It really doesn't matter WHO is 'working the window' because it's all in the computer.. if yer to early then the computer wont allow it, and as others have said, insurance will follow you to ANY PHARMACY YOU GO TO! Usually the insurance companies are tighter with their dates then the pharmacies (for instance, I can refill my Klonopin a full 7 days early if I pay cash, but if I go with insurance I can only fill it 3 days early) .. C-II drugs are usually rather restricted and you can't get an early fill by more then a few days, no matter how you pay - of course the solution is to simply go to another pharmacy (but you'd have to pay cash) ... there is a cruel little trick called 'accumulated early time' .. for instance, say you only go with one pharmacy and have a script every month for OxyContin - a 30 day supply... you pay cash so insurance isn't a concern .. well, Month 1 you fill it, return 26 days later and they fill Month 2's script, return another 26 days later and they fill Month 3's script, but on Month 4 you have to wait a FULL 30 DAYS - why? Simple, because they go from the ORIGINAL SCRIPT, and going by that date you're actually 12 days early instead of 4... it's a real bitch but if you're paying cash you can just go next door to the other pharmacy and fill it there - whats a real twist to the nuts is when yer filling an expensive sript (ie OxyContin) and the INSURANCE COMPANIES pull that shit.. of course you're a junky so you kill yer 30-day supply in about a week, then when you think it's payday you find out you have to wait TWO WHOLE WEEKS unless you want to pay cash ...
Just another reason to SUPPORT YER MOM-N-POP PHARMACIES! (if you can even find one) .. often they only have BASIC software that doesn't have functions like the no-early-refill system ... we used to have a pharmacy in our area like that.. it was truely a mom-n-pop place.. Mr. Swift was the pharmacist and Mrs. Swift worked the register along with some other teenagers .. they had a 1970's cash register and all their filing was done by hand/paper ... we all loved Swift Drug because they were a true gem.. early fills? No problem! And because all filing wasdone by hand you can bet all those teenagers that worked there were packing their pockets with shit... then a Walgreens opened across the street and within 2 months Swift drug was closed... rumor has it that when they announced they were goin out of business someone came in and paid cash for most of their stock - no script, just cleaned them out and the 80-year-old pharmacist sure didn't care..
Anyone remember? It was in Cocoa, Florida.. closed back in 1998..