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Jun 6, 2006 17:05:24 GMT -5
Post by rincewind on Jun 6, 2006 17:05:24 GMT -5
More difficult people- some of the ones on public assistance can be the worst. This family wasn't just bad by my opinion, the rest of the office called mall security, who took forever to usher them out ("You ain't gonna touch me! Nobody's gonna touch me!"). Sigh. Ironically, the way I'd have handled it probably wouldn't have caused much fuss. They came rather late and insisted they were told that time (they weren't) and one of the workers told them we could only take two of the three appointments due to lateness. Well, she blew her top and tied up the office for roughly 1/2 an hour, yelling at the various workers on how she was told all three appointments were at exactly the same time (30 minutes after we told her to come). I would have just seen them anyway to begin with, as we had a little free time after them. Not that I'd particularly want to.
Luckily, I get to hide in the back when that happens, since I'm not a manager or employee. I'm not good at dealing with angry people and tend to speak my mind. I'm not sure I ever want to own a business, because then I'd end up dealing with them all the time, and I've seen what the managers go through.
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Jun 13, 2006 17:10:12 GMT -5
Post by rincewind on Jun 13, 2006 17:10:12 GMT -5
"Fun" is a 21-year old guy bedecked with gold chains driving a 2005 Lexus with tinted windows who insists he needs a note saying that he can have tinted windows because he's sensitive to light and gets harassed by the police because of his dark windows. The fun comes when you ask him what happens when he gets out of the car. We do try not to speculate exactly how he got his money, but damn he's making it difficult for us. Oh, and the most annoying thing about the internet is that you know darn well that whoever you sent the message to got it seconds later, so the 1 week delay is all their fault.
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Jun 20, 2006 11:10:31 GMT -5
Post by rincewind on Jun 20, 2006 11:10:31 GMT -5
We just had a customer spend about 45 minutes with the manager complaining about his broken glasses and how we should replace them for him. One of the delays there was because we couldn't find any record that he'd bought anything at all from us. Eventual questioning on the particular deal he got revealed that it was a special that we've never done, but America's Best (more like America's Worst by their customer rankings) has quite frequently. Bottom line- he'd gotten his glasses somewhere else, was confusing the two stores, and was trying to get us to replace them. Doi.
Brain cancer isn't caused by cell phones, it's caused by talking to stupid people on your cell phone.
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Jun 30, 2006 18:09:16 GMT -5
Post by rincewind on Jun 30, 2006 18:09:16 GMT -5
Miserable day today. One coworker mentioned that he was looking forward to death and interested in some target practice. I advised Wednesday because I'm about 30 miles away from him on Wednesdays. It's that kind of day.
Anyway, I get quite annoyed at these parents who give their kids outlandish names, particularly the African-American ones. They appear to have some sort of name dartboard they use to get them, and then get very offended when you can't pronounce them. I've been informed that one patient we had in the office was given the name Ah- sholey. Well, that's how you PRONOUNCE it- it was actually spelled Asshole. "Gee, thanks mom and dad, I LOVE getting beat up every day!"
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Jul 2, 2006 9:10:52 GMT -5
Post by grond on Jul 2, 2006 9:10:52 GMT -5
Nice, the worst I've come across so far is Essence. No it isn't one of those self given dancer/hooker names. It belonged to the three month old child of a fowl tempered canadian walrus woman. I swear I could see the tusks past "her" mustache.
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Jul 3, 2006 7:50:22 GMT -5
Post by carolus on Jul 3, 2006 7:50:22 GMT -5
The best name i have ever heard, came from NC. Where the mexican immagrant population has exploded in the past years.
The mother followed the doctor to her office and got the childs name from it. Fe-ma-le.
