Retail pharmacy technician in a local grocery store chain. We do the highest weekly volume in the chain - which pretty much means the highest volume in the city, or for that matter the whole of eastern Pennsylvania. It is a high stress situation, especially when five people are on vacation and we have nobody to actually cover for them.
You know those trade school commercials that tout Pharmacy Technician as the job of the future. That's a load of shit. It's a fairly thankless position, as the majority of the customers are there because something is wrong with them, which directly translates to them being pissed off at you for no discernable reason. And you don't need to go to school for it. Any pharmacy will provide on-the-job training.
I <3 Toys R Us and Babies R Us, I am just not allowed in there anymore. I'll go in to get something that is like $20 and leave spending well over $150 .
And here I thought it was because you would steal the babies or switch them so the moms who can't speak English got babies who only spoke Korean or something.
I work for a local independant pharmacy as a tech. It's not too bad really since independant vs. corporate means alot less stress for us, and my bosses are quite possibly the easiest people to get along with on the face of the planet. I've worked there for about 3 years now. Not amazing pay, but seeing as everything is really relaxed it's a great job. We actually do more than the local CVS, which is pretty nifty.