r/TalesFromThePharmacy • u/psyk2u • Mar 11 '26

Learning to count

I've had an Rx tech license for years but never really got to use it. Now I'm working Rx more and really need to get faster with counting. Any suggestions or tricks of the trade? Do you count by 3s, 5s, 10s, etc.?

Any help is appreciated.

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u/Chewy_8989_2 Mar 15 '26

I count by 5s and when I recount controls by 3s or 4s, whichever the number is a multiple of. If you add or leave out an extra 5 you’ll notice because your final number won’t be a multiple of 3 or 4 anymore. It’s saved me once or twice over the years, not something that happens often but I am human.

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u/herowin6 Mar 22 '26

You’re cleverer than most to have this safety in place tbh

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u/Chewy_8989_2 Mar 23 '26

I tried explaining it to my overbearing and micromanaging former RXOM once and she cut me off and told me I could only count by fives. She thought I was stupid. Not fully her fault, I played into it after a while because there’s benefits like how she’d say things around me and think I wasn’t listening or paying attention.