The Hall of Lame

The Hall of Lame was established to honor those whose stupid actions go above and beyond the call of duty. For example, we have all worked with people who have gone to ridiculous efforts to call off sick from work, but have any of you had your Mom call in to say you were sick?  Especially when she lives 600 miles away.  Lame, very lame.  Have you ever had that coworker try that stunt twice? - That goes in the Hall of Lame.

Some of my patients are very sick.  Many come from dysfunctional homes. Some are addicted.  Some are just not that bright.  I hate to say that, but sometimes one needs to face reality.  I have had a few situations where a patient was caught trying to tamper with a prescription I wrote in order to get more of what they were supposed to receive on a few occassions.  It happens to all of us.  This situation stood out in its sheer lameness that it bears noting.

For a patient to write on the prescription she was given at discharge from the hospital while still on the psych unit is not too with it.  Most would run off to their car where no one can see them.  When the prescription was written for 28 tablets, one might have thought to "go for the gusto" as it were and add a zero at the end of the number and try to get 280 tablets.  No, this lady tried to alter the number 2 to a number 3 so she would get 38 tablets.  And she was on parole from prison to boot.  And I had a carbon copy of the script to show that it had been tampered with.  And she did this in plain view of one of the psych nurses who does not put up with a lot of bull#@*.  Tampering with a prescription for a controlled substance is a felony. So she got caught, and her PO violated her and she went back to prison.  All for an extra 2 1/2 days worth of pills. 

At least she was nice enough to plead guilty so we did not have to go to the court hearing that day. That would have really make my work difficult.  But I did dress really nice in case I did, and I got a lot of compliments that day.

So I present to you the newest inductee to the Hall of Lame:

The Great Benzo Heist