My Quotes

-It is often better to be given the brutal truth than to be betrayed by lies.
-Countries don't have friends, people do. Countries don't go out to a movie together, or invite each other other over for a game of pinochle. The highest regard one country can have for another is to be sufficiently hopeful, but never certain, that the other country will not attack.
-A lot of what I learned, especially the esoteric, falls away from my mind when the revisits to the subject fall into a state of desuetude. I have seen this more so in my peers who don't seem to care. It could be that I feel like it is a subtraction of something that holds value being eroded by time.
-If Socrates has  taught us anything it is be wary when people speak "truths". Because if you believe them,  it'll leads to a cascade of events. Truths affect how you think, what you do and who you become. When caught long enough in a whirlpool of deception, it is difficult to escape
-It is difficult to convince someone that the "truths" they have lived their lives on are distortions, when they have built their lives and livelihoods on these very distortions.

my job

I work in retail. Do vaccinations, prescribe minor ailments etc. I enjoy my job. I have no aspirations to change. It can be very busy but I only have to be faster than the slowest employee. Maximum effort always is the mantra, whether there's one or one thousand people waiting. Retail is tough but I've learned to give people what they want if I can. It's not my money. I've also learned time management, I estimate real times to fill rx'es, not hero times or this guy is an ahole times, unless it brightens the tech's moral. I can't remember a complaint against me. I've made errors, not pleasant, but I have insurance. I ignore other pharmacists who subscribe to the less I fill, the less errors I make philosophy. These pharmacists live in fear. I like the customers/patients, most are excellent people. Management is often out of step but they carry the companies vision and the company pays me.  Lastly, I keep up. I see real rx'es for real conditions. It leads to engagement and fulfillment. Keeping up also shrinks delays searching for information, while 30 people are staring wondering what's taking their rx so long...