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Originally posted by mu_agd
yes, but not everyone has the option of shopping elsewhere. not everyone has the time to drive that 30 or so minutes that you say they should take the time to drive to get a prescription. if a patient has a medicine prescribed by the doctor, the pharmacist shoudl fill it regardless of why they are taking the medicine.
just b/c you have the time or option of going to another pharmacy, that doesn't mean that everyone else does as well.
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Mail order, internet, etc.
There ARE options.
And you can get a ride to someplace 30 minutes away. It's not like if you live in BFE, you don't know anyone going to the closest Wal-Mart.
Just hitch a ride.
Yeah, he's inconvenienced some people, but look, he's still in business, so apparenlty enough people in his town support him in this. For all we know, it might be a great marketing ploy to get customers back from Walgreens.