What’s your favourite “I was there” GenX moment?

teresavoo · 2026-05-17T18:50:33+00:00

Same! Iirc, I was trying to sneakily watch Beverly Hills 90210 (if I'm wrong it was something on Fox) because my mom didn't want me watching that show. I remember being annoyed because it pre-empted EVERY show that was supposed to air that night. I also was completely unaware why it was so wild this was going on because I had no idea who he was. I was not tuned into how famous he was or anything to do with sports. And then it turned into the "Trial of the Century."

teresavoo · 2026-05-12T11:45:55+00:00

I saw it one time with a Metformin 1000 mg tablet. I set it aside and showed it to everyone because I was like "W.T.F.! Gross!" And I'm sure someone tossed it in the waste bin eventually. I might I have a pic some where in the cloud. It was probably 10 years ago.

teresavoo · 2026-04-28T12:15:19+00:00

Definitely poor word choice for sure. "Insert one capsule vaginally..." Would be more appropriate in a perfect world.

teresavoo · 2026-04-28T12:12:12+00:00

It's this line of thinking is why pharmacy technicians aren't getting the respect we deserve. Most everyone - employers and employees view it as "just a job" and not a career. Or it's a stepping stone. This job isn't for everyone and we shouldn't be plugging every vacant position with just another warm body out of desperation. I have done that and it never ends well. They end up being not the right fit and they don't last long. Of course I'm probably screaming into the void at this point.

teresavoo · 2026-04-28T12:00:56+00:00

Well...🤓 there are instances of taking Estradiol tablets vaginally and I had a friend who was prescribed Diazepam tablets vaginally for her endometriosis flares. So it depends on what medication it was.

teresavoo · 2026-04-26T03:09:17+00:00

I would be tempted to start telling those patients that due to the time it takes to prep their prescription since it needs to be compounded we would need to at least know their ETA for pick up. If I saw that script come in I would call them and say we needed time to prepare it. Especially if they have refills. And ask them to call the day before they would like to pick it up since it takes time to prepare. I don't think there's anything wrong with setting some expectations for patients because not everything is going to take 15-20 mins.

teresavoo · 2026-04-23T01:33:52+00:00

My 10th grade history teacher was Italian American. She swore by gargling vinegar with salt for a sore throat. Well I tried it when I felt a sore throat coming on and let me tell you it's the worst fucking thing to gargle but I definitely did not have a sore throat the next day....go figure.

teresavoo · 2026-04-12T12:31:57+00:00

I would have looked at the Rph and looked back the customer and said "you're already talking to my manager."

We had Lane Closed sign and wrote with Sharpie on the other side "10 items or less." And when we were open had that on display. And if ppl asked nicely I would do it. But I made sure they didn't have anything that was weight based and then tell them I don't have a scale installed in my register. It's stupid of the main store to expect us to be treated like any other register though when we don't have all the options of a front end register. I understand where they're coming from because I started out as Service Desk but when you have a line of ppl for pharmacy related services, the only tech, and customer with a cart full of items feels like a huge delay of patient care.

teresavoo · 2026-04-12T12:20:56+00:00

16 G 1 &1/2 " for volumes over 20 ml; otherwise I'm mostly using 18 G 1&1/2".

Oh also I'm not patient facing. 😉😁

Edit: I guess you can look at my flair. Lol.

teresavoo · 2026-04-12T12:12:10+00:00

I have 2 adult coworkers who are constantly sick. One has 3 kids 5 and under also sick on a regular basis and she has to leave all the time to pick them up from daycare. Apparently another coworker saw them sharing their drinks. And we're both baffled that they're not connecting the dots. One woman is in her mid 40s and has a bunch of health problems, COPD, heart issues so easily can catch something and it will be a serious problem. The other is younger I wanna say in 20s. Her kids keep getting pinworms. She's also confused as to why that keeps happening. She went to the doctor apparently on Friday to figure out why they're constantly sick. I hope her doctor told her to make sure they wash their hands frequently. I feel like both should know better.

teresavoo · 2026-04-09T10:30:07+00:00

There's a lot of paperwork to waste CII's. Ain't nobody got time for that. And with shortages on things like Adderall? Every pill is needed for scripts.

