eli5: Why does filling a prescription take so long?

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Most times I have a prescription filled it take much longer that I would guess. A recent example, at a simplistic level, all that was needed was for 10 pills to be put into a bottle, however, it took nearly an hour. There did not appear to be other customers waiting. Is the delay because there is a complex process with controlled drugs, or they are under-staffed, or are other things going on?

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Here in México all the prescription drugs are prepackaged in just one quantity in those foil sealed bubble sheets then inside small boxes. I’ve been in lines of 15+ people and even then it only takes 10 minutes. There are downsides to the way it’s done here but it is relatively fast.

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