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More Tales from the pharamcy

Since you seemed to enjoy my pharmacy stories, I thought I'd give you a few more. These span my 18yrs as a pharmacists, 10 of which have been spent working in retail.

*phone rings*
Old Woman (OW)- When can I eat?
Me- What do you mean?
OW- there was a thing in my bottle of pills that says "DO NOT EAT", when can I eat?
Me- SMH


*phone rings*
Pork Lover(PL)- My Nuvaring (vaginally inserted birth control) got pork juice on it, can I still use it?
Pharmacist- (what the fuck??)


*extremely elderly man(EM) who can barely walk is at register*
Tech- The cost of your prescriptions is $357.
EM- What??? What??? My stuff never costs that much!
Tech- Well, your insulin is $30, and your Viagra is $327. 
EM- Laughs and pulls out a credit card 
(sooooo, you would bitch if it was for your life saving insulin, but you'll pay for the viagra that I have no idea how you use because it took you 20 min. to walk 10 ft.)

*my personal fav. and to this day, I insist it must have been a frat initiation or something*
College Age Dude (CAD) - *yells across very crowded pharmacy lobby* What's the best thing for pubic lice?
Me- *redfaced, yells back* Nix! Aisle 5!

*Fairly young man comes in right before closing in a bad neighborhood acting cracked out and crazy eyed*
Cracked Out (CO)- I'm picking up 1 Viagra and I have a hooker in my car waiting.
Me- uhhhhhh, here you go.
CO- *staring at me with his crazy eyes* If you were my girlfriend I wouldn't need this.
*proceeds to dry swallow the Viagra then run out the door*

Honestly, I've heard it all. I've had a man pull money out of his sweaty underwear and try to hand it to me. I've seen a 'large' woman pull it from her underboob, hand it to my tech, and THEN ask what to do about a rash she had there (she called it her fat flap, no joke). I've had people eat suppositories, insert suppositories while still wrapped in foil, put birth control pills in their cooter... you name it, it's been done. 

The lesson to be learned? People are NOT as smart as you want them to be. Honestly. Take it from the person who had a woman tell me she couldn't buy her kid's medicine because then she couldn't afford her cigarettes. (True story)

My "other" job

Most of you know, that in my non-book writing life, I'm a pharmacist. You know, that person in the white coat who hides behind the counter, juggling pill bottles and phone calls all day?
Well, recently, there was a review of one of my books where the reader said that the character was completely unbelievable because she was so stupid regarding pregnancy tests and unprotected sex.
Bahahahaha! Let me tell you a few stories (these are TRUE and happened to me at work)
1. Girl hands old birth control pack over for a refill (this was before computerized refills). There were many random pills left in the pack. When questioned, she said "I only took the pills on the days I had sex." 
*FACEPALM!*
2. *phone rings* Girl on other end wants to know why her birth control pills keep "falling out" SMH
3. Woman walks into pharmacy, tells me she wanted the morning after pill. I asked how long ago the unprotected sex was. (It only works 72 hrs after the accidental release of sperm into vagina) She said she already had a positive pregnancy test. *sooooo, you're looking for an abortion? You're in the wrong place* This woman was easily 35+ years old, not a teenager.


SUMMARY- No, not everyone knows how to use a pregnancy test. No, not everyone knows what the morning after pill is. No, not everyone knows how to take birth control pills. No, not everyone is as smart as YOU, dear reviewer. 
Honestly, I laughed at the review because really, who gets that mad at a book?


And for those of you who never heard of it, too much exercise CAN in fact, render your periods irregular or stop them altogether. It's called exercise associated menorrhea. So no, it's not unrealistic, I've seen it. Quite a bit actually.

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Incite up for pre-order

INCITE is up for pre-order on iBooks, Amazon and Smashwords. It should be up on Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and all other sites by the weekend.


Release date is only ten days away! If you pre-order, it will drop instantly into your device that day.


I really hope you enjoy Adam's story, it's actually my favorite book that I've written so far. Heartbreaking, but good!


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New Social Media for Heather Leigh, Author.

Hey!

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This means that members can post topics, interact more, and we can have more fun!

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New Social Media!

I've joined modern times and signed up for a Tumblr page. It will be fully interactive. Fans can post, respond, ask questions, bring your own topics to the table... it's for you.
Go here to join my Tumblr page. Facebook is making some not so nice changes to their fan pages. You won't see any posts unless I pay for them. That's unreasonable, IMO, so I am changing from a fan page to a group page. The group page will work more like a street team. I will have prizes, contests, and members will get sneak peeks at covers and chapters.
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New Facebook Format, Join my street team!

Hey!

Due to upcoming changes being made by Facebook, I am moving from a Fan page to a Group.

This means that members can post topics, interact more, and we can have more fun!

Click here https://www.facebook.com/groups/81038...
to join, feel free to invite friends as well.

Thanks!