r/mildlyinfuriating • u/BloomingMosaic • 15h ago

I'm slightly vexed how some people at work approach the pharmacy

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instead of walking straight towards me they go around the shelf so either I don't know if they're coming to me until the last second, or they go to the other, usually empty register and I have to call them over to mine. dude! I'm right fucking here! why do they do this??

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u/Paramedic229635 15h ago

I don't like people, so if I saw someone browsing the shelves on the normal route, I'd go around to avoid them. Other than that they might just not have seen you.

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u/IrrelevantManatee 15h ago

I do that at my pharmacy because the straight route goes into the beauty/makeup aisle and it's always full of employees trying to sell me stuff.

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u/Outside-Pear9429 15h ago

Better not do that again. The pharmacy employees are pissed at you for it

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u/IrrelevantManatee 15h ago

Sometime I even DARE go farther to get some stuff I want to buy. IMAGINE THAT. I know I am a terrible person.

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u/ThereInAFortnight 15h ago

Meanwhile, as a dude, I can strut right through there knowing nobody will even look at me.

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u/IrrelevantManatee 15h ago

Wow I wish my life was so easy.

But on the other hand, being a man means being exposed to FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCT. So your life is not that easy after all.

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u/ThereInAFortnight 15h ago

Thank you for being thoughtful about our exposure to FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS.

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u/ThereInAFortnight 15h ago

I think I do something similar at my pharmacy, and it's just because the other aisle is a quiet one.

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u/DM_me_pets 15h ago

My pharmacy is set up to go the "long way" as well, it helps to avoid congestion at the register. Im mildly infuriated when people use the "wrong" line. 😂

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u/manmadefruit 15h ago

The 'red line aisle' at my Pharmacy is for makeup, tampons and diapers. I ain't going down there.

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u/loonattica 12h ago

Paint your face, plug your leaks, shit your pants.

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u/LabOwn9800 15h ago

People have not memorized the optimal route to the pharmacy like you have because you are there every day.

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u/Exceptional_Kumquat 15h ago

What stuff is on the shelves on the pink vs blue routes? Are there feminine products or something on one of those paths that dudes are avoiding?

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u/Jonathon_world 15h ago

If you touch them your health goes down

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u/VolcanicBear 15h ago

Why would guys avoid walking near feminine hygiene products? Holy shit lmfao that'd be hilarious if that was the case.

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u/Outside-Pear9429 15h ago

Because some men are insane

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u/DangerousMistake9569 15h ago

Seeing if they want anything else

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u/kiwipops 15h ago

Maybe they're just trying to get some steps in.

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u/d4rkprojec7 15h ago

Maybe they wanna see what's on the other side of the shelf. Shouldn't be a big deal

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u/mawp23 15h ago

I’m not understanding the issue.

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u/Kdiesiel311 15h ago

Don’t feel bad, no one is

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u/Jonathon_world 15h ago

What do you want him to do, Draw you a map?,

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u/Outside-Pear9429 15h ago

Maybe they want to see something on that other shelf?

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u/AstraNuggz 15h ago

I usually go the other route because I like to sight-see and that’s also usually where feminine products are for me because I rarely go into the pharmacy for just one thing and also to avoid having to talk to people by saying excuse me lol. Never thought that would be something that could piss the pharmacist off 😭 now one more thing for me to stress abt lol

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u/Outside-Pear9429 15h ago

Right?? People are apparently pissed at you no matter what you do. At this point just do whatever you want. Someone’s going to be mad no matter what so no use in trying to avoid it

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u/PoopyMcFartButt 15h ago

I’m entitled to be mildly infuriated that this mildly infuriates you. Who cares

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u/Outside-Pear9429 14h ago

This. I’m more mildly infuriated by people posting stuff on this sub that doesn’t even reach the threshold for mild. Not at all infuriating

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u/PoopyMcFartButt 14h ago

And every time you have 1000 people in the comments saying “☝️🤓 ackshually this sub* *is ”mildly” infuriating” as if that somehow justifies being able to post the stupidest shit I’ve ever seen on reddit

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u/Outside-Pear9429 15h ago

More things people are apparently judging me for when I’m out running errands. Never would’ve guessed people working the pharmacy would be pissed if I don’t walk through the store correctly on my way to them. seems like as long as I go to their correct register and am polite then that’s all that’s expected of me but I guess not! Hope I never need to see something on that other shelf. No matter what you do there’s someone who’s annoyed by it

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u/One-Possible1906 15h ago

I always pick the wider aisle especially if it’s the one that doesn’t have people coughing and dripping snot on medications or the makeup aisle with its 10,000 cameras and constant accusations of theft

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u/Creamed_Dreamer 15h ago

Why get caught up on expectations and trivial issues that are beyond your control? Drop the expectations of them taking a certain path and youll realize thinking about these things just takes away energy from your day to day life.

