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Abuse of Power

Abuse of Power

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Terry W. Myers Rite Aid Pharmacist Jamestown, NY Store #03033
I'm here to finally give voice to the heinous nature of the Rite Aid pharmacist Terry Myers. Time and time again his vicious and scandalizing personal vendetta's against certain customers has left a very disgusting taste in many a mouth. My own mother and myself have been subject to his callous abuse. My mother has been on a certain medication for so long that if she were to suddenly stop taking said medication, her heart would stop. This man refused to adjust her insurance information in the computer to give her the meds. When she asked to pay for them in cash, he refused her. Why, you might ask? Sadly enough the man actually said, "I'm not giving you anything. Every time you've come in here you've turned me in to 1-800-rite-aid. There are 15 other pharmacies around here. Go find a different one." Since I was standing there, I can tell you this is verbatim.
After I gave the man a very firm tongue lashing and put him in his place, he then called security on me. Lying is also not beneath him because he spouted off about my repeatedly coming into the store to harass him when, in point of fact, I had never spoken to him before that day. Not even at the drive through.
He allowed me to fill my own RX there since it had already been filled and ready by this time.  However, I cannot go back there to have any others filled unless another pharmacist is working.
There was a woman standing in front of us that cheered us on and asked us to wait outside where she told us how abused she and her friend had been by this same man. I do have her name and information.
It took my mother and I 2 hours to find a pharmacy that actually carried her RX. By the time she finally got her medication, I literally had to put a pill in her mouth and force her to swallow one because she was in such a bad way.
When my stepfather called to complain he did so on speaker phone and Mr. Myers told him that if wanted to complain then he might find that his prescriptions would no longer be filled either.
When my stepfather said that he himself would come down to have them filled so that he wouldn't have to deal with my mother, Mr. Myers threatened to call the police on him. According to other employees on duty that day, Mr. Myers did in fact call the police and told them that his life had been threatened. In reality, my mothers life was threatened. She could have died had she not found a place that carried her meds.

Prior to this event, Mr. Myers has taken the liberty of leaving ignorant personal notes in my mothers medication bags. I have personally seen him open one of her bags after it had been stapled shut by another employee so that he could stuff a note into it. Three separate notes in as many months have been given to her.
Have you suffered from this mans abuse? Do you know someone who has been verbally abused and belittled just because Mr. Myers had a personal issue with them? I want to hear from you because obviously reporting him one at a time isn't going to work. Even his employees have turned him in but due to the fact that their jobs hang in the balance, they can do little else to help. I want to get this petition started to have him removed from our midst.


I have also discovered that Terry W. Myers has had his license suspended in another state. I am researching now as to why.

http://www.dos.state.pa.us/bpoa/LIB/bpoa/20/10/phanews02.pdf
page 7, first column, second name listed.

http://www.dos.state.pa.us/bpoa/cwp/view.asp?A=11&Q=433569
Scroll down to The State Board of Pharmacy and he is the 22nd name on the list.

If you would like to contact Rite Aid and find out why they are continuing to allow such abuse, simply dial: 1-800-Rite-Aid  (1-800-748-3243)

Please help us stop the abuse.



Oath of a Pharmacist

At this time, I vow to devote my professional life to the service of all humankind through the profession of pharmacy.

I will consider the welfare of humanity and relief of human suffering my primary concerns.

I will apply my knowledge, experience, and skills to the best of my ability to assure optimal drug therapy outcomes for the patients I serve.

I will keep abreast of developments and maintain professional competency in my profession of pharmacy.

I will maintain the highest principles of moral, ethical, and legal conduct.

I will embrace and advocate change in the profession of pharmacy that improves patient care.

I take these vows voluntarily with the full realization of the responsibility with which I am entrusted by the public.

Developed by the American Pharmaceutical Association Academy of Students of Pharmacy/American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Council of Deans (APhA-ASP/AACP-COD) Task Force on Professionalism; June 26, 1994

I'm here to finally give voice to the heinous nature of the Rite Aid pharmacist Terry Myers. Time and time again his vicious and scandalizing personal vendetta's against certain customers has left a very disgusting taste in many a mouth. My own mother and myself have been subject to his callous abuse. My mother has been on a certain medication for so long that if she were to suddenly stop taking said medication, her heart would stop. This man refused to adjust her insurance information in the computer to give her the meds. When she asked to pay for them in cash, he refused her. Why, you might ask? Sadly enough the man actually said, "I'm not giving you anything. Every time you've come in here you've turned me in to 1-800-rite-aid. There are 15 other pharmacies around here. Go find a different one." Since I was standing there, I can tell you this is verbatim.
After I gave the man a very firm tongue lashing and put him in his place, he then called security on me. Lying is also not beneath him because he spouted off about my repeatedly coming into the store to harass him when, in point of fact, I had never spoken to him before that day. Not even at the drive through.
He allowed me to fill my own RX there since it had already been filled and ready by this time.  However, I cannot go back there to have any others filled unless another pharmacist is working.
There was a woman standing in front of us that cheered us on and asked us to wait outside where she told us how abused she and her friend had been by this same man. I do have her name and information.
It took my mother and I 2 hours to find a pharmacy that actually carried her RX. By the time she finally got her medication, I literally had to put a pill in her mouth and force her to swallow one because she was in such a bad way.
When my stepfather called to complain he did so on speaker phone and Mr. Myers told him that if wanted to complain then he might find that his prescriptions would no longer be filled either.
When my stepfather said that he himself would come down to have them filled so that he wouldn't have to deal with my mother, Mr. Myers threatened to call the police on him. According to other employees on duty that day, Mr. Myers did in fact call the police and told them that his life had been threatened. In reality, my mothers life was threatened. She could have died had she not found a place that carried her meds.

