Share Your Pharmacy Tech Horror Stories
One horror story was when a pharmacy tech accidentally misread a prescription. Instead of giving the right dosage of a heart medication, they almost gave a much higher dose. Luckily, another tech double - checked at the last minute. It was really scary as it could have had serious consequences for the patient.
There was this situation where a new pharmacy tech didn't properly store some medications that required a specific temperature. As a result, some of the drugs deteriorated. When they were about to be dispensed, a more experienced tech noticed something was wrong. If those drugs had been given to patients, it could have been very dangerous.
I once heard about a pharmacy tech who got really behind on filling prescriptions during a busy day. There were long lines of angry customers waiting. The tech was so stressed that they started making more mistakes, like mixing up the names on the labels. It was a total chaos that day in the pharmacy.
What are the Most Common Pharmacy Tech Horror Stories?
The most common one is probably mislabeling prescriptions. It's so easy to accidentally write the wrong name or dosage on the label. Another is the wrong drug being dispensed. I know of a case where a tech grabbed the wrong bottle because they were in a hurry. And then there's the issue of running out of a crucial medication and not being able to fill prescriptions on time, which leads to angry customers.
Share Your Pharmacy Rotation Horror Stories
Well, I had a rotation where the pharmacist I was working with was extremely unorganized. The inventory was a mess. There were expired drugs mixed in with the new ones. We almost dispensed an expired medicine to a patient. It was a close call and really scary thinking about what could have happened.
Share some IT tech support horror stories.
One horror story is when a user accidentally deleted all the important data on the company server. The IT tech support had to try every possible data recovery method, but most of it was lost. It was a nightmare as it led to a big setback for the company's ongoing projects.
Share some 'rad tech horror stories'.
A rad tech once told me about a situation where they received a radioactive sample for testing. But the container it was in was damaged during transit. They had no idea how much radiation had been leaked. The whole department had to be shut down immediately and they had to call in a special hazmat team to deal with it.
Share some vet tech horror stories.
A vet tech horror story could be a situation where a sick animal was brought in with an unknown disease. The vet tech was the first to handle it and later found out that the disease was highly contagious. They were worried about having exposed themselves and other animals in the clinic. Another one was when a vet tech was assisting in a difficult birth of a large dog. There were complications and blood everywhere. It was a very gory and scary scene. And in one instance, a vet tech was trying to draw blood from a very uncooperative horse. The horse kicked out and nearly hit the tech in the face, which was a really frightening moment.
Share some ultrasound tech horror stories.
One horror story is about a misdiagnosis. The ultrasound tech thought it was just a cyst, but it turned out to be a tumor. By the time the real problem was discovered, it had grown and made the treatment much more difficult.
Share some computer tech horror stories.
In a company, a virus spread through the network like wildfire. It started encrypting all the files on the computers. The IT department tried everything but couldn't stop it in time. The company had to pay a huge ransom to get the decryption key. Even then, some files were permanently lost because the encryption process was corrupted for some of them.
Share Your Tech Recruiter Horror Stories
I once had a recruiter who was super pushy. They called me multiple times a day, even during my work hours at my current job. They didn't respect my boundaries at all. And when I finally agreed to an interview just to get them off my back, they didn't even have proper details about the company or the role. It was a chaotic and unprofessional experience.
Share some Fiber Tech Horror Stories
One horror story could be about a fiber optic cable installation gone wrong. Workers accidentally cut a major cable that provided internet to a large area, like a whole town. Businesses were disrupted, and people couldn't work from home or access online services for days until it was fixed.
Can you share some CVS Pharmacy horror stories?
Well, one horror story I heard was about a customer who had a prescription that was constantly filled wrong. They were given the wrong dosage multiple times, which could have been really dangerous to their health.