A few days ago I went to the usual pharmacy to get a prescription filled by a pharmacist I had never previously seen. She seemed kind of pretty and about my age and before I knew it I noticed she was standing on her tip-toes and leaning about as far forward over the counter as humanly possible while speaking to me and embarassingly enough I too was leaning forward. We had been speaking innocently enough about matters pharmacological when I checked my watch and realised I had been there a long time. Not real good.
Today I went back to the same pharmacy for another prescription and noticed an unrecognizable gal in the corner with her back turned towards me, doing some paperwork while the other, also unfamiliar, pharmacist was on the phone. After what seemed like A Long Time, the one pharmacist got off the phone and began questioning me about my prescription. Seemingly without having un-turned her back, paperwork pharmacist (who is also the gal on tip-toes from a few nights back) answers all the other pharmacist’s questions of me. Recites the correct spelling of my first and last name. Recites my address. Recites the name of my HMO. Recites my co-pay. Elbows the other pharmacist out of the way and takes over.
Is that kind of weird or just a friendly pharmacist with a very selective memory? I’ve never seen anything quite like it before.
I’d count it as strange. If I were in a playful mood my entire post would have been “You’ve got stalker!”.
There could, however, be many reasons for this. It could be personal, it could also be professional (if she’s never seen that scrip before and decided to spend a little time checking it out and has a good memory).
Try to get another prescription and get more information for us.
However, if she hasn’t tried to contact you, or you haven’t noticed any cars creeping slowly past your house, I wouldn’t necessarily worry about it.
Perhaps she has a bit of a romantic interest in you, or just liked you. If there aren’t many customers that come in that chat with her, your infomation may just have stuck in her head.
Is your last name unusual? Your street name? The name of your medical insurance company? If any of them are, that could be the reason it stuck in her head.
And it could be that she just has a phenomenal memory. Maybe you could say it, innocently, next time you’re in there. “Wow! It’s amazing you can remember all of that!” and see what her reaction is.
I did catch a very positive vibe from her the other evening and she was flashing lots of positive body language then, but she was alone then and today she was super-professional in her manner and mannerisms in the presence of her colleague.
We both wear rather discernible wedding rings, but I suppose that doesn’t mean much to many people. Absolutely no reason to stop someone from being friendly, I suppose.
Nothing unusual about my name, address, or ins. co although I live only a block and a half from the pharmacy. Nothing to worry about, though, right? Just kidding.
The world may never know the answer to this question because they seem to have at least ten revolving pharmacists working there and I get a presciption filled there maybe once a month, so what are the odds of even seeing her there again, however it has been two-for-two the last two times, so who knows? And I did notice her nametag title was “Head Pharmacist” so we just may cross paths again.
Mrs. Lorenzo would justifiably kill both of us simultaneously with her first shot. She’s that “judo expert with a machine gun” that John Entwistle, rest his soul, wrote about.
This is nothing to worry about. My wife works as an office manager, and is a walking rolodex. She has an amazing ability to recall names and numbers and associate them with a voice or face, even if she has only met the person once.
Now if only I could get her to remember to turn off her electric blanket when she is done with it
“Shoot that bitch in the head, and shoot him in the balls.”
“Ma’am, I can do that in one shot…”
Anyhoo, mebbe she’s just wildly fantasizing about you, that you’re the most perfect man she’s ever laid eyes on, and she hopes and prays every day just to catch a fleeting glimpse of you in her life.
Or mebbe you had a booger hanging out of your nose that first day, and she’s got a fetish.
BWAHaahaaahaaa! THAT was absolutely hilarious **roadrunner70 **
Kudos to you!
I think the spouting off of personal factoids is creepy whether it’s her job or not. Regardless, I would feel compelled to return to the scene to check out new developments and report back to SDMB.
