Learned Something New Today at Work

[Ring, ring.]

RPh: Hi, thank you for calling ___________ Pharmacy. How may I help you?

Caller: Do you take __________?

RPh: Yes, just bring your card with your prescription.

Caller: You got Xanax, Handlebars, and Codeine syrup?

RPh: Xanax what?

Caller: Handlebars.

RPh: Handlebars? What is that?

Caller: Handlebars. I mean, Xanax.

RPh: What strength of Xanax?

Caller: I dunno. I have to check my prescription. It's a white tablet.

RPh: Hmmm. No, I don't have any in stock.

Caller: What about codeine syrup?

RPh: What kind of codeine syrup?

Caller: Promethazine with codeine syrup.

RPh: How much do you need?

Caller: Eight.

RPh: I don't have that either.

[Click.]

It actually took me a little while to figure out that "Handlebars" was the slang term for Xanax. We learned a few slang terms for drugs in school, but that was for illegal drugs. I'm very thankful I work in a pharmacy inside a store and with a security officer. I don't know what it was about today, but I had another person call me three times to try to get her fake prescriptions. All before noon!