So, this is the fourth month that I've filled at this pharmacy. Unfortunately, since I take a CII, you really can't shop around for a good pharmacist. Even though we supposedly have an "open market" for healthcare. I digress. Due to the type of medication I take, I'm under quite a bit of scrutiny. I always fill my medication on the 29th day. Not the 29th day of the month but the 29th day from the date they were previously filled. Now today when I walked in to drop off and fill my prescription, a woman who've I've never seen there before (keep in mind I'm a fairly new customer). I handed her my script, she punched it up in the system and then coldly said "sir, this is too early. The soonest it can be filled is the 7th". I asked her how does she figure? I filled on the 8th of January, if you count 29 days from then, including the day of the 8th, then you would see that today the 5th of February is day 29. She refused this and told me I was wrong. I asked her if I was wrong and if so then please explain your logic? Explain to me how you are coming to your conclusion. I offered to open up the calendar on my phone so we can count the days starting with day one which is the 8th of January. She refused that. She refused to explain how she came to the conclusion she did. She was extremely rude. This woman is the type of employee that makes Pain Patients feel stigmatized, feel ashamed for the medications they take. This woman SHOULD NOT be working behind a pharmacy counter. Fortunately, this woman was not a pharmacist; no matter how much she tries to pretend to be one. I asked to speak to the actual Pharmacist. She had overheard the conversation up until this point. She took out a wall calendar and kindly explained that they count the day you picked up the medication. I filled and picked up the medication on January 8th. It took the Pharmacist less than a second to realize that YES, today was day 29 and that this medication can be filled. I wish I could remember the Pharmacists name, she was very tactful in how she handled the situation. It is unfortunate, but it seems that caring, non-judgmental, logical pharmacists are a thing of the past. I also wish I could remember the name of the woman who could not do simple math. She had NO customer service skills. A smart manager would get her out of the pharmacy and stick her in the back where she wouldn't have to interact with the public. To summarize, I had one very bad experience but the Pharmacist stepped in and corrected the situation and for that I'm grateful. The Pharmacy Tech, who I initially interacted with was rude, inconsiderate and just should not be in a job where she deals with the public. It would have been nice to receive an apology from this rude woman who would not even explain how she was coming to the conclusion that my medications were three days early. A simple "I'm sorry. I was just confused. I saw that you filled on the 8th of January and I thought that the 8th of February would be 30 days". With all that said, I will continue to go here. The other staff is great There is a woman with glasses, that no matter what is going on or how busy it is or how stressful it may seem; she always has a smile on her face. I commend her. The pharmacist is reasonable and willing to take time to explain things if you're confused and she is straight with you. That in my mind is the most important attribute to look for in a pharmacist. I can't tell you how many times that a Pharmacist from the two big chains ( *cough* CVS/Walgreens *cough* ) have just lied to me. A CVS Pharmacist told me for example that it is "illegal" to partially fill a CII and order the remaining amount later. No, that is not illegal per NAC 453.460 subsection b. That is one example. The Pharmacist at this SafeWay seems to know her stuff and is honest. What more can I ask for. read more