It's just about that time in the day when most people are heading home. Those who can, stop on the way to save a trip out come rushing over and try to beat the lines. At 6 p.m. there is rush of impatient people that come into the Kaiser Pharmacy tonight.Because there are only four clerks on the clock tonight, 17 people stand in line to pick up their medication. One woman stands out among the others.
She has the look of stress and fatigue in her eyes and she's there to pick up the medication for her 4-year-old girl who was just seen in the urgent care department. As her daughter clings to her leg with tears streaming down her face, her mother looks like she just wants to get in and out as quickly as possible. When she gets to the counter to find her daughter’s medicine isn’t ready yet, the little girl lets out an ear-piercing wail and the mother takes a seat, trying to calm her daughter down.
Another woman passing by lays a comforting hand on the mother’s shoulder with a knowing look and the mother eases up a bit. Minutes seem to pass by slowly as the mother’s fruitless efforts to keep her daughter quiet fail her. Ten minutes later, her name is called and she rushes up to the counter to grab the bubblegum pink medicine for her little girl. Throwing her money on the counter, she dashes out of the pharmacy with her daughter trailing behind.
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