It might just be a Canada thing. Most medications sold up here come in factory packages. The pharmacist doesn't actually count anything... and that's a good thing since getting a highly trained person to count to 30 or 60 borders on insulting. Here is what a factory packaged bottle of pills looks like:I've never seen that. You have a package that knows how you are going to take your medication before you get it? How's that work?
It says exactly what this drug is, what the dosage is, how many are in it, and on the back will say a few things about what not to mix it with.
Here is a bottle for pain meds. Just slap a patient label on it and you're good to go:
Any time I get a prescription filled, I'm the only customer there. They probably fill fewer than 50 prescriptions in the whole day and there are 3 people behind that counter. I would guess the rest of their time is spent counting inventory to make sure nothing is missing.Now this pharmacy you go to, everyone is sitting around doing nothing before you got there? I bet there is a queue of prescriptions needing to be filled. The majority of pharmacists don't have a chance to eat lunch with two hands in a 12 hour shift because they are taking care of hundreds or more prescriptions a day. Of course you never see that.