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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: When picking up a prescription at a pharmacy and you have to wait 20-30 minutes for it to ready, what are they doing during that time?
gpt
Checking with your doctor that the prescription is valid. Checking the dosage instructions for sanity. Checking other medications you are taking for interactions that could hurt or kill you. Checking that your insurance will cover the medication. Counting the pills. Recounting the pills. Having a second tech triple-count the pills. Complying with state, federal, and company documentation rules. Passing it to the licensed pharmacist to sign off on everything. Then the packaging and such.

They aren't just slinging pills by your request back there.