Wrong Aid

[Innkeeper]

When we moved from Maine to New Hampshire two and years and two months ago, one of highest priorities was finding a reliable pharmacy. In the closest town to ours we found a Rite Aid. After three months of "sorry we're out that for three or four days" and other service problems we switched to Brooks in further away Rochester. Every was fine for almost two full years, and then, you guessed it, Rite Aid bought Brooks.

The very first prescription we picked up was only two thirds full. "Sorry we wanted to be sure we could get through the weekend." You see, Rite Aid keeps stockholders happy by keeping inventories low. Then we started to see signs on the door say things like, "Pharmacy will be closed on Sunday." Inquiry revealed that pharmacists could only work so many hours without a break. Employees were juming ship!

This past Saturday I called in four prescriptions for Bev for pick up that day, and the computer said fine. I called back to see if they would open on Sunday when it would be more convenient for us to pick them up. I couldn't reach a human, so I called the front of the store and was told that the pharmacy was closed for Saturday, Sunday, and maybe Monday. Bev's Lipitor ran out on Sunday.

Today we checked in with Walgreens in Rochester, and they were very nice. They verified our prescriptions by calling a Wrong Aid with an open pharmacy, getting us squared away. Now we just hope that Wrong Aid doesn't buy Walgreens!