The pharmacy division at a WALGREEN'S outlet did something VERY unethical & unprofessional! (Link Courtesy WMAQ, TV-5, Chicago) (http://www.nbc5.com/news/7808185/detail.html):eek:

Dunno if it was a "hacker" that did this gig....but if it WAS a BONAFIDE EMPLOYEE.....

I think YOU ALL will concur...that the bugger in question should be HUNG OUT to DRY...and then HUNG!:mad:

Karp is suing the retail chain for defamation, negligent supervision and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

No, yes, no.

Nothing intentional here. When I worked at Blockbuster, there was a field in our computer system for comments to warn co-workers about nutjobs. Chances are this lady is a nutjob, and so while the pharmacist exercised poor judgment and some incompetence in printing that field of their screen or whatever, there was no intentional harm.

When I worked at Blockbuster, there was a field in our computer system for comments to warn co-workers about nutjobs.

For a video rental store...what type of criteria did ya use to ascertain the clients's sanity...or lack there of? And what necessitated such a procedure??:confused:

My guess would be the criteria would be the same for anyone on the frontlines of a retail gig - just that most don't have the technology to keep a running file on customers.

Generally such things get passed along by word of mouth on an as-needed basis from one shift to the next.

Yes, it was offensive. And yes, the employee who wrote it should be fired. But does she have a right to sue the company for "emotional distress"? Hell no!

The only way you have a valid claim in a lawsuit is if you suffer damages as a result of the other party's actions. Can this woman seriously claim that her emotional suffering is worth thousands of dollars? That's ridiculous! I go through emotional distress every time I get up early to go to work, but that doesn't entitle me to thousands ofl dollars in compensation!

What the woman should do is write an editorial in the local paper and tell everyone to get their prescriptions filled elsewhere. But that wouldn't get her any money, and getting money is where he true intentions lie.

For a video rental store...what type of criteria did ya use to ascertain the clients's sanity...or lack there of? And what necessitated such a procedure??:confused:

Because customers are *******s and people need warning. They had weird-ass hang-ups about the most random stuff, and this Walgreen's chick was probably just as bizarre. I'd wager the pharmacist spoke no more loudly to her than to anyone else, and it was what 99.999% of us would consider a reasonable volume, but she just has too much time on her hands and is so wrapped up in herself as to pull some BS over it

The phrasing on the pharmacy's comments is poor, and they were negligent in letting it see print, but I don't think it's right to read a story like this and automatically line up on the poor old victim's side whole-heartedly. Chances are she's a crazy bitch that you'd complain about if you had to deal with her in real life. Or she's like that finger-in-the-chili lady. They almost always are.

I say that if you can't be a professional then you shouldn't have the job [I feel the same way about pharmacists who refuse to fill prescriptions for the morning after pill].

I don't think insults [especially about the customers] are very professional,it's not the image I'd want my buisness to have.

I agree Truth Teller, that is not the kind of image I would want for my business either. The whole thing was in very poor taste.
That poor woman I would feel terribly embarrassed if I were in her shoes.

It doesn't seem to me from the article that anyone intended her to see it. Poor judgment here, not insults or intentional infliction of emotional distress. And like I said, it's probably all true.

Its probably true however that does not take away from the fact that the woman must feel terribly embarrassed. It was grossly unprofessional for Walgreens to be engaging in such a practice and even more unprofessional of them to negligently leave the notes attached. They were begging to be sued.
Let's not forget Walgreens was profiting from having the "psycho" as a customer and I am sure many other psychos are helping keep Walgreens and many other businesses thriving.
I hope she wins her lawsuit.

Its probably true however that does not take away from the fact that the woman must feel terribly embarrassed.

Yes

It was grossly unprofessional for Walgreens to be engaging in such a practice

Yes

and even more unprofessional of them to negligently leave the notes attached.

Yes

They were begging to be sued.

In our world of pussies, yes.

Let's not forget Walgreens was profiting from having the "psycho" as a customer and I am sure many other psychos are helping keep Walgreens and many other businesses thriving.

Yes.

I hope she wins her lawsuit.

No. This simply isn't lawsuit-worthy. Someone embarrassed the chick and hurt her feelings. She doesn't deserve money for it, and she'd earn a lot more empathy if she wasn't PSYCHO enough to think she does.

:) your post made me smile and im having a pretty rotten day.
Although I still want her to win I agree it isnt lawsuit worthy.
However, not many American lawsuits are :)

:) your post made me smile and im having a pretty rotten day.

Sorry to hear that, but I'm happy to help even just a bit.

Although I still want her to win I agree it isnt lawsuit worthy.
However, not many American lawsuits are :)

Well that doesn't seem to make much sense. I wish someone would locate a frivolous-lawsuit-filing-type gene so we could weed it out of the gene pool. People like this drive me insane.

If I were in her shoes, I honestly think I'd laugh.

correction isnt all THAT law-suit worthy.
Look on it this way if one of the employees had called her all the things written on the note to her face that would warrant a lawsuit. So in a sense this too is lawsuit worthy in myopinion.
Do not be surprised if she gets a nice little sum of money from this.

correction isnt all THAT law-suit worthy.
Look on it this way if one of the employees had called her all the things written on the note to her face that would warrant a lawsuit. So in a sense this too is lawsuit worthy in myopinion.
Do not be surprised if she gets a nice little sum of money from this.

Why would it matter if it was verbal? I don't see how that would make a difference.

And yes, she probably will get some bucks, from Walgreen's. To shut up. And then I hope she gets hit by a bus. But she'd probably just come back from the dead to sue the bus company. :|

Yeah, Walgreens will settle before it goes to court. I imagine she and her lawyer know this and are only filing suit for that reason. There's no way any decent human being would be traumatized from the event enough to really warrant any kind of settlement. What's next, we going to start suiing kids on the playground for making fun of other kids?

It doesn't seem to me from the article that anyone intended her to see it. Poor judgment here, not insults or intentional infliction of emotional distress. And like I said, it's probably all true.

I would never hire anyone with kind of attitude as a manager.:not:

I would never hire anyone with kind of attitude as a manager.:not:

Well good thing I'll be self-employed, then. :nice: