Margaret J M.
Walgreens silver spring md
I’ve gone to the Walgreens at 13307 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE Silver Spring, MD 20904 since July 2014 when it was a Rite Aid and have gone into this pharmacy about twice a month and the store much more for ten years. I will NEVER go back. I have been out of the country and my mom who is 90 picked up my prescriptions. I've had the pharmacist Tatiana a few times. She has a really distinctive accent and is a bit gruff in an enduring way. I spoke with her yesterday on the phone and she said the 'scripts my mom got were a mistake and to come and they would return it. I also had another prescription that was a little over due and they told me they'd hold it for a day. I waited in line for about 20 mins and they had not held the other prescription. I then went to another window where Tatiana was in a really bad mood. She's waited on me a millions times before and I've never had a problem with her. I let her know that the medication was 10mg and I hadn't taken 5mg for over a year and a half. It was also the generic which made me very confused because they had not explained it was the same medication when filling it. I have stomach problems and my doctor would NOT have done this. It's actually a pretty big thing for me. They had also filled my regular non-generic 10mg medication and then the generic AGAIN for 10 mg which gave me a total of NINE bottles of the same medication. She started off that it was not their fault, that is was my doctor's fault, even before she looked at the computer. I said I didn't think so because I hadn't been on the 5mg for a year and a half and hadn't seen my endocrinologist since October. I told her it was the end of a long day for everyone and could she just look up the "script and return my money. She kept escalating the situation and I kept asking her to do her job and de-escalate the situation. Yes I used that "exact language." I kept asking her to DO HER JOB and de-escalate the situation. She then bizarrely asked if I had a gun and was going to shoot her! WHAT? I didn't even have a purse just my phone and some car keys. It's summer. No lady where do you think I'm hiding it? She then refused to look up the medication or let me return the medication and kept telling me she could not do so with out a receipt which she had told me was ok just YESTERDAY. UNBELIEVABLE. Cursed her out and am NOT sorry. Went to speak to the manager. I think they KNOW there is a problem with these people. I'm 48 and this is the SECOND time in my life I've asked to speak to a manager. I've lived in all kinds of three ring circuses all over the world including DC so I'm pretty patient and also do customer service for disabled people all day so understand the frustration. Like I said this isn't the greatest location but I've dealt with it for 10 years without complaining. But if I ever spoke to a patron the way this woman spoke to me I would be FIRED. I had just had a really nice day and was with friends for a lovey terrace dinner and then on the way home walked into that. Now I have a headache. The pharmacy should make you feel better not worse. BIG FAT PASS. Walgreens is going bankrupt. Wonder what the problem is. Not the biggest Amazon fan but OK if you insist.