact my doctor for a substitute. When I spoke to my doctor’s office they suggested instead that I switch to their practice’s pharmacy. I moved my prescriptions there and had my refill the next day.
This week I needed another prescription refilled. I called my new pharmacy. They told me that I was out of refills. I called my doctor. The next day the pharmacy called me to tell me that the doctor had called in the refill and it was ready to be picked up. Note also that the call was from a person. It wasn’t a robocall.
I haven’t had to wait in line yet when I’ve picked up prescriptions.
Here’s a headline from today.
CVS walkout ends; pharmacists cautiously optimistic amid promises of more staff and relief
I get annoyed when I hear someone say “People don’t want to work.” U.S. unemployment was at 3.8% in August. When I took economics in college I was taught that anything at or below 5% was considered full employment. I think people DO want to work, but they want to be paid a fair wage, work reasonable hours, and have a safe and comfortable workplace.
Real wages have stagnated for years. CEO pay has increased by over one thousand percent since 1978. The article in the second link notes that in 1965 the ratio of CEO-to-typical-worker compensation was 20 to 1. In 2021 it was 399 to 1.
What’s wrong with this picture?
Stay healthy and safe.
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