The Grocery Store Society and the Loss of Professional Vocabulary

In case you don’t already know it — we live in a consumerist society in the USA — and that’s a terrible notion for everyone in this nation, because we’ve become this messy ganglia of customers looking for the best price and never the better value.

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Mourning Lane Drug

by Michael L. Goetting, R.Ph.

As a former Rite Aid employee, I can vouch that Rite Aid is an evil force in my humble opinion. However, the anecdotal tales in the Go Inside article could have happened at poorly run outlet at any chain store. Rude employees are a danger in any business, and the ongoing labor shortage in the Pharmacy sector magnifies this problem. I could even attempt to explain the pricing on the antihistamine product, but the purpose is not to defend Rite Aid. The fact remains that these events did occur in Rite Aid stores.

This story reflects the real problem at Rite Aid.

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