The staff of the pharmacy at the Stop & Shop on Perrrineville Rd in Monroe, NJ, is probably the RUDEST of any pharmacy's staff that I have ever encountered - bar none! When I have called to speak with a pharmacist concerning getting a prescription filled, whomever I have spoken with has always been very curt and condescending in their tone towards me and always telling me that I'm either not following proper procedure in requesting the medication or that it's out of stock and that I have to wait for it to the point where they have actually hung up on me! Whenever I have called ANY other pharmacy, I've never been spoken to in such a rude and impolite manner and have always had my prescription filled. Never ever have they hung up on me! On Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2021, I went in to request a pneumonia vaccination which is highly recommended for someone in my age group - I am 72. The young dark-haired pharmacist on duty refused to give it to me (!) because I could not tell her exactly what type of pneumonia vaccine (?) I had gotten the last time I received one. In fact, I hadn't realized that any different types even existed. Evidently, I had not been given that information when I received the previous vaccine simply, and obviously, because it was not considered to be really important. Nevertheless, that Stop & Shop pharmacist stubbornly and rudely refused to give me the vaccination treating me as though I didn't deserve to be protected from the illness due to my ignorance and stupidity in not knowing what kind of pneumonia vaccine I had gotten previously! So, I left the Stop & Shop and went directly to a Walgreens pharmacy just a few blocks away (on Applegarth Rd) and was given the vaccine immediately and with no problem. The Stop & Shop management really needs to flush out the rude and condescending people in its pharmacy staff - or give them a lesson in providing good, efficient - and courteous - customer service not only to compete successfully with the other businesses in the area but to demonstrate that they really care about the health and safety of their customers. read more