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u/minkamagic 15h ago

Why does it matter...?

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u/Jchvv11 15h ago

Because its mildly infuriating. Keep up

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u/Fauked 15h ago

This sub when someone posts something mildly infuriating

https://giphy.com/gifs/6nWhy3ulBL7GSCvKw6

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u/IrrelevantManatee 15h ago

The problem is, people are posting things all the time that are not even a little bit infuriating. When you work, having a client walk a different route that you would want them too and getting mad is crazy. People are there to shop, not to cater to the cashier's OCD.

I am so tired of those "OMG I have to unlock my door" or "I have to put shoes on before leaving the house" type of posts. Those are normal life action. Not infuriating at all. That's what it's like being an adult and having a job.

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u/Outside-Pear9429 15h ago

This. Something that’s very infuriating and probably not right for this sub: my boss beat me up because I didnt answer his email quickly enough. Full on assault for no reason is extremely upsetting. 10000/10 infuriating

Something that’s mildly infuriating and perfect for this sub: my coworker chews with their mouth open and it’s gross. Yeah this is annoying although no it technically isn’t hurting me so that’s why it’s only mild. 3/10 infuriating

Something not infuriating at all: I don’t like how my customers walk when they’re minding their business before they even get to me. This would not upset any normal person at all. In any way. There is no infuriation factor here. 0/10 infuriating

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u/Jonathon_world 15h ago

The customer is always right

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u/bhoran235 15h ago

Yeah, THEY'RE weird

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u/gjbv_ 15h ago

Add a queue

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u/BobSagieBauls ORANGE 15h ago

I usually try and go the direct path unless I see someone is in the isle shopping or an employee is stocking then I’ll go the longer way to not squeeze by someone

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u/FruitigerMilo 15h ago

I do this bc I can never tell who is in line and who is just browsing the aisles

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u/New-Shake7638 15h ago

Because they’re looking at something in the isle they walk down

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u/GenericNameSimulated 15h ago

Control issues I see

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u/fetter80 15h ago

I feel you on this. Where i work there is 2 registers right next to each other. I'll be standing directly behind one and folks will come up and place their merchandise at the other one. Like cmon man.

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u/Lower_Ad_5532 15h ago

Your store needs to mark the queue.

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u/Former_Specific_7161 15h ago

I've been to pharmacies with this layout, and in those experiences, the 1st stall is usually more visible than the 2nd one. But it's used for the consult area. I'm guessing it's to avoid line congestion from getting in the way of the main aisle of the shared store, but as a result, it just pushes the actual line into a cramped corner where you have to be in between two narrow aisles.

Having said that, it's only a mistake you should make once, lol

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u/Living-Computer6336 15h ago

this is a *perfect* example of something that is mildly infuriating. I can sympathize, because I’ve had plenty of similar ’annoying customer tendency’ moments over the years

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u/Outside-Pear9429 14h ago

Is this even an annoying customer tendency? Those are things like talking on the phone at the counter and not listening to what the pharmacist is saying, letting their kids climb all over the counter and knock stuff over, complaining when it’s busy and the pharmacist can’t move at lightning speed, etc. This isn’t even annoying, it’s just a customer shopping in a store that sells things. Who would think they have to behave a certain way before they even get to the counter. This seems more like annoying employee than annoying customer

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u/CaughtNABargain 15h ago

KinneyDrugs weird route

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u/ORANGENBLACK101214 15h ago

Thank God you included a drawing. With colored pen.

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u/Outside-Pear9429 14h ago

Imagine you’re at the register waiting for someone to come hand you your prescription and this is what the pharmacist is doing in the back

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u/SomeEgyptianGod 15h ago

I do this at Walgreens. The blue aisle has all the “as seen on tv” stuff that I never buy but I always look at just to see what gee-whiz thing they’ve got out there now. The pink aisle is just medical supplies. So I guess you could call it the scenic route.

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u/ceramic-panic 15h ago

TIL my pharmacist is analyzing my route to the counter

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u/gorgeously_mytruself 14h ago

You sound super entitled. Especially if there are products on those shelves for purchase.

Imagine putting out a bunch of stuff for shopping and getting upset that customers shop, or getting upset that you have to do the job you are literally getting paid to do.

Omg, you had to talk to someone while sitting down. Such a big deal.

I a 100% disabled vet and wounded warrior who hurt myself by spending a decade building explosives out in the elements and I don’t bitch this much.

You are sitting down in a climate controlled building and complaining that you had to say” I can help you here”

Absolute first world problem!

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u/whdaje 14h ago

Covid leftovers. I still go to the aisle that was marked out of habit.

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u/Celthric317 15h ago

My customers used to do the same when i worked in a paint store. It was really irritating.