What we have here is a failure to communicate….
We finished payroll pretty early today (around 11:00 a.m. with the final edit and approvals). It made for a breezy day with very little stress! Seriously! We didn’t finish last time until close to 4pm. We were done by 11am today. All final corrections & approvals were done by 11:30. Awesome!
I figured out my percentage of accuracy in keying the payroll. I am averaging 659 entries per payroll. I make an average of 9 errors per payroll. If my calculations are correct, there are approximately 1.4% errors in my entires of data. This is a 98.6% accuracy rating. I think it’s only because I hate doing payroll so much. I’m hoping if I do well at it, I’ll eventually like doing it.
Now here is where the failure to communicate comes in for the day…. At the end of the 2nd edit (we have anywhere from two to six edits per payroll), I missed a phone call from Walgreens pharmacy. They were informing me that if I did not pick up a prescription, they would have to put it back on the shelf for a later “fill.”
I had no idea what they were talking about because I have not dropped off any prescriptions later and I haven’t even taken in my 3 from my last appointment to be filled (doing that this week). I called the pharmacy to find out what they were talking about. Maybe they called the wrong person?
Apparantly, I have high cholesterol. My doctor called in a prescription for me last week and it’s been sitting on the shelf since then. They are putting it back on the shelf because I don’t have the $ to go pick it up until Friday. I told her I would talk to my doctor between now and Friday and then get it filled then.
I then picked up the phone and called my doctor’s office. I left a message that went something like this….
HI, this is Sodapop Curtis, I need someone to call me back about a prescription. I was informed by Walgreens I had a prescription there to be picked up or they would reshelve it. I had no idea what they were talking about and they let me know it was for high cholesterol. I, again, have no idea what they are talking about so I’d appreciate a call back. I can’t get it filled until Friday, but I’d like to discuss this with the doctor or the PA. Thanks so much
I left my work number and my cell phone. If they don’t call me by tomorrow, I’m calling again. And if they don’t call me tomorrow, I’m calling again Wednesday. I’m mad. Talk about a lack of communication between a doctor and her patient! Hmph.
I could have been on the meds and working at getting the cholesterol under control a week ago when I actually had $20 before filling up my gas tank! Fuckers!
I left work at 2:00 p.m. (still got my total eight hours in cause I got here at 5:30) so I could go home and finish up my final projects for school tonight. I can’t believe we are going into the 10th and final week of this term! I’ve done extremely well and I’m going to be striving to do just as well, if not better, in my next two classes!
Until next time…