It’s called the “Monday Meltdown” and is an excuse to just let out some of the frustration within. We all have frustration, yes? So – let’s focus our frustration and let it out on Mondays – because we all know that Mondays just deserve it. Just ask Garfield. ::grins::
Here’s how it is going to work. I’m going to post a choice for you. You take it away and go! Either in the comments section or on your own blog. But if you run away to your own blog, please drop me a comment so I can come see. ::grins:: I love to read a good rant.
I also have a button up there you can ‘steal’. Steal meaning take away to your own server. Don’t direct link. I’m afraid I don’t have the bandwidth for that one. (; So – are you ready to vent? I know you are. ::grins::
This week’s rants:
1. HMOs
or
2. People with no sense
You are free to rant about both or just one. Some of these rants may come back around, so don’t feel you need to do both of them so you can get it in. ::grins::
Okay! Go! If you are interested in my Meltdown for the week, it’s after the bump.
Annnnnd – my rant for the week. I’m not really sure which one to pick. They are both so – current – in my life right now. MEH. Hrmm. Let’s see. Oh, let’s have a short rant about my HMO. (=
I work for the public school system and had a choice between a couple HMO (PPO, whatever) type places. I went with Kaiser Permanente. Don’t get me wrong, they haven’t shafted me yet, and I did have to go into the hospital for tests and whatnot one night. (Yeah, that is a whole OTHER post and it wasn’t fun.) I got the bill from Kaiser – thirty-five bucks. Not bad, considering. But – still. They do have their quirks which irritate the shit out of me. MEH!
Like – I call for an appointment with the eye doctor and the dentist on Friday. First, the lady tells me I have to call the dentist direct. Well, what the hey. I don’t *have* a dentist up here yet. How am I supposed to call the person direct? Huh? Just call around asking – do you take Kaiser? I guess I’ll have to call them back and ask if there is a list of accepted dentists or something. She could have said to me, “There’s a list of accepted dentists on our website.” Or something. No, I have to figure it out on my own. Great. Lovely. Just what I wanted to hear. Bleh.
And then she schedules me for the eye doctor. There isn’t an appointment readily available until September. Crap. Okay, fine. She says I can have an appointment on September 4th at 1:55 pm. I check my calender. Labor Day. This is the US. Most places are CLOSED on Labor Day. Well. Doctors’ offices and whatnot. I mention this to the appointment lady. “That’s Labor Day. They are open?” She assured me they were. Okay, fine. Book it. I don’t work that day and it means I do not have to try and schedule something for 4 pm in the afternoon. (DC Beltway traffic = not fun between the hours of 4 and 7. Ew.) The one highlight was she told me I could call back and see if there had been cancellations and perhaps get in sooner. Yay! That would be nice.
Anyway. I get this phone call this morning. It’s the appointment lady, though a different one. (Kaiser has this thing where you call them and their appointment representatives look in their computers for times and stuff.) She says, “You are booked to the 4th of September. That’s a holiday.” Well, no fucking shit. I tell the lady, “I asked about that on Friday and the woman said the office was open.” The appointment lady today was stunned. “She did. Well.” I don’t think she knew what to say.
So – now I have no set appointment. God freaking dammit. Sometimes I hate working for the public school system. I have to be at work between 6:30 am and 3:30 pm. Prime doctor office hours. AGH!