Monday, October 18, 2010

pharmaceutical reps

Yay! I'm in the waiting room of my doctor's office for an annual physical, and the receptionist just turned away two pharmaceutical reps with a big ass bag o' crap.

Rep, with a huge smile, chirpy voice, and a ton of makeup: "Hey, y'all wanna see any more reps?"

Receptionist: "Nope."

Rep, a little taken aback: "Oh, okay, uhhh... I'll come back."

Receptionist: "Okay."

So, it was probably more because they're busy, or later than normal peddle-namebrand-newly-patented-drugs-that-replace-perfectly-effective-generics visiting hours than anything else, but a good result in any event.

Perhaps the stinkeye I threw the reps both coming and going was unnecessary, since I guess they are doing their crappy jobs in a crappy economy, but their industry is, of course, one reason why the economy is crappy.

And, WIN: the just turned away another rep! (Unfortunately, she said she'd come back tomorrow.)

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