Post by seminolewind on Jul 22, 2018 13:14:48 GMT -5
A "man" who's doctor wrote him some prescriptions for hormonal medications that would give him/her more womanly physical characteristics had his prescriptions refused to be filled by a pharmacist . The pharmacist also was very loud in asking personal questions to this customer that the customer did not want to reply to in front of a line of people.
The pharmacist then refused to give her prescription back! She had to call her doctor for a new prescription which Walgreens happily filled. The customer called CVS headquarters to complain and making several calls never even got an answer.
So the customer went online to publicize what happened. It accumulated a large following and CVS was "persuaded" to get involved. CVS ended up apologizing, and said the customer's unreturned phone calls were an oversight. The pharmacist got fired. CVS also issued a statement that they highly respect the LBGTC community and happily take care of their LBGTC customers. Blah, blah, blah.
In 5 states including this state that the customer lives, CVS has a policy that an employee does not have to go against their moral beliefs to serve a customer . HOWever their policy states that the employee would have to find a co worker to take care of the customer.
My feeling is that we're going back in time to a place it took many years to make right. There was a time it was perfectly within rights to refuse service to a person of color, make them ride on the back seat of the bus, not use a public drinking fountain, refuse to serve them in restaurants; the list goes on. Now we start again with different victims. But where will it stop? What's next?
The pharmacist then refused to give her prescription back! She had to call her doctor for a new prescription which Walgreens happily filled. The customer called CVS headquarters to complain and making several calls never even got an answer.
So the customer went online to publicize what happened. It accumulated a large following and CVS was "persuaded" to get involved. CVS ended up apologizing, and said the customer's unreturned phone calls were an oversight. The pharmacist got fired. CVS also issued a statement that they highly respect the LBGTC community and happily take care of their LBGTC customers. Blah, blah, blah.
In 5 states including this state that the customer lives, CVS has a policy that an employee does not have to go against their moral beliefs to serve a customer . HOWever their policy states that the employee would have to find a co worker to take care of the customer.
My feeling is that we're going back in time to a place it took many years to make right. There was a time it was perfectly within rights to refuse service to a person of color, make them ride on the back seat of the bus, not use a public drinking fountain, refuse to serve them in restaurants; the list goes on. Now we start again with different victims. But where will it stop? What's next?
