To ask my pharmacist to use my actual title on my medicine

Because women should not be defined by marriage status.

I know! 🙄

Disagree, my DS was on very strong ABs for tonsillitis, the pharmacist reiterated the need to go to A&E immediately, if the situation worsened.

No harm in him doing that.

Pharmacists are not robots, they are trained professionals.

I wish this was all I had to get wound up about 🙄

Oh sorry , were you there in the shop?

All the pharmacist should be checking is the name and address are correct and the meds are what the customer was expecting.

This was a lecture starting with her asking why I was taking x (which is none of her business) and that I'd be better off without it.

The OP is correct - some pharmacists are keen to show their disapproval of private scripts.

What has the Equality Act got to do with someone dying?

Miss sounds like an ancient crone
Have some respect for others.
OPs words. Oh the irony.

Lecture = enquire to make sure all is in order.

Never had a problem with any pharmacist, strange you have with two.

@Miss Scarlet - Alas, I fear you might be correct. And that is so sad. Why on earth, in this day and age, should a woman's identity depend on whether she has a male partner that she's happy to live with?

It's great, fantastic, fabulous that people are happily married, but it's not something that anyone else should really care about. It does not define either the woman's or the man's identity or status. That's going back centuries - millenia even. But past people were a lot more subtle and perceptive than the current internet generation. Even they knew that arranged marriages - as were common then - were more about property inheritance or political affiliation than individual wishes or identity. Hence so many romances/fairy tales.

I've been happily married for many years, and I am profoundly grateful to have been fortunate enough to have met - accidentally - a nice man. But it really does not matter to me what anyone calls me. And I would in NO WAY AT ALL look differently upon a woman who has not had or did not WANT the same marital status. People should do what's best for them, whatever status they might feel that to be.

I have- as was traditional in Scotland - kept my unmarried name. But I'm deliberately known by my initials on bank cards etc. My sex or even my gender identification (female) has nothing to do with my finances. Or a lot else.

As a pharmacist shouldn't you be thinking about the customer you're dealing with at the time? So yes, that does make you look unprofessional and a bit virtue signalling.

I know what the OP means about getting rude treatment from pharmacists when collecting a private prescription. My local Boots was awful for that. The price was wildly inconsistent too. I queried it once when it was surprisingly low and wondered if it was incorrect to their detriment. Was told "do you want it or not"?

Another independant pharmacist took it upon herself to lecture me about why I shouldn't be using the meds.

This post emphasises the difference in people's opinions on the importance of a specific title.
I'm not married and prefer the title 'Miss'. This is because I had my child out of wedlock and was scorned by many and attempts by some to feel ashamed. Sad but true. So for that reason, it's important that I am a 'Miss';
to clarify that I am proud of raising my child alone after all the criticism and negativity.
In OPs place, I suggest she makes a simple request to the pharmacy as I do in situations where I am given the 'wrong'' title

Could you not just say 'out of interest my title is Ms, but you keep writing Miss on the labels. Is that because the system has me down as miss?'

A proud Miss here - makes me feel young and free!

Give them one more chance? Or just get your meds delivered from an online chemist instead?

I think mine say name and surname, no title. Pharmacists must check a lot of things (e.g. your age, name and address which usually they will ask you) before handing over your prescription and what title they use on the bottle seems to me entirely irrelevant unless you realise they have prescribed you someone else's. Storm in teacup otherwise?

Yes, tell them if it bothers you. They’ll privately roll their eyes, but who cares.

Yes this....sometimes mail or other letters has me down as Mrs, some even say my married name and I don't care tbh

If this is all you have to get worked up about you must lead a very nice stress free life

I just wouldn’t be able to get annoyed about this.

I’d ban you from my pharmacy for that !

Just take your custom elsewhere.

And how is that going to help anyone? Ridiculous 🙄🙄🙄🙄

I pay the pharmacist hundreds of pounds I think they could owe me a bit of politeness in return

Tell me you don't really believe that the pharmacist takes home all the money you pay for your private drug supply?

I have been called miss, mrs, ms on a daily basis and it doesn’t bother me one bit.

I never understand why people always have to find something to be offended about.

Why does this ruin your day so much?

I don't think you'll ever get British women to accept that. French, German, Dutch, Italian ect, etc seem to cope.

Moi aussi

I might be missing the point here but your annoyed they are using the wrong title for you on the labels. They don't know it's wrong yet though. They can't DO anything if they don't know.

Can you not just ask them to change it? From what other pharmacists and dispensers here have said, they will happily do that and not think any more of it. Even just pop in or send a quick email, they don't need a reason for the change just be polite and ask if your title can be changed. It's nor that deep.

Also shop about for your prescription if your unhappy with price. If you feel judged that's a whole new issue in which you may need to decide if pursuing a complaint (you'll obviously have evidence 🤔) is worth it.