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

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decided to edit this a bit for clarity - I'm a Ms, my pharmacist keeps writing Miss on the labels (as part of a wider pattern of annoying behaviour). Will I look mad if I say please call me Ms on my labels?

(The prescriptions all say Ms)

I find a lot of the answers to this weird. I always tick Ms. It’s annoying when people won’t respect my choice and it happens all the time.

It’s not niche and it’s been around for at least 40 years - I’ve been Ms on my bank account since the 1970s. It’s incredibly rare that it’s not offered as an option. Why should you be made to feel bad about asking them to get it right.

OP you are right this unprofessional, disorganised and disrespectful. It’s none of their business why you’ve chosen it and it’s just basic admin to get it right. It’s not as if accuracy is unimportant in a pharmacy.

Miss is the least of your problems with this particular pharmacist. Take your business elsewhere.

Sarcasm, I think 🤣

I have come here in solidarity. I also have a pharmacist who got quite visibly exasperated when I questioned something which then actually highlighted an error had been made. He now makes the same face when I go in every month to pick up my prescription. A sour pinched face and a theatrical sigh.

I also have been reverted to a Miss, rather than a Ms and each time I ask if it can be changed he sighs again, makes a 'don't you know how busy we are' eye roll' with a 'look at what i have to put up with' glance around everyone else waiting and promises one of the team will update it when they have a spare second....

Honestly, I would just start using a different pharmacy.

Well if you're not married, you're a 'Miss.'

Can't see the problem. Ms sounds ridiculous anyway!

This is a new level of first world problems! 😆

Pharmacists have enough shit to deal with every day. Get a grip FGS!

@neverknowinglyunreasonable · Today 16:12

I would refuse to take the medication out of principle.

FFS! 😂 Just when you think you've read it all on here.

Bloody Hell, talk about 1st world problems. 😏

Knowing the different (and rare) reasons that any drug can be prescribed is a major part of a pharmacist's job.

It does vary. I was surprised when I was charged £25 for some very bottom of the list antibiotics prescribed by my dentist as I was sure I'd paid a lot less when DH needed them a while ago and thought it was one of those cost of living things. Needed a second lot as it didn't clear it and I was in a big shopping centre so went to the pharmacy there.

£9 for an identical private prescription. That's quite a big difference.

wow. I’d hate to think of a pharmacist using my family member’s diagnosis as a mental prop for judging others negatively, in the way you describe here. My family member would hate it too.

You don’t know what else may be going on in other people’s lives that means a ‘small’ courtesy, like the use of the correct title, really matters to them. What you’re describing here shows a real lack of empathy.

Op. If you'd said my correct title is 'dr' but the pharmacist is using 'mrs', I think you'd have had some different responses.

Some posters don't think you should have the correct title, basically because they don't like your title.

If men aren't married, they're a Mr. If they are married, they're also a Mr.

Almost as if it's none of anyone's bloody business whether they are married or not because they aren't defined or judged on the basis of whether they managed to get someone to put a ring on it.

Wouldn't it be nice if there was an equivalent for women?

Miss sounds like an ancient crone

Mrs sounds like you changed your name when you got married

How sad that this even takes thought ! Absolutely pathetic !

I wonder if the pharmacist makes no effort to spell unusual names correctly too.

Just take your business elsewhere, and when you do, let them know why.

Indeed. Maybe I should start demanding Mme

Okay, so what's likely happened is that on the first occurrence, the dispenser has input your first name and surname into the system and essentially done the pharmacy version of "control + K on Outlook" to then pull your details from the NHS spine as to avoid duplicate patient records.

Having been in a position where you are dispensing a script and getting duplicate records and working out which to use, which to merge/delete etc it just adds to the complexity of it.

Again, still comes down to the details on the NHS Spine not showing "Ms"

I’m going to check my meds ( Thyroxine) now to see what mine say… (re title)
Mine say “Miss” too!

( I’m actually divorced)
I don’t mind though - clearly it bothers you, so get it changed .

Mme is lovely!

Not cool to edit your op so it bears NO resemblance to the original. For the alone you’re unreasonable.

What an absolute idiotic thing to get het up over!

I personally hate the title Ms,but if someone wrote it on a piece of paper I doubt I would even notice.

Utter madness.

Oh dear.

I have friend who's a pharmacist. I think they'd roll their eyes at this one OP.

you seriously think they have nothing else to do all day - things that are more important?

Who else sees your medication? Why does this matter in the slightest?

I can't bear Mzzzzz- what on earth is wrong with Miss or Mrs?

It's impossible to pronounce it anyway.

I understand how the OP feels. The title that people use when writing to me or using my name it's important to me and if someone is aware of my title, I find it very rude if they choose to call me something else. I've been a Mrs for over 40 years and a Miss before then, and I expect people to respect that and not address me as Ms. I'm not sure that I would bother to raise it for something like a prescription but I would challenge this in most situations.

Of all the things to be concerned or upset about, personally I’d wouldn’t even put this on the list! Ok, different things bother different people. As long as the medication is correct, I say pick your battles.

Why would my private prescription be linked to my NHS records at all?