This has to be the worst experience I've ever had with a pharmacy. There are two issues at play, one is about communication and the other is about their customer service.
Communication: my prescription was sent over on a Saturday and apparently it was out of stock, but I didn't know about this until I called Monday and got past the automated machine. Why couldn't Walgreens notify me about this so I can green light that they order it on my behalf? They have my number in the system. How much longer would they have had me waiting had I not called? Anyway, the central issue here is that on Monday I told the pharmacy tech to put in the order and she said that she would but tomorrow because it was too late to order it that Monday. Fine, no problem. I guess I can continue waiting. On Thursday they wouldn't answer my call, so I had to get my girlfriend to call for me to ask about my prescription status. The pharmacy tech told her that day that the order had never been placed and that the medication wouldn't be ready until the week after and this is what really got me upset. First of all, how are you not going to tell me that the medication was originally out of stock? How are you not going to place my order even though I had already requested it a few days ago? How much longer am I going to have to continue waiting? Then on Friday I show up because they don't answer the damn phone and the pharmacy tech tells me that the order won't be ready until the week after. The pharmacy tech then gets the smart idea to look around the counter and guess what, magically the medication I needed was there. So obviously, there is miscommunication here between the staff and it's causing it to look like the employees are lying to me. You're telling me that if I had not shown up that Friday, I would've had to continue waiting for my medication even tho it was there this entire time? How disappointing. Do better, Walgreens.
Customer service: I call the pharmacy and once I get past the automated machine and get on the waiting queue, someone in the pharmacy picks up the phone and puts me back on hold, causing me to never speak to anyone. This didn't happen once, or twice, or three times, it happened over six different times on three separate occasions (Monday, Thursday, Friday). I know they answer the phone because the machine stops playing music/ talking, I hear some background noise, and it goes back into queue, causing me to wait some more and ultimately I end up talking to no one. At one point I waited as long as 20 minutes to try to speak to someone, and no success. On the Thursday that they wouldn't answer me, I had to get my girlfriend to call and they answered her call with no problem. What a coincidence huh? Then on Friday I call the entire morning and the same issue, so I have to drive to the location just to see what is going on.
This experience was so bad that i am pulling all of mine and my family's future prescriptions out of Walgreens and heading to CVS, that's how bad this experience was.
And if any Walgreens manager or district leader reads this, let me provide you with some more information so you can drill into problem.
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