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

Does he realise it would be quicker just to get it right in the first place?

Of all the things going on in the world you have to find the tiniest thing to whine about, there's people out there dying of cancer! Get a grip!

Oh God, get a bloody life

Thanks for that 😂but this post isn't about YOU

Honestly, I think the reason women don't get together and demand this is because most married women still see being married as a social status symbol.

I am called Mrs, Miss, Ms - I used to correct people from time to time but now I really couldn't give a toss what a stranger calls me. I dont take it personally and I am not my title at the end of the day.

Have you not politely challenged him about his attitude? I certainly wouldn’t be putting up with such obvious distain and irritation! I’d be in huge trouble if I behaved like that with my customers at work!

As previous posters have said, all this could AMAZINGLY SIMPLY be solved if we followed the French system, which uses Madame for any adult female (ie above around 18- 20 years old), married or single. It's an exact parallel for the title 'Mr' accorded to adult males. So totally equal - unless people want to be otherwise performative about it. (And that's their right, of course.)

Just why don't we all get together and demand this? We're - women - over 50% of the UK population. Come on Mumsnet - start the campaign!

Ironically, after all this fuss, it's also important to note that Miss, Mrs, Ms are all abbreviations for the same old word: Mistress.That meant adult woman worthy of respect. Regardless of marital status.Have a read of this:
www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/mistress-miss-mrs-or-ms-untangling-the-shifting-history-of-titles

Different pharmacies use different suppliers and the cost can vary from there. There will be price differences between medications dependant on whether the majority of delivery comes from AAH or Aliance Healthcare and whatever agreements these companies have with manufacturers already.

Were the brand names identical?

Even if using generic, the cost of generic tablets from Teva, Wokhart etc will still be different and the actual brands a lot higher.

Supply and demand can also play a factor. The moment one manufacturer has issues, the prices for the rest skyrocket.
I remember when there was a Metformin shortage years ago. The cost of the cheapest generic went through the roof.

By the by , Re your aspiration/ desire to be called Madame : Madame is the French version of ‘Mrs’. Unmarried women are ‘Mademioselle‘ ; my eighty year old unmarried neighbour’s tax demand was addressed to Mademoiselle xxx.

(Although people in shops etc would call her ‘Madame’ as a courtesy to an older woman).

when you go into the pharmacy, do they call you Miss blah, when you want to be called Miz ? Can you really tell the difference en passant ? In the US they would probably call you ‘ma’am’…..

Leaving aside the Ms/Miss/Mrs debate, the fact that they have not checked the personal details correctly surely raises questions about whether the medication has also been checked correctly.

YANBU OP, tell them to change it. It's always Ms that gets ignored and changed to Miss as much as the weird posters say it doesn't matter, it very much does matter and I think it's telling how much it's "incorrectly" entered as Miss.

You know the posters clamouring how silly it is and it's only a title would be on the phone the instant they are down as Miss instead of Mrs because they actually do find it very important.

Do Drs have to stay 'Miss' unless they marry?

Or are your rules a bit silly?

Surely they wouldn’t offer it if it bothered them?

The reason most women change their names on marriage is because of the patriarchy though.

I am a pharmacist and would be totally happy to change it over to Ms. It would take less than a minute to do it. However I would have made sure it was right in the first place as it bugs me if someone has entered the incorrect title.

Accuracy, efficiency and to avoid mistakes.

Better to have just one patient record on the system for someone than having multiple.

Most pharmacists are rushed off their feet- ours snatches a lunch break at about 3pm and doesn’t leave the premises- It’s long hours, too. 9-6

Miss sounds like an ancient crone

Oh stop being silly.

Every woman is a Miss unless she marries.

Then it's Mrs although some women keep it to Miss for professional reasons if they retain their maiden name.

You sound egocentric I'm afraid.

The Mzzzzz was invented partly to try to apply to women who used Mrs but then got divorced and felt Miss wasn't appropriate any more- for whatever odd reason.