To wonder why they shut so early

[Rosebel]

Local chemist attached to the doctor is open until 6:30. Went up at 4 to pick up my daughter's inhaler and prescription aspirin for me. Massive queue and only 2 at a time allowed in (fair enough).
Branch manager comes out at 4:15 and says they are only serving next 3 people, even though most people have prescriptions waiting. She says come back tomorrow.
Why on earth would they shut 2 hours early a a time like this? From my point of view it's not too bad I can wait. Bloke next me says his son has been released from prison and needs medication for his mental health. They still refused.
It surely doesn't take 2 hours to serve 3 people.

how would anyone on here know?

Lack of staff

I don't think a lack of staff would mean they shut that early. I'm sure if the supermarket I work at shut 2hours early people would be up in arms. Isn't prescribed medicine quite important?

Maybe they had an emergency!

I'm sure they had a valid reason! Perhaps the pharmacist was ill or had a family emergency - they can't dispense without the pharmacist on the premises
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If they had coronavirus symptoms they'd have to leave.. How many people work in a chemist?

An emergency that meant they could serve 3 more people?

The pharmacies in my area have all reduced their hours. They're struggling to cope with the increase in prescriptions and are closing in the middle of the day for a few hours to try & catch up

I think perhaps they needed the loo, they thought they could serve everyone but then their ex came in and was number 5 in the queue. They slipped a little turtle’s head out and figured they couldn’t wait, so decided to serve only 3 more people so it wasn’t as obvious that they didn’t want to serve their ex.

Lack of drugs delivery's possibly, or needing time to make the requests up.
People are panic stocking up on medications too and they need to be able to concentrate to make sure things are done right.

I reckon they did it deliberately to piss everyone off, rather than some valid reason!

Probably just to give everyone something else to grumble about. They know how everyone loves complaining. Consider it their gift to you.

If the pharmacist had to leave then they have to shut. Could have been for any reason.

Just saw this on FB

Don’t know if photo uploaded, will probably appear a hundred times now. Basically advice for pharmacies to close and let staff recharge themselves and restock shelves

Aargh there it is twice sorry

Okay no need to be sarcastic. It was just a simple question.

Ours was closing early because the staff have to sanitize everything before they can go home and it takes ages.

One pharmacist covering multiple chemists where I live due to exposure, each is open two hours a day. Seems perfectly fair to me.

have you any idea the stress retail workers are experiencing??

the 'customers' have all turned vile and demanding. the staff left working are picking up the slack and its taking its toll now

and also....if they are working long hours to serve the public, then how can they buy any food to feed their family when they finally get home??

they then do it all again the next day

and yes...retail workers are sitting ducks for all the infected people to flock towards....what an attitude

Please can people pay with cards instead of cash wherever possible!!!!!!

The supermarket near me shut at lunchtime because they ran out of food. People were annoyed.

Honestly - unless you asked them and find out, how would we know? I’m guessing they didn’t do it out of spite and had a decent reason.

Our pharmacy is overwhelmed and is now closing at 3pm every day to try to fill more prescriptions.