I would rate them NEGATIVE stars if yelp would allow negative stars!
It's a long-standing joke among most residents of Great Falls, and all of the local doctors, that the CVS pharmacy is the WORST.
Mahesh is the head pharmacist, an indian guy. Wow, is he one of the worst people I've ever dealt with!
A few days ago, as usual, I received a text message that my prescription was ready. This evening, with four hungry kids in the car, I stopped in very quickly to pick up my prescription, as I had run out of the last pill this morning.
After a little bit of their typical disorganization and not being able to find my prescription, Mahesh advised me they had pulled my prescription and returned it to inventory.
This infuriated me. I calmly pointed out to him that this pharmacy already has a horrible reputation in Great Falls for exactly this type of incompetence and disorganization. He didn't hesitate to suggest I change pharmacies! No apology. He just didn't care. And he made that crystal clear. Wow.
I then pointed out I had received a text message three days earlier saying my prescription was ready. Unbelievably, he lectured me and asked "well, then, why didn't you come in three days ago?" Double wow. This was in front of other customers. This idiot just didn't care.
Now this guy knows me and my family. He has even administered flu shots to us. I've actually let him put needles in me! And in the 15 years I have lived in Great Falls, I have never failed to pick up a prescription. Surely their computer would show them that! So why the rush to pull my prescription so it won't be ready for me?
I could go on and on. But suffice it to say that I just experienced one of the WORST customer service situations in my life ... from a miserable human being. And Mahesh seems to be the head of the Pharmacy. This is a guy we're supposed to trust in dispensing correct medicines? While not a qualified doctor, shouldn't he have some sort of "bedside manner" conducive to building trust and confidence in our local pharmacy? To some extent, we're supposed to trust our lives to this guy!
Hey, executive management at CVS ... if you are reading this, know that we residents in Great Falls aren't stupid. We don't tolerate substandard people like the guy you have mismanaging your pharmacy in Great Falls. And we all talk. We're a close community.
Contrast to my first experience with the Safeway pharmacy next door. What a breath of fresh air! And what a nice waiting lounge, and NICE, PROFESSIONAL staff! Thanks for suggesting I check out your competitor, Mahesh. It was great advice!
Until Mahesh is long removed from Great Falls, I advise all to steer clear of the Great Falls CVS pharmacy. It is run by an arrogant, uncaring, unprofessional jerk. By the way, I'm not venting anonymously here on yelp. I made my opinion very clear directly to him tonight. I gave him several chances to apologize and resolve the issue. Had he cared, he could have easily offered to pull a bottle off the shelf, and reassemble my prescription within 2-3 short minutes. He had the chance to make me believe he cared. But he clearly didn't care. And he KNEW I had four kids waiting in the car for me.
He's a disgrace to his profession. And a definite embarrassment for CVS. If CVS wants to address this, and demonstrate some passion for their customers, they can feel free to reach out to me. I'll be happy to revise my review based on how they handle my complaint. I won't be stopping with yelp. I'll be calling their corporate offices Monday and writing a few letters to their BOD.
By the way. Visit the Safeway pharmacy. And pay close attention to the cleanliness and modernness of the physical pharmacy. The staff is clearly better at Safeway. But you will also note a dramatic difference in cleanliness, and apparent sterilization, etc. One is clearly well-run, specifically catering to Great Falls residents. CVS, on the other hand, is run by a guy who doesn't care about how he treats his customers, or how clean he keeps his pharmacy.
By the way, it is noteworthy that several similar yelp reviews predate me for the past few years. So this guy has clearly been a problem for quite a while. CVS management needs to wake up. I'm willing to guess this pharmacy underperformed. read more