Umm....how long is it going to take?

Here's a tip:  if you need service, please hang up your cell phone before you step up to the counter.  Continuing to carry on what is obviously a trivial conversation while expecting me to dispense health care is absurd.  I could understand if you were oh....saving the world.  Like, "OK....well, if you can hold back the hounds of hell for a few I just need to get my Nexium...."  Or "Hey, I'll help dig out the survivors as soon as I grab my birth control."

THAT is understandable.

Then to wait until I am on the phone with ANOTHER PATIENT to ask, "How much longer?:  Well....how much longer is your stupid conversation going to be?  'Cause I can't really talk to you while you are talking to someone else.  Kinda like how I can't talk to you while I am talking with someone else.

And please refrain from making blood boiling comments like, "Well, I didn't know, there's no sign."  Really, lady?  You need a sign to tell you that it's RUDE to expect someone to help you while you are on the phone? You need a sign to tell you that it's a violation of your HIPPA rights to speak to you about medication while you are on the phone?  I think YOU need a sign.  To let me know you are an idiot.