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🎙️ Podcast Script: Generations of Grumbles

Episode 6: “Prescription Pick-Up Pandemonium”
Featuring Guest Voice Actor: Vlad the Pharmacist

[INTRO MUSIC: Dramatic klezmer with pipe organ undertones]

NARRATOR (Debbie):
Welcome back to Generations of Grumbles, the podcast where family bonding is tested in the most unexpected places—waiting rooms, insurance hotlines, and today… the pharmacy.
I’m Debbie—your host, your mom, and your emotional support clipboard.
Today’s episode: Prescription Pick-Up Pandemonium.
Because nothing says “healthcare” like arguing with a vampire over your refill.

🧛 Segment 1: The Midnight Pharmacy

[SFX: Thunder, door creaking open, bell jingling]

DEBBIE (narrating):
It was 11:59 p.m.
The only pharmacy open was “DracRx: 24-Hour Apothecary.”
We should’ve known something was off when the pharmacist hissed at the fluorescent lights.

VLAD (thick Transylvanian accent):
Good evening. I am Vlad. I vant to fill your prescription.

💊 Segment 2: Barry’s Blood Pressure Battle

BARRY:
I’m here for my blood pressure meds.

VLAD:
Ah yes… lisinopril. A classic.
But first… I must ask: do you have insurance… or eternal loyalty?

BARRY:
I have Aetna.

VLAD:
Close enough.

🧃 Segment 3: Max’s Sanitizer Showdown

MAX (whispering):
He’s not wearing gloves.
He just touched the pills with his bare hands.

LINDA:
He also floated to the top shelf.

MAX:
That’s not FDA compliant!

🧁 Segment 4: Zoe’s Candy Confusion

ZOE:
Can I have a lollipop?

VLAD:
Only if you survive the trial of the tongue depressor.

ZOE:
Cool.

📊 Segment 5: Tina’s Time Audit (Again)

TINA:
We’ve been here for 47 minutes.
That’s 0.78 hours of my life I’ll never get back.

VLAD:
Time… is but a mortal illusion.

TINA:
Tell that to my parking meter.

📦 Segment 6: The Refill Revelation

DEBBIE:
You said the prescription was ready.

VLAD:
It was.
But then… the system reset.
Now it is trapped in the shadow realm of prior authorizations.

DEBBIE:
I’m calling the doctor.

VLAD:
He won’t answer.
It is… after hours.

🧠 Twist Ending: The Bite of Bureaucracy

[SFX: Phone rings, eerie silence, then a cheerful ringtone]

DOCTOR (on speaker):
Hi Debbie! Just approved the refill. Should be good to go.

VLAD (suddenly chipper):
Ah! It appears your mortal physician has lifted the curse.
Here is your medication… and a complimentary garlic-free mint.

DEBBIE:
Wait… if you’re a vampire, why are you working in a pharmacy?

VLAD:
I needed the night shift. And… dental doesn’t cover fangs.

🎙️ Outro

DEBBIE:
So what’s the moral?
Sometimes, the scariest part of healthcare isn’t the diagnosis—it’s the paperwork.
But if you can survive a vampire pharmacist, a haunted refill system, and a child licking the vitamin display, you can survive anything.
Even… flu season.

[OUTRO MUSIC: Klezmer with spooky theremin fade-out]

DEBBIE:
Next time on Generations of Grumbles: “The Lab Results Labyrinth.”
Spoiler: The portal password is your mother’s maiden name… spelled backwards… in Latin.