I don’t understand

babir babir babir!!!!!translate this for me????

I don't understand some welsh, irish or scottish people let alone people not from the UK! lol

I found that working as a locum in Bradford in the heart of the Asian district brought it's own problems. The main one being that the patients couldn't speak English - neither could they READ their own language, and we must remember this if we use printed material, even if it is in their own language. Also quite a few of the patients could not write, again either in English or in their own language (mainly Pushtu, a very local dialect), so that they signed their scripts with an X . This had to be ok'd with the PPA.
The advent of a phone translation service is a real boon - provided you get the right dialect that the patient understands!!
Regards
Bob Dunkley

their strong accent is hard to understand! I guess with time, ive mastered it(hopefully!!)

this happened during uni time.
Once, I had a woman wanting to pick up a px! After a few minutes of struggling, I found out what she wanted, n yes she gave me her name instead of the patient's name! The next thing, everyone is searching for that px!

Obviously, when it doesnt exist,well never find it lol! It was hard to extract any information from her. i think, that was the worst feeling/moment for me.

luckily, one of the dispensers who just returned frm her lunch recognised the woman., because she took in that px!!

Thnk God for that!

Lol I can only imagine how embarrassing that must of been. I find a good tip when you don't understand what they are after whether that is because of their accent of due to language barriers is perhaps asking them to write down what they need. In some cases that may not be appropriate if they are unable to write in English thats perhaps where the translators come in use. I suppose something I didn't really think about using before.

Thankfully have always been good with names and faces its usually where i put my pen down that i have a problem with! I can imagine it being a nightmare not understanding a patient, I had a similar thing happen a couple of months back where 2 older gentlemen whom i think where Afghani (although they didnt understand urdu..some can) came in and mimed what they wanted.. I had it down to something like Nivea or Aq cream... but one of the men were happy when they saw some freederm on the shelf and was adamant thats what he needed. On this occasion I did not argue as I had no idea who they were buying for

My biggest misunderstanding was thinking that pharmacists have the common sense to use translation helplines/services rather than guess their way through conversations and actually select items based on ill informed choices. Whoa! I hope none of my foreign friends or relatives goes to those pharmacies!

I work in an area that has all nationalities but British !! It's difficult to understand Russian or American dialects you've never heard of ...O_O is my expression when I have no idea what's going on.. With time our patients have learnt how to tackle ... They come in with their foreign products and I find equivalents through martindale !! Also they give their name and any possible explanation of problem..
It's amazing how diverse abilities pharmacists have