New Direction— or Just No Direction???

I feel totally depressed today. I have no desire to work in pharmacy anymore, no desire to be screamed at by stupid people who have no ****ing idea how things work in a pharmacy (Surprise: we don’t just dump pills in a vial, slap a label on it, and check you out at the register. There’s more to it than that). I don’t want to be social or friendly. I just want to curl up in my condo with my cat. I don’t want to be in pharmacy anymore. That begs the question— what do I want to do? Ideally, grow my business in design and jewelry making. But i have to make ends meet with a “typical” job in the meantime. I’ve already applied for some remote work positions. But do I really want any of those either? Beats me at the moment. I just feel sick of all this ****. I’m sick of dating. I’m sick of putting myself out there, showing up, putting in the effort, and getting nothing in return. Meh.

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I'm sorry to hear about this. In reading your post, I can relate. As far as the pharmacy goes, I'm thinking that you're dealing with people who are ill, medicated, and may have some resentments because they are not healthy. I'm on medication myself and it's for a medical reason. I guess it's messed with my mind. Maybe it's time for you to get into some other field of work, it sounds like to me. If so, I hope you'll find something right for you. It's happened to me in the past.

I noticed you said that you'd like to do jewelry making. That's interesting to me because my sister is very much into it. She recently made rings you slip on your fingers; and they looked impressive to me. I don't know how she's doing with it lately. I think she'd be pretty good at selling if she were better organized for herself.

I can relate to you saying you put efforts and get nothing much in return. That's similar to me. I felt like I've put myself out a lot to better my life and it never worked out.

I don't have any suggestions or advice. I'm hoping the best for you. I know exactly how you feel.

Can you look into working for a pharmacy that does mail orders only? No customers to interact with.

Hospital pharmacies mostly deal with doctors and nurses getting meds filled for patients. And it’s not in person, it gets ordered and then delivered to the unit. Not too many customers go there. I’d try it.

Large hospitals might have pharmacists and techs, some extra staff. I just thought about it because my husband said the other day they had some unusual med prescribed that no one knew how to properly administer and directions were vague. He ended up calling their pharmacy asking someone to come up to the unit to show it to people. And they sent someone, but other than that unusual circumstance, hospital pharmacists and techs don’t deal with too many face to face people

Maybe you need a little time-out of some sort. A time to recharge the batteries and to get your positivity operating a good level again. What you've been through sounds very exhausting.🙏

Unfortunately, when dealing with the general public one is bound to come across some crappy Ill mannered people. They tend to get worse when they don’t feel well.

I agree that I need to recharge a bit— I do enjoy the aspect of helping people live better lives, despite what my initial post may imply. I’m just super burnt out. When you get screamed at by people repeatedly for things that you often have no control over, it takes a toll. It is exhausting. Maybe the doctor did not write the rx clearly or in compliance with the law. Or maybe they did not send it at all. Maybe insurance is throwing a **** fit over something stupid. Maybe we don’t have the drug in stock or cannot get it in stock because it’s on backorder. There’s a shortage of amoxicillin right now as an example. We do our best and admittedly we are not perfect either. But don’t scream at us when we’re only trying to help. **** it.

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