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Taking tests and taking names

@lieutenantjeneral / lieutenantjeneral.tumblr.com

Jenny, 23, CA. Pharmacy student prone to hyperbole.
#time for tmi in the tags bc no one reads this anyway and it's a way of me getting my thoughts out#like a journal but more chaotic and also i don't feel obligated to write every day#recently started thinking about my current job vs old job#both were pharmacy jobs and really it's all the same work at the end of the day#last location was awful bc pay was trash and staffing was bad BECAUSE pay was trash#like i was working two jobs at the time and sometimes considered calling out of my full time job bc i had much better pay at the part time#these were both PHARMACIST jobs where I did the SAME thing#complete prescriptions and answer pt qs and do vaccines and such#but walgreens paid like 23 dollars less per hour than costco did and walgreens was way more busy#anyway covid hit and people started somewhat valuing us i guess#people took vaccines more seriously and took their health/meds more seriously overall#so we were appreciated more and companies started hiring more#landed a new job at cvs where now i make actually good pay for a pharmacist#and yet cvs work is slowly piling up too#staffing changes and suddenly they want me to take harder shifts and sometimes have less staff#and like i knew the perfect team that i had when i started wouldn't last forever#but i feel like things are getting much harder much faster than expected#i was in survival mode at walgreens#burnt out and sad and exhausted all the time#barely saw my family or friends and broke down crying because of work to one of my managers#had my then closest friend ghost me because i took longer than usual to respond and she thought i was giving her the silent treatment#I WAS WORKING A SHIFT AND IT WAS BUSY GOD#I RESPONDED WITHIN 24 GD HOURS#AND SHE TOOK IT AS ME IGNORING HER#SHE AND HER BF (WHOM I SET HER UP WITH) HAVE ACTUALLY TRASH TALKED ME TO MULTIPLE MUTUAL FRIENDS#anyway that was a low point#and you know what?#it sucked but now it's over#i want all that behind me#i want to leave work at work

I truly hate to tell you all this, but the reason needle sizes are numbered that way (smaller numbers = bigger needles) is BECAUSE SOME ASSHOLE HAD A 1-INCH DIAMETER CYLINDER AND LABELED HIS NEEDLES' SIZES BY HOW MANY NEEDLES HE COULD SHOVE IN THERE.

Like, 24 24-gauge needles can fit in a 1-inch cylinder. 18 18-gauge needles can fit in a 1-inch cylinder. Wrong and horrible. The worst possible way to measure a needle. Good night.

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some of you need to go outside and I dont mean that in a mean or condescending way I mean it in a "you would benefit from talking to real people face to face, and developing social skills" type way

genuinely tho. more and more frequently i interact with people online who shock me with how young they act for how old they are, because i associate that level of social and interpersonal inability with fucking. fourteen year olds. there is a noticeable deterioration of social skills and it's annoying as someone who actually knows how to talk to people, because i find myself having to almost parent people basically my age into learning how to properly communicate. no, just saying insults and then adding /lh does not mean you're friends with someone. you can't just call someone a bitch or a whore or any type of slur and get surprised when they aren't okay with that, because if you actually took a step outside you'd realize those are words that have a whole lot of weight behind them and online get thrown around by social infants with no clue how to properly talk to people.

people are always coming to tell me that i'm very nice or very welcoming, and i don't know how to explain this to you, but it's because i have actual social skills. i know how to be polite. i know how to listen to people. i know how to actually form healthy relationships with people who aren't just words on a screen. and it's come to my realization that not everyone does, which makes it extra exhausting to keep up conversations with literal adults who don't even understand the basics of interpersonal communication.

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this puts it into words well ty

tags from @/lemonberry-conda and they're entirely correct

"...You'll need a prescription for that, sir."

Sanderstober day 27: Depict any classic Halloween monster in a conventionally mundane job that they would actually be very good at. — Inspired by AJ!

It's a witch as a pharmacist! Is she a little overqualified? Maybe. Does she somehow always immediately know which medications you can or cannot combine (and will she provide you with some helpful tips and tricks on how to battle a cold with just some herbs and boiling water)? Absolutely.

I trust her.

I am about to walk into a new season of my life filled with

abundance. financial security. new career. + benefits + salary increase joy. love. peace. confidence. purpose. spiritual growth. change. new opportunities. traveling. knowledge. reciprocity. creativity. passion.

Claiming it as if it’s already mine.