comprehending the medical instructions I give them for their pets (like how many pills of this or that type to give, and how many times a day). There is great confusion over exactly what "Give two pills twice a day" means. Clue: It does NOT mean one pill in the AM and one pill in the PM.
I don't know how to dumb it down. Is it ME??
And if I say "twice a day", why on earth is there confusion about WHEN that should be? Morning and evening should suffice, but if I say that, they get all flummoxed and upset because they have a job and personal obligations and such.
I NEVER say "every 12 hours" because that unleashes a whole shitstorm of confusion and frustration to the point where I get a panicked phone call if it's been 13 hours and the client wants to know "What do I DO???!!!???"
"Once a day" is even worse. In veterinary medicine we virtually never coordinate meds with eating because it's impossible. So give the damned pill at about the same time every day and stop calling me about it in a panic already.
Jesus wept. 
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