The Pharmacist

[Asfsd4214]

is it acceptable to be ageist and make fun of old people in this forum?

I saw no such thing in her post.

It's like calling me sexist if I say that my 3rd grade teacher was a total bitch..... because she was female.

[Kaori]

Oddly enough, I didn't receive any looks or comments when I started my transition/HRT back in the midwest a year ago.  I seen the same 3 pharmies every month and they were nothing but smiles or at least professional and courteous.  One of them even hugged me on my last visit with them, which was just after Xmas - if it wasn't for the fact that she used my chosen name, I would have thought she was mistaken me for some other lady.

After moving several months ago, two young guys (perhaps in training or just new) helped me at the pharma counter on my first visit there.  They were nice and seemingly professional, but they seemed just a little curious about or interested in me... I even thought for a moment or two that I was going to hear either a pick up line or a comment about my combination of scrips - but nope.  They remained professional, while I didn't know whether to be flattered or worried about being clocked.
Having gone back a few times now, they are still nice and I've been without incident. Fortunately.

[Tyler]

This is really dumb, but how does the first ever Pharmacy visit go. Do you give them the slip and pay and get the prescription. Or do you have to fill out paper work?

[Kaori]

When I went, I handed them my prescriptions (3 papers from the Doc) and they filled them.  15 minutes later they called my name and they asked if I needed directions and/or advice (to which I passed on) and they asked me to sign for them (like you would for a UPS package).  Cash exchanged and then I was out the door.
It's been like that, more or less on the waiting time, every time I have went.

[lilacwoman]

In England we just hand over the prescription and then they ask if we want to wait or call back and then they just call out our name and hand over and pay. 
In theory if a TS is not presenting as their name then this does have potential to be embarrassing.

[Cindy]

Same in Australia. It doesn't bother me because my pharmacist knows me anyway, but I pay with a credit card that is in my male name. I haven't had a legal name change.

I have to admit but the more I do things such as commercial & social interactions the less I seem to care about what other people think. I seem to be developing a skin that says "they can get as embarrassed as they want, not my problem". Then I've only had one direct rude response in a shop and I handled that well and the person was fired.

Cindy