Rx Refill? Say What?

 You've read the previous one on this topic. This is the addendum, same topic, same pills.

So... like me you might think a refill promised to be filled on a Thursday afternoon would actually be ready...late Saturday morning. Right?

Wrong!

I'd called in a grocery order to be picked up by 11:00, and picked it up outside by 11:00. Of course this meant I had to exit the car and physically hold the hatch door up while he put my items in the large bags I'd brought. Note that this included a request, once he'd loaded 5 loaves of bread in one, to please not put the jars on top of them! I might have worded that better, because he left the already loaded ones in place on top of the bread, but started a new bag with the next bunches of jars. (And he wondered why I asked him if he was new in this job!) I had already explained to him that I needed to hold the hatch up the whole time he was in/out of the car, and why. So once I verified he was all finished loading, I let go. You should have seen his eyes pop at how fast it dropped! (Yep, he's new. And young.)

BTW, it's going to the dealership Tuesday to get both that fixed and some warranty work completed. The car is a 2013 model and still is cashing in on new warranty work notices. This one is something  on the ABS braking system. I wouldn't know they needed work, since I almost never have to brake hard, keeping plenty of space between me and whatever is ahead. I only wish the hydraulics on the hatch were a warranty item. The bill should be... interesting. My luck, come spring they'll decide to cover those.

Since the weather was cold enough that I had no worries about frozen items thawing in the car, I then drove to the pharmacy side entrance and went in for that pick-up. A short wait later I found out they still weren't ready. However they were "in the cue", so please feel free to do more shopping and come back. (Anybody tell these characters that the shopping there ain't free? No matter how much I'd love to feel it's free while shopping?) So I went and picked up the pizza we plan to bribe Paul with to come over tonight with his tools and drill three holes for Steve's newest project. Then I picked up what Steve needed to use those holes for. It's a good thing it's as cold as it is because when I returned to the pharmacy, the line was another 20 minutes long, even with three people handling the counter. Still, I told myself it was better than waiting till March 16!

My pills were finally ready by then. In fact I got the call while waiting in that second line. When I get home I'm going to need to read the fine print on my Part D Medicare new plan. I just switched companies. I have never yet finished buying enough meds in a year that I ran through the deductible period and started getting actual coverage for meds, which in its own way is a good thing. But there must be some kind of a hitch, because today's Rx was no charge!

That can't be what she meant when she told me to "feel free to go shopping...."!