Unfortunately we all know cvs has been going down hill for quite a while now but we still continue to use them out of convenience. However, I reached my breaking point last night and refuse to ever give them my business again.
Over the last 6 months I have had a couple frustrating and unprofessional experiences with an employee who works the counter in the pharmacy but just shrugged it off as a kid with poor work ethic and social skills. Last night I couldn't have made it more clear to him how urgent my situation was.
My 6 month old son was diagnosed with RSV at 6:15pm and a prescription was called in to the pharmacy right away for a mask/spacer and an inhaler. I took my son home so we could get him fed and ready for bed and my hope was to quickly run back out and get the inhaler so we could give that to him before bed. I called the pharmacy as soon as I got home to check the status and see if it was ready, it had been an hour at this point. The said employee answered the phone and I knew immediately from his demeanor who I was speaking with, my heart sank. I told him that my 6 month old was having trouble breathing and I was worried about him sleeping through the night and asked about the status of the inhaler. He quickly responded and told me how busy they were but he would have it ready in 30 minutes, not ideal as we would be pushing back bed time for a sick baby but I knew I was at their mercy and I was okay with that. I left my house at exactly 30 minutes and headed over to the pharmacy which is 5 minutes away. I arrived at the drive through around 8pm and provided my sons name. The employee proceeded to tell me that as soon as we got off the phone he "got slammed" and "the pharmacist sucks, she's a fill in" my heart sank again and broke for my poor baby struggling to breathe. I told this man again that my son really needed this inhaler and he's a baby and can't breathe and his reply was "yes that sounds serious". He went on to tell me that he will try to get it filled within the next hour before they closed but he couldn't make any promises. I asked him if he could please contact me if it was filled that night and he said "yes, you'll get a text". I settled for that because I too work in customer service and I understand that sometimes things are out of your control, as heartbreaking as it was for me knowing my son could potentially struggle breathing and sleeping through the night. I never got a call or a text that night, no surprise.
I called the pharmacy at 8am this morning as soon as they opened and was shocked when I heard the recorded voice say "you have two prescriptions ready for pick up", considering they had just opened. I quickly loaded my sick baby in the car because daddy had already gone to work and drove over to the pharmacy. My heart sank for the third time when the gentleman working the window told me my prescriptions were actually ready for pick up last night.
I can understand how people feel overwhelmed, busy, unhappy, lazy, unmotivated.. whatever it may be in their job. However, when you have a customer repeatedly telling you that their young baby cannot breathe and you show no sign of urgency over that or you just clearly do not care to provide help, you don't only need a different profession other than customer service, but you definitely do not belong in a position where you are the one controlling who gets their medicine and when.
To this employee, I hope you slept well last night knowing you did nothing to assist a helpless baby who couldn't breathe, when you had all of the power to do so. You are a rotten human. and CVS, this kid will for sure give you a law suit eventually.. if not him, one of the other disrespectful uneducated menaces that you have working there for sure will.
It's really sad that CVS is allowing young kids like this, who clearly lack the maturity to do their jobs professionally, control whether or not people, and young babies, get the medicine they need timely.
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