Five days ago, I made an appointment to get my first dose of the Moderna vaccine at PAX Pharmacy. I was sent a confirmation email, along with a pre-vaccination checklist.
Two days ago, I received a call from the pharmacy, telling me that my appointment was going to be cancelled due to the Johnson and Johnson vaccine recall. I replied that I was getting the Moderna vaccine. The caller confirmed that I was getting the Moderna vaccine, and apologized for calling. After the call, I received a text message confirming my appointment to get the Moderna vaccine.
Yesterday, I received an appointment reminder via email that confirmed that I was getting the Moderna vaccine.
*Today*, I went down to PAX Pharmacy to get my vaccine dose. I said I had an appointment to get the Moderna vaccine. They seemed confused at first, as they were unable to locate my information. After some commotion, the owner proceeded to tell me that I had signed up to get the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, and that it wasn't available. I assured him that I had signed up to get the Moderna vaccine and showed him my text message confirmation that said I was getting the Moderna vaccine, and he told me that I had filled out the online form wrong and that *his* records showed me getting the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, after which he told me that he didn't have any vaccine doses for me today.
It's enough that PAX Pharmacy wasted my time, but the owner doubled down and attempted to gaslight me into thinking that *I* messed up and had somehow signed up to get the Johnson and Johnson vaccine instead of taking responsibility for the issue.
I'm attaching a screenshot of the text message I received from the pharmacy. The preview of the screenshot doesn't show the full screenshot, so if you want to see the full screenshot and confirm that the text specifically references the Moderna vaccine, click on the preview of the screenshot.
Edit: Mike, the owner of Pax Pharmacy replied below. Here's my reply to his reply:
First off, Mike's account of what happened fails to address his responsibility in self-assuredly telling me that *I* had filled out the online form wrong. His tone suggested that he was 100% sure that this was an issue with me, and not with his software, even *after* I told him that I work as a software engineer and that software is potentially at fault. Mike was pompously *adamant* that this was my fault.
Second, Mike didn't apologize. Mike is attempting to change the narrative to leave himself blameless, which suggests narcissism. I'm absolutely sure that I'm not the first person that Mike has attempted to gaslight and manipulate, and I certainly won't be the last.
Third, you're damn right I levied curse words at Mike. Mike attempted to manipulate me by gaslighting me into thinking that *I* was somehow responsible for the error. Manipulation in that manner is *never* justified. Mike's comment is attempting to put the focus on *my* language instead of *his* manipulation and gaslighting so that he can take the onus off of his manipulative conduct.
Mike's behavior was completely uncalled for. The fact that Mike so nonchalantly attempted to gaslight and manipulate me should be a red flag to anyone that might consider doing business with Pax Pharmacy. read more