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March 1 a prescription was delivered to, and stolen from, my step. Police report, pharma report, doctor report. Pharma promised replacement.
Now read on:
This morning I found a pharma package, sealed, on my step. Brought it in, thinking it was the replacement they'd promised.
And found
No cap, most pills missing. Lengthy attempt to reach a human at the mail order pharmacy, finally did. He said no, not the replacement, which they haven't shipped yet, but evidently the original order.
Evidently the tealeaf who took it brought it back! Who knows why. Seemingly they'd resealed the package. Meanwhile the real replacement will arrive Tuesday. And I informed Officer Joe that I think his case is closed.
His theory: someone took it, found it was no use to them, tossed it, another person found it and returned it to the address on the label.
This wasn't how I'd planned to spend my time this morning; my red lentil flatbread will happen tomorrow.
And instead I'm having belated pancakes, forgot all about them on Shrove Tuesday.
Whole-wheat flour, aqua faba replacing egg
Decisions are needed now: lemon juice and sugar, traditional Yorkshire way, or honey, or molasses, my way? Why not all of them in turn, also my way -- when in doubt do everything. And I still have apple slices in the freezer for dessert pancakes.
Happy day everyone, when in doubt, shout it out. You'll feel better, and surprise the neighbors.
How weird about the medicine! And why is the bottle damaged? Could it have been blown off your step and into the parking lot, and run over, or something like that?
ReplyDeleteThe street was searched. And the sealed package was missing 80 tablets and the cap! As I said.
DeleteBreathe...an important reminder!
ReplyDeleteMainly for myself.
DeleteThey would have tossed my blood pressure pills, too, if they stole a pharmacy package from me--lol! Someone obviously found it after it had been tossed. Good grief! Now I hope the next package arrives safely and stays where they leave it! ;)
ReplyDeleteJust think how disappointed they must have been! As if things like, say narcotics, would ever be left on a doorstep, duh!
DeleteThat's terrible and I would toss them . . . you just don't know these days.
ReplyDeleteThe pharma needs me to return the whole thing.
DeleteNow I 'hear' Paul Harvey in my head. I think Officer Joe probably has the scenario figured out, most likely he's seen it before. I guess this is a reason why I am leery about getting prescriptions delivered, particularly after there was a middle-of-the-night hugely loud drug raid in our building last week.
ReplyDeleteThis development is very quiet. It's about ten years since a couple of kids broke into cars all over the area. That's the whole crime wave.
DeleteGetting them mailed saves me a ton of $$ -- no middle pharm, so no copay.
Doubt it was anyone from your development - more apt to have been someone following the delivery truck and helping themselves to parcels. It happens here a lot.
DeleteIt's the post office delivery van. And the only thing taken. So I think it's an isolated thing. Tons of parcels on other steps untouched. It just doesn't happen here.
DeleteSo strange about the meds. I’m wondering, however, do they even try to deliver to you personally or are these packages just automatically left outside? Any of those pancakes sound delicious. See you in the morning! (I wish.)
ReplyDeleteThe carrier leaves meds on steps to save people a walk to the mailbox cluster. It's usually just fine. I don't think exciting meds can be mailed.
DeleteThe prescription ordeal is frustrating and frightening. We never know who could be lurking outside our door. Hopefully your new package gets to you safely.
ReplyDeleteThe pancakes sound delicious. I'd prefer honey or molasses.
Breathe.....good advice 🙂
I think I may go with one honey, one molasses. Just to be sure.
DeleteThis theft is so rare that the police officer commented on it, fingers crossed the real replacement gets here safely. At least someone knows it's not worth taking my boring meds.
This is very odd indeed. Do you have a mail slot or box on you townhome? I like the idea of doing it all at once with a shout out!
ReplyDeleteFront doors are solid. At the end of each block is a cluster of mail boxes, which is where deliveries go unless the carrier puts them right on the person's step. This is the general pattern here.