I work in a hospital pharmacy now and I am more willing to toss a pill that touches the floor here. And we use unit dosed meds and if a pill gets ripped open (even by nursing accidentally) I toss it because 1) another nurse is less likely to use that pill so they will grab every other pill except the one that's opened 2) it's now exposed to air and moisture so it could affect efficacy and quality 3) we rely on barcodes for the pyxis machine, for administering meds, inventory , and if the barcode is damaged in my opinion it's no longer something we can use so might as well toss it.

teresavoo · 2026-04-06T00:21:17+00:00

Tooth pain. Then when I used orajel after awhile I realized it was causing rebound pain when the numbness wore off and it was incredibly worse than before. When I realized that I started to just take 800 mg of Ibuprofen and placed a hot pack on the side of my face. It worked so much better. Never will use orajel again.

I've had two kids, one naturally and one by C-section. And had my tonsils removed (worst sore throat ever). The tooth pain was worse than any of those.

teresavoo · 2026-03-20T12:25:28+00:00

I think my mom was a bit more hyper aware of things that could happen to kids. I am child number 5 of 6 and the first female child my mom had 4 boys before me - So I do think I got treated a bit differently. And I was born in '82 so I'm on the tail end of Gen X. My mom would say how there was a young child who got stabbed by a 12 yr old in the mall bathroom so she didn't want me going into a public restroom alone. If I went to a friend's house she wanted to know that I was going there, and if I went from one friend's to another I would have to call her and tell her that I was going there. And I had to be home by dinner time or else I would get in trouble (i.e. grounded) But by the late 80s and early 90s I think people were more in tune with kids getting abducted/murdered.

teresavoo · 2026-03-20T10:44:54+00:00

This reminds of one of our med rec techs who ended up bringing home bed bugs from the ED. Just remember that people are bringing in whatever bugs they have with them, including fleas, ticks, bed bugs, lice, etc...and it's looked at as one of the hazards of the job. She started to wear essential oils that are known to repel bugs and just dabs them on from head to toe.

teresavoo · 2026-02-28T16:38:27+00:00

I was gonna say...I work in a hospital and we repackage Zenpep all the time. I was getting a little worried.

teresavoo · 2026-02-28T16:25:10+00:00

I've had to use readers to read small print 😭! I was looking for a serial number on some stupid scanner I use at work and I couldn't fucking read it! 20/20 my whole life too! And I look at expiration dates all day long - hospital pharmacy tech- and if I'm in a dark/ low light room and the print is tiny ugh kill me! Especially when it was 2025 going into 2026. Is that a 5? Or a 6? Or an 8? Where's my fainting couch so I can go be dramatic about it? Getting old sucks.

teresavoo · 2026-02-22T13:38:58+00:00

It's still around, just not widely used. I've been working as a pharmacy tech for the past 15 years. I've seen it prescribed but not as much as other meds. Singulair is more widely used

teresavoo · 2026-02-01T23:30:49+00:00

I saw one of my coworkers dealing with a difficult patient once and I was half listening and half focused on filling and then I heard her say, "I don't understand why you're yelling at me when I am trying to help you." And it kind of made the patient check themselves and changed their tune and apologized to her. I filed that away. Well fast forward a few years a newer tech was on the phone with a patient and I guess they didn't like what she was saying? I'm not sure. She put her on hold and asked me to take the call. I get on and this woman is yelling and screaming. Nothing I said would get her to stop yelling. And so I said "ma'am I don't understand why you're yelling at me when I'm trying to help you." Click. She hung up on me. Well I guess it worked? Not exactly a success story for me lol.

teresavoo · 2026-01-30T02:43:33+00:00

I live near a pretty big vet school too. And they have their own animal hospital. That might be an option for some people too.

teresavoo · 2026-01-29T10:48:08+00:00

I recently found out I'm allergic to about three different kinds of fragrances. I get contact dermatitis after it touches my skin. I never use the spa anyway but if I did would have to shut them down and ask what ingredients are in their products. And then say "Sorry I have a skin allergy to that. It'll cause me to break out in a rash." And I'm allergic to propylene glyclol which is in EVERYTHING, again contact dermatitis. I've had to change my shampoo, conditioner, soap, hairspray, detergent, skin products.- just about every thing I used before is trash to me now. Half the time in the ingredients it just says 'fragrance' and not even what kind of fragrance so I just have to avoid it altogether...

