No life stories please!

Please don't tell me your life story when you call the pharmacy. I'm just the intern, I tell you that when I pick up the phone, and chances are, you are just going to have to tell that 20 minute story over again to the blister pack or compound team anyway. I'm sorry your car broke down, or your dog ate all of your methadone, but there really isn't anything I can do about it, and there are a lot of things I could have accomplished in the 20 minutes I was polite and listened to your story.