PHARMACISTS are zombies spilling pills across the dispensary to patients and subjugated by their unscrupulous masters, according to Professional Pharmacists Australia.
Inspired by the excitement of the first episode of the final series of Game of Thrones this week, the pharmacy union has let its imagination run wild, casting the Coalition Government as The Army of the Dead, while the Pharmacy Guild of Australia has been dubbed The Lannisters.
In a dramatic news update on the union's site, possibly drafted moments before the HBO hit aired, the PPA described its struggle for improved pay for its members as the "Game of Fair Wages".
"Game of Fair Wages is an industrial fight that pits our hardworking pharmacists against the Lower and Upper Houses of Australia," the author mused.
"Like the Army of the Dead, the Coalition have turned a blind eye to the working Australian.
They pose a threat to anything resembling a decent living wage. The cost of living is rising but wages are going nowhere. The pharmacists are being turned into zombies living off the bare minimum."
Dubbing itself as "the good guys", the PPA then turned its attention to the Guild, claiming it was hoarding "all the gold for their members... while stabbing pharmacists in the back".
Responding to the union's efforts, a Guild spokesperson told PD: "Groan. How lame. The PPA better not give up its day job because creative writing is just not their thing."
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