October 25, 2011 at 1:38 pm
I’m always amused when I pick up my prescriptions from CVS. They put the first two letters of your last name in the upper corner of the label on the bag. Like this:
Well, right back at you, CVS!
I’ve been trying to think up any other funny combinations that might occur, but I’m coming up dry. There’s always BS but I can’t think of any name that starts with those two letters.
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Deb Hardman • October 25, 2011 at 2:03 pm
Mine would be HA!
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Cari • October 25, 2011 at 2:15 pm
It’s kind of sad, the first thing I thought was… the Dalai Lama’s real last name starts with BST. I only know this because I have cataloged so many of his books for the library. But he probably doesn’t get his prescriptions at CVS.
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Pamela pack • October 25, 2011 at 2:31 pm
as you can see, my initials are PP. the niece and nephew espeically enjoyed calling me Aunt PP when they were small!
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Tricia • October 25, 2011 at 4:49 pm
In college we all got automatically generated email addresses, always lastname+first two letters of first name. My friend (Holly Street) ended up with “streetho” for four years.
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Debbi Does Dinner Healthy • October 25, 2011 at 6:16 pm
@Pamela pack – My mom refrained from naming me Pamela JUST for that reason. Apparently that was first on the list until she realized the initials. :-)
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Merry • October 25, 2011 at 8:59 pm
I am reminded of the woman who objected to the fact that the airline put a FAT label on her luggage, despite the fact that she was flying to the Fresno airport (which has the dubious distinction of having those three letters as its TLA).
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Nancy • October 26, 2011 at 9:30 am
I also have a last name issue with CVS . . . My last name is Hoover.
When I take a prescription in and choose to wait for it, the tag comes out saying:
HO WAITING
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JenFul • October 26, 2011 at 11:15 am
@Nancy – @Tricia – @Merry – OMG, I literally LOLed at your comments. Thanks for the early morning laugh! :)
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Dup • October 26, 2011 at 11:26 am
Mine would be HO. Not exactly a compliment, unless you think of it as Santa laughing, but that’s usually HO HO HO. WIth just the one HO, it makes me think of something else entirely.
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Shannon • October 26, 2011 at 4:22 pm
my maiden name was Hagerty. I got a lot of stuff that said SHag (shannon Hagerty) Nice.
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Astrid • October 27, 2011 at 5:42 pm
Mine would be ME. Isn’t all that funny, but is a word! If you used the first three letters, it’s be MED. Which for a prescription is pretty fitting.
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Kelly • October 28, 2011 at 9:41 pm
Mine must be the opposite in CVS karma. The first two letters of my last name are HI. At least, if I’m getting a prescription it sounds friendly.
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Renee • October 28, 2011 at 11:31 pm
Count me in as a “HO Waiting” as well…funny at first, but at 3 am at times…you take it personally! LOL
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Katharine • October 29, 2011 at 5:55 pm
Hee, hee! Everyone’s name stories are great! CVS would tag me as OM, because my last name is O’Moore-Klopf. Meditate on that. :-)
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Colleen Kelly Mellor • November 10, 2011 at 10:29 pm
OK, Jen–Here’s one (a funny letter combine, that is): Younger daughter in high school had best friend who got her driver’s license and a car–all at once. She went to Registry and lo and behold…they assigned her the random HO 69….
Her Mom pitched a fit, marched her down to Registry where she told all: “My daughter’s not riding around town advertiising herself in that manner. That HO has to go!” She got her wish…they relented.
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Bobby J • February 24, 2012 at 7:14 pm
My CVS moniker is JO – pretty funny to a gay guy like me! (Straight guys would probably laugh too!). And my initials are BJ, which completes the set very nicely.
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