Author: ANGELINA PAYANO

Today I am choosing to share about the CVS strike that has been going on for about 3 months now. CVS workers all over the country but especially in Kansas and Missouri have gone on strike because of unhealthy work conditions. A pharmacist in California said they would have to deal with filling long queues of prescriptions, dispensing medication, answering calls with physicians and more all on their own. This is because of understaffing in chain pharmacies. This topic caught my attention because my pharmacists at my job were sharing their stories about when they use to work in chain pharmacies. One of them told me how she used to work the overnight shift all on her own and she would have to fill, verify, and dispense medications on her own. This made me think about how when I am at work, I complain about my job but in reality, we have it better than the chain pharmacies that people believe are better than private ones. Chain pharmacies might get your medication to you quicker, but they have unhealthy work conditions for their workers that in result, makes the service bad.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/oct/19/cvs-walgreens-strike-pharmacy-workers

On Friday September 15,2023 NYPD responded to a 911 call from a daycare that reported a 1-year-old, a 2-year-old, and an 8month-old unconscious. It results that the children had been exposed to the lethal Fentanyl. So far, the owner of the daycare, Grei Mendez and Carlisto Acevedo Brito, her tenant that had been renting a room have been arrested. Authorities have not yet revealed how the children got exposed to the Fentanyl 1-kilogram of Fentanyl found and two kilo presses found in a closet in the daycare. This story is devastating because it resulted in the death of a baby, and I cannot imagine the pain the family is going through.

Hi, my name is Angelina, and I am an accounting major at Baruch. Everyone calls me Angie, but I do not mind being called either/or. I am from a neighborhood called Washington Heights in Uptown Manhattan and I have grown up here all my life. All my life I went to catholic school, and they were all very small schools, now I am at Baruch and the size and amount of people is a little overwhelming at the moment. My hobbies are doing my makeup and taking pictures. Someday, I wish to be a content creator, whether on TikTok, Instagram or YouTube. Now that I think about it, I could start my journey through Blogs @ Baruch! At the moment I work at a pharmacy and although I am not officially a licensed tech, I know mostly everything I need to know to be one. One of the cool things about working at a pharmacy is that there is always something new to learn. Whether that is about a new medication that has come out or a new insurance policy. Even though working at a pharmacy is not in my field of study it has taught me a lot about dealing with others. Sometimes patients can come in and not be so nice and then the next day come back and be the sweetest person known to earth. Experiences like that have taught me to be kind and patient with people because we never know what they could be going through and dealing with one’s health is a serious matter. I am looking forward to getting to know each and every one of you guys! We’re all new here and all learning so don’t hesitate to ask me questions or talk to me we can figure it out together! Nice meeting you! 

In the excerpt “Learning to Read” I learned a lot about Malcolm X that I did not know before. I knew that he was a civil rights activist and a historical figure but not any more than that. Something I observed about Malcolm X in this excerpt is that he took an unfortunate situation and made the best of it. This excerpt is an example of “if you want it, go get it” because no matter how challenging it was for Malcolm to learn how to read and write he pushed through those challenges and gave himself an education. One thing that stood out to me when I was reading was when Malcolm said that his education gave him ” a little bit more sensitivity to the deafness, dumbness, and blindness that was afflicting the black race in America”. This stood out to me because I feel as though it does not only apply to the black race but all minorities in America. Since there is sometimes a lack of education or lack of resources, minorities can be ignorant to how America causes damage in their communities.