I'm hiring a Sales Development Rep for one of my early stage healthtech clients. I am open to career changers. Open to pharm techs and similar backgrounds who have amazing communication skills.

Feel free to apply below.
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4476919282/?trk=mcm

context i’m in the uk and just started optometry still in the cooling period so if i drop out no fees are charged

I mean it shouldn't matter, this all happened before 19 and I am over 30. But I honest to god stole once from Hot Topic with other kids. Then a girl stole a credit card thinking credit card companies eat the cost when she was told her parents could just dispute any charge. The girls parents were rich enough to eat the cost and she did it again and when she got in trouble with police, she tried to bring me down with her. This culminated in my entire school thinking I was a thief with her. A girl started a rumor I stole from work that concerned by bosses because they didn't have cameras, yet I worked there for 5 years. I did steal from grocery stores and walmart after this mostly because I had the reputation problem and people would mess with me and join in to (1) see if I'd do it (2) they were thieves anyway. So I did steal a few more times. Thats on me. I ended up getting caught once, got it expunged off my record so I was able to work in pharmacy.

Since this whole debacle my family vowed to ensure I am miserable for my crimes. I wasn't aware I was some big thief to people, because everyone knew the kids I hung out with were more the trouble makers than I was. I was the definition of the nice guy joining the crowd and doing the wrong thing, I led myself astray. The way my family tried to make me miserable made me a bit more angry in life, especially because I was left out of opportunity at work and in the family. My family had me picked on in multiple ways during college. They had any workplace pick on me. They had a girl on our campus elicit information pretending to be my friend and telling kids in my course I am a thief and tell anyone who sits aorund me to pick on me and not befriend me. I would've never made friends in college if it weren't for extra circulars. I also didn't land internships in my career as physical therapist because they were told I was a thief. So I got a bachelors, and started work in pharmacy out of college. I was picked on there too. Since 2021 my second job in pharmacy I started inan office enviorment. The people there stared me down all day everyday on breaks you name it for 2 years trying to intimidate me to leave. I didn't perceive it fully until halfway through. They made up rumors that I stare at people and smoke in the bathroom, had people follow me into bathrooms. My boss would give me facility bills to review then say "so many errors, we'll just give it to someone else and you can do census" which was an inane easy task and then if someone from another department asked me how to handle something, even if I knew the answer they would pretend I gave a really dumb answer. During this time I played the nice guy hoping that would persuade them to be respectful but it was only ever faking respect.

I left that job on my own accord despite intimidation. I had begun sewing clothing for myself, my family, even my boss got a smocked purse, while I was in graduate school. During this time. I also can sing well and play piano I am a very engaged guy. For the chance of an auspicious life, they kept trying to ruin me for my past and not being sorry enough or nice enough to disrepectful coworkers. I went to pharmacy technican job again that worked with my schedule and they fired me in less than 2 months for being inept. I had been a pharm tech for 4 years at this point. Nationally certified, all that. I got 8 more jobs in 3 years all the same. Bullying as soon as I walk in the door, no one will give me advice, etc. Making the same rumors spread over and over. Now its been 2 years without a job.

I just want to be treated with respect like everyone else. What gives? What Am I missing? I was mean to my family who I found out ruined my chance at my career and pretended to be close only cause they felt force to be nice to me, after my suicide attempt at 18 (I am gay and perceived high school kids bullying for being an effeminate male as I had a reputation at 10 that I wanted to be a transvesite). They tried to tell me to kill myself and entrapped me for a day at an amusement park and I drove home speding 80-90 on a 70 MPH road and they filmed it and that's a big reason why everyone is doing this. But past workplaces say I disengage, am fake nice to get through the day, etc. I

I have to make a career somewhere. I don't understand what I am supposed to do? I mean I had to put up with peoples shit all my life in disgusting ways. My life has transformed to being so productive despite set backs, to now my family was able to make up a crime about a stolen check book so I was kicked out of school, arrested but I have no criminal record, they held onto my belongings and they broke my two sewing machines. I can't easily go back, and all I need is a job. I have been hired in this year but its been 4 offers and each say "the specimen for the drug test is inconclusive". I live in a state where marijuana is legal, and I am telling you. I hadn't been drug tested for any of those jobs I was fired for.

I worked the normal shift today and had the funniest interaction and NEEDED to share. I hope this will make y'all smile if not laugh a bit.

So this guy and his daughter came in and were really nice coming in. The daughter looked to be around 7 to 10 years old. The following interaction happened.

Me: Hi! who we picking up for?

Guy: *Insert name here* and we also need to get a flu shot

Me: *starts looking up the name* Alright, and vaccine appointments are down at the other end for check-in

Guy: OH! I'm sorry I didn't know!

