Look, I just need my fucking prescription filled, okay? Called the pharmacy last Monday, they faxed the request to you; you haven’t responded and I’m going to run out in two days. So you keep me waiting for 45 minutes in the waiting room so that someone can take two goddamned minutes to look to see if the fax has been sent or not. Why can’t YOU do that? Yes, I know that you’re having renovations done; not because you managed to tell me that twice as an excuse for laziness, but because of, you know, the fucking guys working right behind you. Useless fucking hag of a receptionist. And by the way: those chic clothes you wear and the dye job on your hair do nothing to remedy the fact that you look like a piece of beef jerky. I finally left before saying something truly rude, and have no confidence that this will be taken care of. I gotta find a new clinic. :mad:
You have to have a prescription for that now?
Dude at the front desk of the clinic: Repeating the phrase, “This is not my bill!” is not going to help matters. Why? Because it doesn’t mean anything to us, or more accurately, it could mean different things. It could mean that that’s not your name that’s on the bill, or that you didn’t receive the procedures indicated on the bill. Apparently you extended the phrase to mean, “I already got a bill for a different amount for this visit,” and failed to notice that particular bill came from the hospital, not the clinic. They have the name and logo of the hospital/clinic right on each bill.
There is a sign posted right at the desk, right there, saying that you’ll get two bills if you have any procedures done and explaining the hospital vs. clinic thing. That’s how every freaking clinic in this medical center handles their billing, and considering your age and observed physical condition, I’m pretty sure you’ve dealt with this before.
Oh, and bitching at the desk clerk for trying to answer your wife’s question, saying, “Talk to me, I’m the patient, not her!”? So not cool. I did notice on my way through the waiting room that your wife was re-explaining this whole concept of “separate bills” to you, so at least she has an idea what’s up.
Shut the fuck up about vaccines, people on another message board.
Person 1:
You are everything that is wrong with the modern attachment parenthood movement. I’m going to let you on a little secret: you can nurse until the child is fifteen. You can birth naturally in the woods and set up a shrine afterwards complete with placenta and dried belly cord in the middle of it and account of how you sewed yourself up with moss and dried flowers and then danced with unicorns to celebrate the arrival of the babe.
You can use pure cotton shit catchers embroidered with the names of fairies and rainbows; feed your child only organic items that have been grown in your very own garden and let them play with handcrafted toys designed to turn your three year old into Albert Fucking Einstein.
Vaccines will still do more good for your brat than any of that, you santimonious birdbrain. Stop fucking lying about them on the net. You look like a moron every time you quote Barbara Fisher Loe and Jenny McCarthy as if either had more than a single brain cell.
Oh and stop with the homeschooling. You write like a drunken third grader. You shouldn’t be teaching a dog let alone a child.
Person no. 2:
Guess what? When you write that vaccines caused all kinds of bad things to you as a child? We can tell. You’re very clearly brain damaged. Do us a favor and STFU about how vaccines are teh suk.
There isn’t enough time in the world to explain just how wrong you are or how stupid you come across. I spent three hours once doing it. I’d rather stick my head in a pencil sharpener than ever do that again.
It’s bad enough you’re an idiot. Stop being a public health hazard as well.
That’s a whole nuther thread.
I will never, ever be able to get a pedicure because of people like my boss. He has an infected toenail; I’ve seen it and it’s gross.
He bought a package at a local spa and he’s going to get a pedicure today. I told him I doubt they’ll let him use the foot spa/hot tub thing and he says he’s used it before and they clean it so what’s it matter? I sent him a link about how bacteria hides in the crevices and tubes…he didn’t even read it. His whole attitude is immature and ignorant.
Because he does stuff like this, and because some businesses won’t turn away paying clients, I will never feel comfortable enough to get a pedicure. I’ve heard too many horror stories and seen too many photos.
Yikes, LavenderBlue. You may have run into my sister.
Two weeks ago we almost had an all out brawl during our family’s camping trip.
She believes all health issues are caused by toxins. She explained to me that Autism is on the rise because there are ‘toxins in our vaccines’.
