CVS

Date: 01/25/22

CVS: Location 301Central street, Winchendon, Massachusetts, 01475

Problem/ issue:

Vaccine Administrator at this cvs location for my first covid 19 and flu shot vaccine did NOT sterilize or clean the area of my skin prior to administering both my vaccine shots on this day during my appointment I believe was at 10 am. Her description: She told me her name was Maria, she had big eyes, medium to larger built. The second shot I had for my covid 19 vaccine about 2 weeks later on 02/15/22, I confirmed with the lady whom gave me my shot that day that the area was suppose to be cleaned and I let her know that my last shots that the lady never did it and she did not seem to care nor point me to any manager to complain. I also requested to see my needle come out of package and asked to see the identification on the vaccine that she was going to distribute to me the second visit because of the lack of professionalism from the first visit, she did this but after opening needle in front of me and taking the vaccine out of canister she then told me that she forgot the top of the needle in the back and left for the back room with my already made vaccine. My main concern is the unsafe practices during my visit and would caution anyone else whom goes here. I thought that was odd and unprofessional and sketchy. I then requested she do the whole process again in front of me and she then did. In addition toward the end of my visit she was speaking with another pharmacist and was making very odd comments that weren't needed, and drinking beverages while working with me. Very sketchy pharmacist and the vibe there. I would look into this locations operation 100%.

On 2/27/22 I went to my local CVS STORE # 07881 for first dose of shingles vaccine. Clerk told me she tried various ways to submit to insurance and it would not go through. I paid out of pocket 203.78. I later called insurance company (Medicare) and was told that the drugstore had erroneously submitted it as a "request and cancel" meaning the shot was never given. The shot is covered by my insurance but the pharmacy manager, Jessica Tamaiev, today told me that they could not re submit to the insurance as I paid out of pocket even though it was their error. Also the vaccine does not appear on my cvs online vaccination record although Ms. Tamaiev told me it would. She printed a page that has some information on it but has new price of 211.99. It does not have the lot number of the injection as is recorded on other vaccine records. I would like this.

Please advise as this has been dragging on and the local CVS manager is both very rude and unhelpful.

Bonnie Olson

I briefly had my prescriptions at the owatonna target store. Very disorganized andthe pharmacist lied to me. When I needed them to transfer the prescriptions, they did not even send all them poor customer service and did not know how to process the prescriptions right! Oh when you do a survey, they do not call you like they say are.

Don't expect to be able to talk with your pharmacist over the phone. They blow off their phone calls or just aren't there. You can wait for 15+minutes on the phone to no avail. Answering their pharmacy phone to talk to their clients/patients in person apparently isn't in their job description. Sad & uncalled for. Where is the management oversight?

My wife and i are Senior Citizens and recently visited our neighborhood store, #7251 in North Las Vegas. We use this store for the pharmacy, buy groceries, and health supplies. We are Care members and have always been treated well.

Today we bought groceries and a bottle of wine. We went to the self serve register like we always do, not knowing we couldnt buy alcohol there, as we had never bought it before. The cashier, Karen, yelled from her register, "you need to come to the register you cant buy alcohol there". I walked over to her and said we were not aware of that and she said, "I told you that" to which i replied you never said anything to us, and she then said,"Yes i did, its not my fault if you didnt hear it". I guess that was a dig on our age. This was in front of a line of customers, and she didnt stop she kept repeating that she had told us. My wife is now crying because she is yelling at us and the other customers are laughing at us.

We have never been treated this poorly in any CVS or any other store before. There was no reason to treat us like that and she could have simply walked over to the self service register and tell us in a normal tone that we needed to go to her register.

My name is mai , I’m a crew member, I was having trouble with my synecdoche , I went to cvs on the 49th street Nyc and I tried to find in the shelf anything to make me better especially that I have to fast for hours for Ramadan month as I am Muslim , I didn’t recognize any so I headed to the pharmacy to ask and the small door was opened and there were many medications for the sinex so I enter a step forward to check which is the better and a lady was trying to help but the other lady spoke in a very rude way to her colleague referring to me , the small door was closed and I was confused between 2 medications and the lady was helping me to choose but the other one again spoke in a very rude way that I have to finish choosing as they will close in 2 minutes so I had chosen one of them but also told her not to give me if I am not having an American id, so they didn’t gave me and it was in the shelf but the difference is that the other one last for 24 hrs .

The problem iis that I felt so bad as I couldn’t sleep till I decide to write you. Nobody has the right to treat customers in a rude way even if they are following rules , there are many nice ways to refuse.

I wish you get my point ,

I walked .7 miles to the CVS on 231 Massachusetts Ave., Boston, MA to pick-up my prescription, which I needed. I was told by the pharmacy employees to come back because they were all going to lunch at the same time. I told them I couldn't come back because I had to get back to work. They refused to get my prescription for me and pulled down the track blinds so customers couldn't get in. This was at 1:00 in the afternoon. I complained to the manager and she said nothing can be done.