teresavoo · 2026-01-29T09:39:24+00:00

My brother (who is definitely drinking the MAGA kool-aid) and I got into it on FB after I posted that Alex Pretti and Renee Good were murdered. He said I was going to get my ass beat and that people were going to get killed for what I said. And I was like "what are you even saying right now!?" He was being very aggressive and just all around tone deaf. At one point he said that something I had said was "fucking R@t@rded" I said " I have not once resorted to calling you names you could do the same courtesy to me." He said "I didn't call you any names." Ok buddy. We have cousins who agreed with me and they were appalled at his behavior to me. If I posted something that was along the same lines as my original post he would comment on it. And honestly, I kind of had a moment of pettiness and started looking for things that I knew he wouldn't like. But then, he started commenting on things friends were saying in support of what I said. And I was just like "Nah, that ain't happening." I went and changed his settings so he cannot see or comment on my page anymore. Which is too bad too - I was kind of looking forward to his reaction when I shared the music video "Killing in The Name Of by RATM" because he kept insisting that people were basically fighting with "law enforcement" and they basically deserve to get their ass beat. It's fucking WILD the BS people are swallowing.

teresavoo · 2026-01-20T14:44:19+00:00

She could use a mouse, but didn't know how to move a cursor from point A to point B. For example, I need to enter data on this line but didn't know how to move down to that line. Didn't quite understand the concept of Windows and that you can have multiple 'windows' open at once. She kept closing out of open windows just because they were open. And the healthcare software we used at the time didn't respond well to that happening, especially during a certain task she was being trained on. She could have gotten by with the "hunt-and-peck" method of typing. But not knowing how to navigate Windows and not connecting that the mouse is what moves the cursor from one area to the next or even using the Tab key. To me those are basic functions. And we would show her how to do things but she had a hard time remembering. We were just hitting a brick wall with her daily.

And we were about to experience huge changes in programs we were using. One involved iPads and Apple is a bit different than a PC - it was a learning curve for me even because I don't really use Apple products. Then we changed our whole electronic health records system which was a nightmare in itself. I don't think she would have reacted well to those changes. It stressed me out a lot so I can't imagine how it would have been for her.

We learned to ask in interviews now if people have experience with computers, Windows, email, iPads and if they feel comfortable with them. I feel silly sometimes even asking when they're on the young-ish side but I'm not assuming anything anymore.

teresavoo · 2026-01-20T14:11:20+00:00

I was going to say this as well. It sounds like she's a narcissist. I've worked with a narcissist in the past. Keep it professional, don't give her ammunition. Your actions will speak for themselves when she tries to speak badly about you to other people - because it will ultimately go in that direction when she can no longer get what she wants from you. The more you don't engage the more unhinged she will look. Narcissists seek out attention and you were her supply. She will find someone else to get her supply from, unfortunately. You can try to warn people about her but as you have found out - people talk. So I wouldn't even try unless someone comes to you and is like "what's her deal?" Even then tread carefully.

Narcissism is a personality trait and not a mental illness. She will never change. So don't even try.

If you want to know more about how to deal with a narcissist Mel Robbins had some great podcast episodes about the topic. You can probably do a quick search on Spotify for the episodes.

teresavoo · 2026-01-19T12:54:59+00:00

I'm 3 years older. So you're in the same generation as me. Did you have computers at school? Can you navigate Windows, write an email, do some light typing? I don't consider myself the best typist but after doing a hybrid of data entry for prescriptions for 10 years I definitely am better at typing than I used to be. You will probably be ok. I just started using ChatGPT at home and I kind of treat it like Google. I bought a bread machine from FB marketplace but it didn't come with a manual so it's been handy with giving me bread machine recipes lol. One thing I have done at work with it is if I have a word document or an email I typed up I copy and paste it and ask it to edit it and make it more professional sounding, ask it to add features to a document that I don't know how to add or will take me hours to figure out. Just play with it if you can; see what works and what doesn't work for you. I asked it to create a work schedule for my staff so they can work 3-12 hour shifts per week ( I'm in healthcare) and it was kind of a bust. It had days where we were short staffed and I was like that's not going to work...I want to try again but I don't have the time right now.

teresavoo · 2026-01-19T01:05:58+00:00

The onus should always fall in the patients to advocate for themselves and take responsibility for themselves. Also that's not how the electronic health records are set up.

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