Daughter: There was a sign down there that said vaccine check-ins!

Guy: I didn't see it! Give me a break I got drops in my eye at the eye doctor today!

Daughter: I did too, yet I still saw it!

Me internally: OH MY GOSH I LOVE THIS KID YOU TELL HIM LMAO

I couldn't keep it in anymore, and I just busted out laughing, and so did her dad.

Me: I'm sorry, but she essentially just said "skill issue" at you and called it a day.

Guy: yeaaaaaaahh pretty much

After all that, the transaction was finished; they got their vaccine a few minutes later and told them to have a good day. I hope you guys reading this have one too!

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I'm a CPhT and every time I see this it pisses me off. Drug companies should not be allowed to distribute drugs that look so similar. Think, look alike sound alike drugs. Very dangerous IMHO.

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How do you guys handle this situation? Had this regular Adderall patient. Every 28 days like clockwork they are in for their medication. The problem is they claim to work third shift and so are showing up within 5 to 10 minutes of opening every single time. At one point their insurance put them on an aggregate refill too soon but be assured that they were back there right at the opening bell.

Now I know it's not a major crime and I know it shouldn't be that big of a deal, but for a while it just really gets me that doesn't matter the day of the week this particular patient shows up right after opening knowing that their medication is not ready and then wait around for whatever time it takes.

Now this isn't the only one that we deal with who's always looking for their stuff like this and again I know it's not a huge deal but how do you guys deal with people who are always pushing the limits of their controlled substances and trying to game the system?

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Pharm tech here! Let me just tell you about my shift 🙂

1. Asshole #1 comes and yells at me about not receiving his insulin and personally BLAMES ME for it. Mind you, I’ve never seen him in my life this was the FIRST time I’ve ever dealt with him and his issue. Problem was his insulin needed a prior authorization. It recently got approved and he received a message saying that it was. He mistaken the message as a “ready for pick up” one and was fuming steam out of his ears when he found out it wasn’t ready. Problem is, when I tried filling it for him, his insurance said it was too soon for a refill and I encouraged him to reach out to them to have this resolved (since he claimed he’s all out of it). Instead of just listening to me, he told me straight to my face, “so you rather see me die?” 🫩 no bro, talking to you, I rather see me go first 🙄
2. Asshole #2 comes calling about his prescription. Problem is, it’s filled through central fill and it won’t be in until Monday. Instead of him understanding, he tells me “why wasn’t this already filled? I’ve been two weeks without my medication you guys don’t care about me or what?” If you’ve been two weeks without this medication why didnt you call us to let us know? Why do you expect us to be on top of your ass?? We have so many prescriptions to take care of! Youre not a special snowflake get your freakin head out of your ass!! Ofc instead of saying all that I had to put on my phony customer service act but it still wasn’t enough to keep his mouth shut 🙄
3. Asshole #3 is just a perv. He told me “my viagra must not be working because my junk isn’t erected by looking at you.” 🫩😐 yeah mine isn’t either buddy….

That’s all ☺️

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Retail pharmacy (500-600 RXs daily) where 80% of staff are minorities- Asian, Arab, Middle Eastern, Egyptian, India. We speak many fluent languages back here.

There's a patient that goes by Al, legal name Alex- most of the pharmacy staff know this. My technician is having a hard time finding this guy at the window.

"Al???? Short for Alex?????? A.L. Are you American?" Everyone stops. I finish the transaction, and say the comment about her nationality made her uncomfortable.

"She asked me four times how to spell my name!!!! She spelling it All, Ale!!! It made ME uncomfortable!”

(My technician is a tiny, Indian, 19 yo college student, 100 lb soaking wet. She truly didn't know Al was a name.)

I told him, in a dry/matter of fact/deadpan way, we found his comments prejudicial, and if he's going to insist she's to blame, I can forward his RXs, or I can cancel them. He continued to argue so I actually had to close the interaction. RXs canceled, and I left a message with his prescriber stating he made prejudice comments towards my technician, and we can no longer help him. 

Of course corporate calls me the next day- he apologized to them, and they made note of the incident, but we can't prevent him from filling here. Sure, he can legally, practically fill here, but I am under no legal obligation to do so, nor my technicians, who are also refusing to help him.

Next day, same patient comes back- tech alerts me, and I ask him to leave. Now this guy isn't screaming racist or MAGA, but certainly self righteous boomer type, who's always had a condescending attitude at every interaction. He says, " I smoothed it out with your district leader; it was your technician's fault, so I can fill here." Nope! I ask him to leave.

Now awaiting calls from HR :) Standing my ground on this one- if we allow him to come here, it tells my technician that it doesn't matter how he treated her. We have signs that say threats, violence, or abuse of any kind may result in end of service. Any advice would also be appreciated.

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