This is regarding something that just happened to me in the pharmacy Kroger store #527 in Bellevue, a suburb of Nashville, TN. I am trying to find the correct person to send it to with the Kroger company, but their "Feedback Form" on their website only holds about half of my complaint and to me the whole story must be told. If anyone has an email address for someone in upper Management for the Pharmacy division I would be most appreciative. Day before yesterday I had asked the pharmacist to order a product for my mother called “Ayr Nasal Gel” because all he had was the Ayr nasal mist/spray. Today I went to pick up the gel and the girl rang it up and I went home and gave it to my Mother, who opened it up and took it out of the box, only to see a nozzle on it, indicating it was the nasal spray. We looked at the box, and it said Nasal Mist-GEL. We went on the website and it turns out there is a nasal Mist, a Nasal MIST GEL, (which we didn’t know about), and a regular Gel (that is what we had wanted). The box itself had a safety seal on it, (not the product, but the box) but Mom had no reason to think it wasn’t the gel, since the pharmacist told us he had ordered the gel and that’s what they handed to me this morning. So I took it back, (this was approximately 12:00 noon today and a Pharmacist named KATY said “You can’t bring it back, the seal is broken”. I said, “Yes, but you gave us the wrong product, you told us this was the gel, and we had no reason to believe it wasn’t the gel, since the pharmacist told us that’s what he was ordering for us.” and she said “Sorry. I can’t take it back. You broke the seal.” I was getting a little irritated because this was clearly the mistake of the Pharmacy, and we were only talking about a seven dollar item, so I said “Sometimes don’t you just have to eat something?” and she walked away from me and said over her shoulder, and quite loudly in front of other customers: “Miss Donahue, as much price-matching as we do for you, we eat plenty.” and that is a DIRECT quote. There were two pharmacy techs working there named James and Beth (Beth was waiting on me) and Beth both looked right at me a bit stunned, like she couldn’t believe Katy had said that either. I have never, ever had a professional say anything so inappropriate to me, let alone in front of other people. I said “That is the policy of Kroger, not my own personal policy!” I was so upset that I told her NOT to reorder the correct gel, that I would order it from a store that could afford it. Yes I take advantage of the price matching service! My husband and I are not insured and we thank God for it every day!
My husband and I have been going to this Kroger for over two years and last year on our last tax return we spent over 5 thousand dollars on the pharmacy alone, that’s not even counting what we spend in groceries. Beth, James and Phyllis are always very nice. Katy and the male pharmacist rarely interact with customers and that’s fine. I was so horrified by this, I went to buy some ice and found myself crying at the checkout. I went back to look at the pictures on the wall because I wanted to get her name. I just could not believe she said that to me! She yelled after me "I'll be glad to order you that gel!" not even GETTING that the Gel wasn't the problem and that she STILL should have refunded my seven dollars! I even called my much-more-level-headed-than-I-husband, to see if I was over-reacting, and he said “No. That was outrageous. Someone you are giving your business to should never have argued with you over seven dollars in the first place. and to say that to you at all, let alone in front of other people, was totally inappropriate.” I’m quite sure the reason she feels she can speak to me like this, is because for several years I had a very severe narcotics addiction. Trust me, I know THE LOOK you get from the Pharmacists as to what a scumbag you are. I now take Suboxone and have not had a pain pill or the desire for one since January of this year. There is no other reason on earth she would have spoken to me this way. She would have been instantly fired had she said that to anyone else. Her personal opinion of me and what prescriptions I get filled there STILL does NOT give her the right to treat me or anyone else like dirt and say such things to me. In fact I know several folks in the Impaired Pharmacists Program, so there but for the Grace of God goes Katy. My Mother and sister recently lost everything in the Nashville flood this past May, and had to move in with my husband and I, and I have become my Mother’s full time caretaker. I am under more stress than I have ever been under in my life right now, and we are supporting four adults now financially and need the Price-matching program more than ever, as money is really tight. My Mother is having neck surgery and several of her medicines are not covered by her Insurance. And now I don’t feel right going to Kroger for a price match anymore. I am now going to change pharmacies, to change all of her meds, all of mine, my husbands, and my sister’s medicines, which add up to a tremendous amount of work for me getting them all transferred, to a much less convenient location for us, not to mention the loss of business for Kroger. I most certainly do not have time for this right now, and all because of a flippant, sarcastic, inappropriate remark from one of your Pharmacists. She has NO idea what’s going on in my life, in our house, and to comment on our finances, in front of other customers, because of a mistake the store made is just appalling. I know no one gives a damn anymore, I would just feel better if I knew someone in upper management had read this. Can anyone advise me on what to do next? Thanks

Terrible Customer Service. The dark headed girl behind the counter rolled her eyes at my grandmother when she couldn't hear her for the first time.

I had just begun going to the store location a few months ago to get prescriptions filled and the pharmacy techinicians were friendly and accurate. Also, before I left the last tech stated I had one re-fill left before I needed to have the doctors office call another one in.

So, a day before Thanksgiving I went to pick up my prescription all to find out that the pharmacy tech who was there stated she did not see it in the system. The pharmacist who was there also stated the same. I was highly upset with this lack of professionalism. The Pharmacist on duty was Charles and both literally through their hands up and brushed me off.

I asked if they could contact the other tech that relayed it to me and they stated they woul not but, they were doing all that they could which was a lie. The pharmacist was working on other prescriptions and began to talk very rude and inappropraiate to me saying, "We make our living off of this why would we be telling you something that is not true & let me tell you a story about, this & that"

All the Managing Pharmacist by the name of Charles was doing at this time was getting off the subject by trying to hear his self talk about something completely opposite of what I was there for. I was calm and held my composture all the way through. I was not trying have small talk and he said you need to get out and I will have to call the manager. So, I stated, " Good please do so." I explained my situation to the manager and he was alot more responsive, professional, and cooperative.

Then when the shift manager came over to him his whole demeanor changed he was pleasant, nice, and acted as if he'd been professional with me all along when he had not. And began to lie and say he was doing all that he could to help me. When they did nothing.

When the other tech arrived she looked into the system and immediately found the prescription and notes in the system and had my prescription re-filled within no time. How propersterous is that.

Now, what if it was something even more severe where I could not wait. And there were more severe and dire consequences due to a lack of his none responsiveness and lack of professionalism.

He really needs to be strongly reprimanded or removed.