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Jul 11, 2006 13:03:25 GMT -5
Post by rincewind on Jul 11, 2006 13:03:25 GMT -5
I'm not really equipped to deal with monstrous stupidity early in the morning. First patient tells me that
1) He dislikes Acuvue contacts and they make his eyes hurt and film over and he's gotten an infection from them in the past 2) He ordered a large supply of them from 1-800-contacts KNOWING THIS because they were the only ones who would (illegally) take his expired prescription 3) He's sleeping in them for a week on end, despite that he's not supposed to
I think, in this case, blindness would be God's way of telling you you're an idiot. He's the only one who would know why the guy isn't wearing glasses, anyway. Must... stop... swelling... from... exploding... brain...
Edit: Oh, and he can't understand why his dirt-cheap insurance wouldn't completely cover glasses with every option known to mankind costing about $700. Let's think on this one.
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Jul 11, 2006 15:04:02 GMT -5
Post by carolus on Jul 11, 2006 15:04:02 GMT -5
Rincewind... Have you ever thought of a different career? Oh, maybe something with explosives... Or large, heavy machinery? Just a thought... 25
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Jul 11, 2006 15:57:49 GMT -5
Post by Dragonsrule on Jul 11, 2006 15:57:49 GMT -5
Nah, he just forgets how stupid, people really are.
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Jul 12, 2006 18:42:31 GMT -5
Post by grond on Jul 12, 2006 18:42:31 GMT -5
I would suggest a hobby that vents his frustration by destroying things (or people) but I think that is covered in D&D. I have found, although this probably qualifies me as one of Rince's stupid (or monstrously stupid) people, that a good way to relieve normal stress is dodging bottle rockets at 1 in the morning. (and no, that is not a euphamazism for masturbation)
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Jul 12, 2006 19:22:01 GMT -5
Post by rincewind on Jul 12, 2006 19:22:01 GMT -5
Yeah, well, there's stupid because it's fun and there's stupid because of rampant stupidity.
Me- "What is the middle letter on that line? Patient- "I can't really see it, it just looks like a circle." Me- ".... ... .... that's an O ... ..."
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Jul 12, 2006 20:23:53 GMT -5
Post by grond on Jul 12, 2006 20:23:53 GMT -5
Yeah, well, the only thing to do is be extremely sarcastic while using big words so that moron doesn't understand what you're sayin'
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Jul 13, 2006 9:43:23 GMT -5
Post by carolus on Jul 13, 2006 9:43:23 GMT -5
They breed like rabbits, thats why there are so many stupid folk. I wish there was a hunting license for them. ;D
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Jul 17, 2006 14:46:15 GMT -5
Post by rincewind on Jul 17, 2006 14:46:15 GMT -5
Well, that is the excuse for hunting deer, so I'd think that "to control the stupid population so that they don't starve" would have some justification, but I've noticed that people seem to feel that starving animals should be slaughtered while starving Ethiopians should be fed, so you never know.
It's another day of the stupids. I should clarify that the stupid people are the ones with normal intelligence who are just dumb as dirt, as opposed to the physically and mentally disabled patients I have. Besides, most of them behave more intelligently than the "normal" patients, or at least follow directions better.
Anyway, so far there's been a narcoleptic (not really, but he was apparently awake all night with his girlfriend and kept falling asleep during the exam) and a guy who stormed out because he had to wait 5 minutes instead of having me kick the patient I was examining out of the room for his convenience. And there's the usual fun with dealing with insurances, particularly Unison, which is only covering certain yearly non-disposable contacts these days, nothing else contact-wise. And they have to be in a vial- if they're in a "blister" pack they're not covered. Don't ask me why. And any number of people who'd rather talk on their cell phones than have their exam. How much do cattle prods cost, and can you have one built into the exam chair?
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Jul 18, 2006 6:18:15 GMT -5
Post by grond on Jul 18, 2006 6:18:15 GMT -5
Yes, I know how to build the control, but you should find someone else to instal the actual prod, I'm not that good at making the finished product discrete. Of course, you would run into legal issues if you didn't have a warning for people with pace-makers or other heart weakening conditions.
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