DeleteI suspect Officer Joe's theory is the correct one. On Fat Tuesday, I made a savoury Dutch Baby pancake with cheddar cheese in it, ate half for supper and then just ate the other half, reheated, for supper last night. It was good!
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a great meal. Noted. And I wonder if Officer Joe has an idea who might have taken it it's a small town and police officers get to know.
DeleteThe police officer could be right. But where would the good samaritan have found the tossed pills? Did the thief put them nicely in a trash receptacle? Oh well. Someone tried. But that was a lot to have to go through for an "easy" delivery service.
ReplyDeleteYou want to know what I think is the very, very best thing on pancakes? Butter, confectioner's sugar, and a little bit of honey. I haven't even thought of that in years but you reminded me.
I suspect the package was just thrown in the street. We've had high winds, a lot of stuff could have blown around. But I dunno.
DeleteSee tomorrow's blog for the pancake decision.
When they took 80 pills and didn't get high, they tossed 'em. :) It would make me very nervous about medicine orders though. Are package pirates a problem there?
ReplyDeleteThey're unheard of. A nearby town has them but here we literally have no experience of them. I should think anyone could faint if they take a lot of pills designed to drive down bp. Probably not what they'd hoped for.
DeleteI've dealt with theft of pills in a hotel. Not fun.
ReplyDeleteIt creates such problems.
DeleteNothing is safe these days. Hope the next prescription gets into your hands before someone else finds them.
ReplyDeleteI made pancakes out of rice flour for the first time. They were delicious. Letting the batter stand for ten minutes after the wet and dry ingredients were combined was the secret. The rice absorbed the liquid.
It's so rarely that this happens in this quiet street, I hope for no repetition.
DeleteThat's a good tip about the batter.
My employer keeps cutting our benefits. Our current prescription provider demands we have 3 month supplies of everything delivered by mail. I haven't had anything stolen . . . yet. I hope the replacement arrives successfully. Your pancakes must be lovely.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
I'm really pleased with the pancakes using aqua faba instead of an egg. They worked very well.
DeleteThis is the first time in years of rx by mail that I've had a problem.
I had forgotten about our prescription thieves. I used to attend a country church regularly. One year we had a rash of break-ins, mostly in homes of the older people. (I can't say "elderly", well I guess I can type it) The thief seemed to know when the homes were empty and would usually break in through the back door. He would steal prescriptions (which are usually kept in the kitchen) and riffle through drawers and cupboards looking for cash, etc. One friend had the thief break in the front door and destroyed a fancy new front entrance that had cost over a thousand. Mostly the thief was getting blood pressure and diabetic drugs (I mean c'mon). They finally caught the culprit, a young man with a drug addiction.
ReplyDeleteThe biggest issue wasn't the damage to doors, but both the loss of privacy of someone in your home and the hassle of getting prescriptions replaced.
That's really a sad situation to deal with, and getting replacement prescriptions is as you say a hassle.
DeleteI'm a fan of lemon juice and sugar which is how my mum always did pancakes, but I also like butter and maple syrup a bit too much. So I limit my pancakes to maybe twice a year. I like the little Teddy with the cardigan and cap, did you make those yourself?
ReplyDeleteMy mom too, always lemon juice and a sprinkle of sugar.
DeleteTed was a gift and came dressed like that.
Somebody did a bad thing. Somebody did a good thing. I wonder if it was the same person? Maybe another family member?
ReplyDeleteI am glad you called it Shrove Tuesday. I like it although it is not the traditional Canadian appellation. We usually say Pancake if we say anything at all,
It's a Catholic tradition to use the term Shrove Tuesday. It refers to being shriven ( confessing sins and getting absolution) before the start of Lent.
DeleteThe medication is probably going to be a mystery. I wondered if a kid was off the rails and a parent tried to put it right or something.
That medicinal encounter -- seriously odd. A mystery!
ReplyDeleteYes, I wonder if we'll ever know.
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