Prior to this event, Mr. Myers has taken the liberty of leaving ignorant personal notes in my mothers medication bags. I have personally seen him open one of her bags after it had been stapled shut by another employee so that he could stuff a note into it. Three separate notes in as many months have been given to her.
Have you suffered from this mans abuse? Do you know someone who has been verbally abused and belittled just because Mr. Myers had a personal issue with them? I want to hear from you because obviously reporting him one at a time isn't going to work. Even his employees have turned him in but due to the fact that their jobs hang in the balance, they can do little else to help. I want to get this petition started to have him removed from our midst.


I have also discovered that Terry W. Myers has had his license suspended in another state. I am researching now as to why.

http://www.dos.state.pa.us/bpoa/LIB/bpoa/20/10/phanews02.pdf
page 7, first column, second name listed.

http://www.dos.state.pa.us/bpoa/cwp/view.asp?A=11&Q=433569
Scroll down to The State Board of Pharmacy and he is the 22nd name on the list.

If you would like to contact Rite Aid and find out why they are continuing to allow such abuse, simply dial: 1-800-Rite-Aid  (1-800-748-3243)

Please help us stop the abuse.



Oath of a Pharmacist

At this time, I vow to devote my professional life to the service of all humankind through the profession of pharmacy.

I will consider the welfare of humanity and relief of human suffering my primary concerns.

I will apply my knowledge, experience, and skills to the best of my ability to assure optimal drug therapy outcomes for the patients I serve.

I will keep abreast of developments and maintain professional competency in my profession of pharmacy.

I will maintain the highest principles of moral, ethical, and legal conduct.

I will embrace and advocate change in the profession of pharmacy that improves patient care.

I take these vows voluntarily with the full realization of the responsibility with which I am entrusted by the public.

Developed by the American Pharmaceutical Association Academy of Students of Pharmacy/American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Council of Deans (APhA-ASP/AACP-COD) Task Force on Professionalism; June 26, 1994

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8:30 am PST, Nov 10, Prima Baily, North Carolina
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4:05 pm PST, Nov 5, Mike Antone, Arizona
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9:34 pm PDT, Oct 23, Estela Cervantes, California
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2:59 pm PDT, Oct 21, Rev. Robert E. Murchison, RPp, Oklahoma
I believe that pharmacists must fulfill their duty to the customer without prejudice nor malice. They must protect their clients not harass them. It is a common saying in which this case it is true: "The customer is always right." Peace and Blessings to All. Rev. Robert E. Spiritwalker Murchison, R.Pp.
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2:48 pm PDT, Oct 13, Mary Pickering, Idaho
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11:40 am PDT, Oct 13, Derick F., Canada
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8:42 am PDT, Oct 13, Bertie Anderson, Pennsylvania
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8:19 am PDT, Oct 13, Name not displayed, Germany
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5:55 am PDT, Oct 13, Bill Craig, Germany
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11:08 pm PDT, Oct 12, Randy Calaci, New York
Every word of this is true. When we went to another Rite Aid Pharmacy, we were told that when he was working in there, (as a replacement), he acted the same toward many of their customers. It makes you wonder who he is related to in the Rite-Aid Corp. Offices.
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10:12 pm PDT, Oct 12, Pam Boland, Georgia
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8:24 pm PDT, Oct 12, JOSSIE ROSS, Canada
# 5:
7:22 pm PDT, Oct 12, Sarah Bennett, Texas
I've never been there or had this man as a pharmacist, but I've known many others who had parmacists like him. He needs to be fired right away. He shouldn't be allowed to do this especially when the person's meds could cause death! If his fellow employees also know of his behavior they need to call him on his actions and need to help in getting him fired. He needs to be placed in jail for lying, refusing to give presciptions (doing his job), and placing this old woman in danger.
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4:20 pm PDT, Oct 12, Name not displayed, United States Minor Outlying Islands
# 3:
4:09 pm PDT, Oct 12, Steve Dale, Australia
JUST BOYCOTT THE STORE PEOPLE,PUT A PICKETT LINE OUTSIDE THE STORE AND INFORM ALL CUSTOMERS WHAT YOU ARE DOING,AND IF THEY HAVE BEEN TREATED SAME WAY THEN THEY WILL PROBABLY JOIN BOYCOTT,IF NO CUSTOMERS GO THERE THEN THE OWNERS WILL ASK QUESTIONS.
# 2:
1:50 pm PDT, Oct 12, Pamela Campbell, New York
After repeated instances of verbal abuse by this man and the failure to act upon complaints by the corporate office. (The last time,his refusal to fill my prescriptions put my life in danger)...It's time to take matters into our own hands and stop it ourselves! PJC
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1:33 pm PDT, Oct 12, Jennifer Cothern, New York
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