I tried to talk it out. You know Lancet repudiating his study, the rise of certain diseases that had almost all but disappeared, but this was viewed as an ‘attack’ and I should ‘accept her point of view’.
It was as if I were staring at…not my sister… Gah. I almost cried.
She firmly believes that ALL medical issues (cancer, aids, you name it) is caused by our toxin laden diet and that we can cure all medical issues by eating a raw food vegan diet just like her and drinking non-acidic water from a $5,000 machine.
I have no idea how you tolerate your sister without your brain exploding.
FYI, the reason autism is really on the rise is because fewer kids being labeled learned disabled or mentally retarded.
Here’s a very good study on the subject to send her if you dare:
I love the small, independent supermarket right near my house. If it’s seven in the evening, or 8 in the morning, and i need something that we don’t have, i can run out the door in shorts and a t-shirt without having to worry about getting the car out, parking, etc.
I also like the people that work there. Not only are they friendly, but we have the same attitude to small amounts of change. If something is 72c, i’ll give them three quarters and be done with it; if something is 52c, they’ll take two quarters and not worry about the pennies. And their prices are good.
But…
I go to great trouble when i’m selecting my avocados, because they are one of my favorite things. So, for the love of God, when you’re bagging my purchase, please DO NOT throw the avocados into the bottom of the bag, and then drop three cans on top of them. That’s how they end up bruised and grey.
Were you looking at the guy when he said this? Maybe he meant that there was a mix-up in surgery and there’s a duck walking around somewhere with lips.
Sent. 
I sense that it will do no good, but I’ll see what she says.
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Other helpful advice for dopers from my increasingly bat-shit sister:**
You should NEVER
-drink milk (Everyone is allergic, you see, we just don’t know it.)
-use sun screen
-use fire to cook anything
Because our caveman ancestors didn’t and those things are ‘not natural’.
She was never like this in the past. It started with her going raw, she’s only been into raw food for a few years and things area just…the things she says are increasingly… loss for words
Am I allowed to wish cancer on your sister? (What if they catch it early enough that she lives?)
Hah! Hah! Hah! It’s so cute how you think that people like this can be convinced by *facts *or *logic *or basic fucking biology that a third-grader should know.
I’ll give you a dollar to go to her house and dispose of all her toilet paper, soaps, shampoos, toothpastes, and personal grooming tools (brushes, toothbrushes, razors, etc.). Because you can bet your ass our caveman ancestors didn’t use any of *that *unnatural shit, either. Oh, and you might want to do your best to ensure that she travels everywhere on foot.
this made me giggle.
We discussed cancer treatments. She doesn’t believe that chemotherapy and our modern medical treatments for cancer are helpful. They are…‘toxic’.
So, I think she would eat some sprouts and sunbath instead of getting chemo.
For reasons that I’ve never understood those things are all okay. So is bug spray.
Would it help or hurt if I mention that she is trying to breed?
They are toxic. But the idea is that they kill the cancer faster than they kill the rest of you.
Well, at this rate, her kids probably won’t make it to reproductive maturity, anyway, so with any luck the gene pool will self-police.
There’s a quote I find myself using far too often.
You can’t reason a person out of a position they didn’t reason themselves into.
My husband agrees with you on this!
Yes - her response has been to ignore the email entirely. The situation is rather frustrating as this is not a random wacko on a message board, but a family member. The crazy is rather new (or I am just now learning of the depth of the crazy.)
Maybe she has a serious nutritional deficiency that’s making her crazy.
FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK
I called you at the end of fucking April to inquire about out-of-network benefits for a specific provider. Did it not occur to you at that time to tell me I needed fucking authorization for that provider? How about the time I called and asked about the claims process and you sent me the goddamn claims forms? Then, maybe, did it occur to you to mention that you still hadn’t authorized me?
I thought I was doing everything right and you FUCKED ME. Goddamn it.
I’m just glad this was $700 and not $10k.
FUCK!
Sadly, I doubt it would have mattered if they had authorized you. I’ve had an insurance company tell me that authorizing a service doesn’t guarantee they’ll pay for it.
Sorry you got screwed even after you tried to do your part, though. Those fuckers.