Some old, some new, one very long rant about my job. 🙂 For @mikexx2, @ofgodsandllamas, @soloriya, @ove51, @simminginsilence, @dramallamadingdang, @littleblondesim, and @eulaliasims!

mikexx2
replied to your photo “Graham and Melanie are really hitting it off… (Have you forgotten…”

I was all ready to holler, “Melanie forever!” And then realised Emily is Emily Bushby, and there’s no competing with the Bushby girls

lmao! You got that right, I’m very partial to the three of them. ❤ Melanie is adorable, but… come on. There’s no contest. 😛 

ofgodsandllamas

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“The one and only time Graham wakes up before dawn (usually he isn’t…”

LMAOOOOOO Graham….. i feel you dude. that was me even in college too ENJOY IT WHILE UR YOUNG, SPROUT.

ahahahah Graham has perfected the art of the all-nighter, the true hallmark of a college student!

soloriya

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“The one and only time Graham wakes up before dawn (usually he isn’t…”

nice shots! ❤

Thank you dear! 😀

ove51

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“The one and only time Graham wakes up before dawn (usually he isn’t…”

How come you’ve got 2 moons?

Am I not supposed to? D: I have no idea, lol. I don’t think I ever gave it a thought before and just assumed it was normal! I have two suns, as well. 

simminginsilence

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“The one and only time Graham wakes up before dawn (usually he isn’t…”

:O Trigun!! Haven’t watched that in ages… ❤

I re-watched it about a year ago! I forget what made me think of it at the time, but I looked it up on youtube and sure enough, all the episodes are on there. 😀 I have to get around to re-reading the manga as well!

dramallamadingdang

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“It’s a boy!! 🙂 Welcome the first baby in Sycamore Cove, little…”

*raises eyebrow* Are you sure you’re not pregnant? Nah, I’m kidding. 🙂 I’m actually not the type to get attached to my Sims, but if this is your longest-lived neighborhood, I can certainly understand sentimentality. 🙂

Hahaha! Not pregnant, no. Probably hormonal at the time, though. And a Family Sim at heart, regardless. ;D But yes, this is my longest-lived neighborhood by a long shot (although that’s not saying much), and I’m definitely the type to get way too attached to Sims. 😀

littleblondesim

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“It’s a boy!! 🙂 Welcome the first baby in Sycamore Cove, little…”

I love your posts. You’re just a simmer simming and you share it all with us. Thank you. 🙂

Ahhhhhhhh, I love this! Thank you ;____; ❤ It makes me happy that people enjoy my posts as much as I enjoy playing/sharing them. :’D ❤

littleblondesim

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“Evelyn teaches Sonya how to walk. Look at that determination! :P”

You say determination, I say she’s thinking about world domination now that she’s mobile.

You know what… on closer examination, I think you might be right! I’m going to have to keep an eye on this one. 😉

eulaliasims

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“Finally got around to replacing 90% of my hood deco with light-up…”

So gorgeous! 😀 Your neighborhood just keeps getting better and better looking, I swear.

Meep, thank you so much! ❤ I’m only trying to keep up with the best. ;D 

dramallamadingdang

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“What’s your job in real life?”

If I were a pharmacist, I’d be terrified of filling the bottle with the wrong pills. That actually happened to my aunt once, a long time ago; if she’d taken the pills she was given they’d have killed her. Fortunately, it was a pill she’d been taking for years, so she knew they were the wrong ones when she opened the bottle, but…Yeah, I’d be the most obsessive pharmacist on earth, I think. 🙂 And therefore slow. So yeah. “Stressful” would be the word…

This! I’m definitely on the slower side (compared to other pharmacists I’ve worked with) because of my intense fear of making a mistake. Not saying that other pharmacists don’t care, but I’m obsessive to the point where I will quadruple-check a prescription and re-read it to myself a dozen times (which must appear crazy to my co-workers/customers). When it comes to medications and patient safety, there’s no such thing as being too thorough.

But of course, there are the impossible corporate standards and arbitrary “metrics” that pharmacists must meet. We’re timed on how quickly we fill the prescriptions, answer the phones, complete prescriber follow-up and patient adherence calls, etc. On one hand, I understand I’m working for a company and the company needs to stay in business. On the other hand, though, pharmacists stress over the metrics and push themselves nearly to the breaking point so as not to attract unwanted negative attention from their corporate supervisors. And that, unfortunately, forces many to compromise thoroughness in favor of getting everything done within these arbitrary time limits. There are loads of articles and studies that have shown the negative impact of these corporate standards on pharmacists’ performance. It’s extremely sad that our profession has essentially been reduced to “fast-food pharmacy” – churning out as many prescriptions in as little time as possible, and setting the unrealistic expectation for our patients that everything can be done ASAP. Of course I don’t want to keep people waiting forever for medications, but when I have to call the doctor for clarification, or the insurance because the medicine isn’t covered, or my vendor because I don’t have the med in stock (in between which I have to stop what I’m doing to answer questions for people at the consultation window, or mix an antibiotic for a child, and so on and so forth)… the time adds up. Not to mention I don’t get a lunch break so I’m trying to force myself to take a bite of a sandwich in between all of this. 😉 

Whew, that was quite a ramble. Can you tell I harbor quite a lot of bitterness about my job? 😉 But yes, between these arbitrary corporate metrics, long shifts with no lunch breaks, working nights/weekends/holidays, and the inherent stress that comes with dealing with people’s health and well-being, the job is extremely stressful. It’s no surprise (at least in my company) that most pharmacists burn out and quit after the first few years. If I didn’t have loans to pay (and if I had the cojones and/or a plan B) I’d have quit a loooooong time ago. 😉