Now I need to go the entire weekend without my prescription. I've never heard of a pharmacy closing in the middle of the day. Thought you should know.

I had a cash rewards coupon for $9.19. We had a prescription to pick up and wanted to buy some vitamins also. My husband gave the lady behind the pharmacy counter the cash coupon along with the vitamins and she scanned the coupon and said that we had to use it at the font counter. Needless to say when we got to the front counter when the manager scanned the coupon it said redeemed. My husband argued with him and he came around the counter and told us to get out of his store and never come back. Needless to say, we won't.

This occurred March 31st around 12:00 PM.

Today 0329/2022 from 11:30 to 2:00 pm calling pharmacy at henderson rd king of prussia pa

no communication by phone! trying cvs at king of prussia ,pa

need specific amount of rx

calling the headquarters just transfer me to a voice mail.

I need to contact due to an emergency travel.

Very bad system , very bad service!

I am a transplant patient. I have a Dr's note saying I am immunocompromised and would benefit from a 4th booster. The first time I tried at CVS on Washington in Springfield Illinois I was told I need a doctor's note. I got a doctor's note and came back. The Pharmacist told me I should stick to Pfizer and the CVS on Stevenson Drive in Springfield Illinois. When I got there, I was denied my vaccine and told I needed to wait a couple weeks till the FDC, or some other initials okayed it. CVS is taking appointments for immunocompromised to be vaccinated.

I'm being charged $ 5.44. We never signed anything agreeing to this service. Secondly, they should not be charging sales tax. I should be refunded the approximately $ 16.50 for the last 3 months (that I can easily see) or whatever months that they charged me for. When I called and spoke with customer service at 11 a.m. this morning, Ann was quite rude. She cancelled the membership but refused to refund the prior months. When I pushed the request and asked to speak with her manager, she told me that no manager was available. I continued to persist and Ann hung up on me.

The charge was posted to my American Express card

im still trying to get my prescription filled and now in process over 48 hours. talking to pharmacy no resolution and why cant i get my medication or a straight answer ...this is a monthly medication and there seems to be no reason other than incompetence

Store #[protected]@ 4145 NW 53rd Avenue, Gainesville Fl...3/24/2022...6:17 PM...I have been 'on hold' for 30 MINUTES WAITING FOR SOMEONE IN THE PHARMACY DEPT TO ANSWER! called the manager & he said they were BUSY...I SAID "WHY DOESN'T SOMEONE ANSWER THE PHONE & TELL ME THAT VICE JUST LETTING ME "HANG" ON WITH NO IDEA OF THE WAIT TIME... seems some training in telephone skills is badly needed...

I have gone to CVS for years despite the rude terrible behavior from the employees. They are certainly consistent with always treating their customers like dirt. I’ve tried on several occasions to have my meds transferred someplace else. They refuse. Today was the final straw. I received a call that my RXs would be ready at 2:40. I went early knowing it’s normally an hour wait. After waiting, I was greeted at 2:50. Of course only a few were ready. The girl, Savannah proceeds to tell me that call means nothing and she won’t have them ready for 2-3 more hours when they had 6 hours already. I said I do not need any more excuses from them. At this point she refused to give me the meds that were ready. I finally get them and as she gives them to me she screams she’s not going to even give me a time for the others to be ready. I called CVS corporate and got absolutely no where. How does a place like this stay open?

This refers to Store #10031 in Ocean, NJ. I have used this store for the last 7 years and it is one of the consistently worse managed CVS stores. For example, your product availability is below average. It seems you never have the product I am looking for whether it be hair care, OTC medications, etc. Secondly, the store is poorly staffed. I could be minutes at the counter with no one to help me and when they do I seem to be bothering them. If there is a line there is no one to take a register to reduce the line. On the Pharmacy side, the pharmacists (or those working pharmacy) are not helpful or seem to have an attitude. For example, in consultation on March 22, 2022 I asked the pharmacist what is best remedy to get an ear unclogged from a flight. They told me take an allergy pill. later, I noticed on the shelf and earclogging solution that could be used for just that. Why would she not recommend that? I told her I tried allergy pills and she didn't have any other recommendations. She appeared to not want to help me. The head Pharmacist seems to be the only one who cares and he confided in me that they just cant get the help to support and are told to do more with less. I don't know if this is a growing trend with your stores, but it appears that management at levels above the store level don't understand basic leadership principles. When employees are consistently unhappy, rude to customers or not helpful, it usually points to poor leadership at a hire level. What do I know about leadership? I spent 28 years in the military, recently retired as a Colonel. How you manage and lead people directly reflects on how they handle their job and carry out their customer service responsibilities. If you take care of your employees they will take care of your stores. I recommend you go back and look at the upper level leadership connected to this particular CVS and make some course corrections if you want this store to stay in business. Walgreens, Wegman's and others are nearby and they are your competition.