It’s Magic And She’s Sticking To It

I’m a pharmacy technician. My pharmacist is counting out some medication on a tray using one of the metal spatulas. Usually, we count in fives, and you get pretty good at doing it quickly.

A customer comes up and is waiting on a prescription, so my pharmacist goes back and quickly starts to count out the medication. Right after she caps it, the customer looks at her in awe and asks 100% seriously:

Customer: “How does that magic stick thing know how many pills are in the bottle?”

The customer didn’t realize that she was the one doing the counting. I was caught between amazement and laughter.