A letter I just sent to Target

[sylvar]

My pharmacist's name tag only shows a first name [omitted in LJ]. This is unacceptable.

A pharmacist works for many long years and spends ludicrous amounts of tuition money in order to become a doctor. A pharmacist is an expert medical professional who has earned the title "Doctor" as a mark of respect.

A pharmacist working at a Target pharmacy simply must have a name tag that reads "Dr. ___________". I don't care if the tag says "Dr. Smith" or "Dr. Karen Smith", but a pharmacist is a doctor and deserves to be addressed as such.

Target guests deserve to be able to tell the difference between a pharmacy technician and a pharmacist, too.

I am absolutely horrified by this situation and I hope that you will instruct your store managers to make new name tags for your pharmacists.

Comments

not all pharmacists are doctors

[bethlynn.livejournal.com]

Many pharmacy schools like Pitt grant MS of Pharmacy and Pharm-D. Gradates of either or program are capablie Pharmacists.

The local Giant Eagle Pharmacy has a plaque that says who is the Pharmacist on duty with their full name following ms pharm or pharm-d. All pharmacy techs and pharmacy students have their status on their name tags.

Re: not all pharmacists are doctors

[sylvar.livejournal.com]

Inconveniently astute point taken. :)