Petty Vents

[cave76]

I use a small locally owned pharmacy that gives excellent customer service. They're only open from 8:30 am till 5:30 pm M-F, but it's worth it for the service.

They will stop what they're doing when I bring in a new Rx and fill it right away. No matter what, unless they have to order something (in which case they call me), my Rx are ready by the end of the day. They also call me if I need a refill and tell me they called my doctor; I call the doctor myself as well. They're experimenting with texting, so that will make things even easier. I love them

I'm ready to start looking for one like that! What a gem. The problem, for me, is that my pharmacy is a Safeway pharmacy (ugh) and the main reason I use it is because I can do my shopping AND get my rx's at the same place. Driving and walking are not easy for me.

 

[Addie]

To add my not so petty vent to taxlady's------ When I was close to running out of a med and there was no refill left on it, the pharmacy said they would contact my doctor. So far, so good.

I waited. Then called my pharm. again. They re-sent the request. Or so they said.

I waited. Still no refill.

I sent a message through the Patient Portal to my doctor. By that time it was Fri afternoon. No answer.

Fortunately it wasn't a heart med!!! But I still wanted it.
Sat a.m. I tried their doctor on call number. I called that number and got the nicest lady who said she had been getting calls for a few days for the doctor on call. She wasn't a patient.

She told me how to reach the doctor on call. (!!!!) She said she felt sorry for all the people trying to reach the doctor or she would have just hung up. What a nice person.

Finally the on call doctor called back. After I told him what I needed he asked me if that drug was a controlled substance. (It was a common antibiotic.)

Got the refill.

Yeah, I wouldn't have died if I didn't get it right away. What if it was a med that was extremely critical?

And, yeah, maybe I should have called it in earlier? To be told it was too early to get a refill???

Poo has told me and Winthrop also, that I can call in for a refill, (including my Vicodin) three days before I am on the last pill. The Vicodin is a controlled substance.

 

[Addie]

I use a small locally owned pharmacy that gives excellent customer service. They're only open from 8:30 am till 5:30 pm M-F, but it's worth it for the service.

They will stop what they're doing when I bring in a new Rx and fill it right away. No matter what, unless they have to order something (in which case they call me), my Rx are ready by the end of the day. They also call me if I need a refill and tell me they called my doctor; I call the doctor myself as well. They're experimenting with texting, so that will make things even easier. I love them

A couple of towns over there is a pharmacy like that. They have customers that have been with them since they opened. They really give personal service. Right across the street from them is a large chain pharm, and yet this store is always gaining new customers. The manager is the owner and he knows his customers by name.

I am tired of a pharmacy being bought out by another, and you have to go to a different location to get your scripts. They always seem to close the store you usually go to. I am so glad I get all my meds from Winthrop. The pharmacy is directly tied to my health care system.

 

[PrincessFiona60]

"fuzz up" I'll have to remember that one.

Had to learn early how to get things past my Dad!

 

[bakechef]

This has really got to stop

Came out of work today to find my hood scratched up and dented. Looks like someone backed into it with the tailgate of their truck down. $542 worth of damage! Hit and run.

UGH!

 

[GotGarlic]

Oh, Bakechef! That sucks doesn't begin to cover it! I'm so sorry.

 

[Dawgluver]

This has really got to stop

Came out of work today to find my hood scratched up and dented. Looks like someone backed into it with the tailgate of their truck down. $542 worth of damage! Hit and run.

UGH!

You. Are. Kidding. OMG.

What a pain, Bakechef! Does your store have a camera in the parking lot?

 

[taxlady]

This has really got to stop

Came out of work today to find my hood scratched up and dented. Looks like someone backed into it with the tailgate of their truck down. $542 worth of damage! Hit and run.

UGH!

Oh no! Not again. Will your insurance cover it, without too much deductible?

 

[bakechef]

You. Are. Kidding. OMG.

What a pain, Bakechef! Does your store have a camera in the parking lot?

No camera unfortunately!

 

[bakechef]

Oh no! Not again. Will your insurance cover it, without too much deductible?

I had the police make out a report, so I could prove that it was a hit and run if I decided to claim it on the insurance. Since my deductible is $500, and the repair is $542, I'll just pay it out of pocket to avoid a claim.

 

[bakechef]

Oh, Bakechef! That sucks doesn't begin to cover it! I'm so sorry.

Thanks. At least it's just a flesh wound. I'll be able to leave it with the body shop while I'm on vacation so at least I can avoid the cost of a rental car.

 

[PrincessFiona60]

I use Costco's Pharmacy. Order my meds online a couple days before I plan on picking them up, they are always ready. I fill my pill holders on Fridays nights, set up the meds that need to be ordered. Order online and pick up on Monday after work.

If I get a scrip for a one time or med I need right now, I have them send it to Walgreen's and pick it up on the way home. I only get my maintenance meds from Costco. I can also have scrips sent to the pharmacy at work and pick them up there. I get a better price out at Costco or I would just do that.

 

[cave76]

This has really got to stop

Came out of work today to find my hood scratched up and dented. Looks like someone backed into it with the tailgate of their truck down. $542 worth of damage! Hit and run.

UGH!

UGH indeed! El Jerkos!

 

[Cooking Goddess]

This has really got to stop

Came out of work today to find my hood scratched up and dented. Looks like someone backed into it with the tailgate of their truck down. $542 worth of damage! Hit and run.

UGH!

Well that bites! Is it general parking where you put your car, or is there a specific employee vehicle area? If employee cars are clustered together in a distant part of the lot, I would cruise around the parking area looking for a truck with a tailgate that would skim the top of your hood if the gate was down.

 

[CatPat]

I'm so sorry, bakechef. I certainly do know how it feels to find your car damaged. I'm so sorry, and I know this hurts you.

Now I forgot what I was unhappy about.

I'm sorry, bakechef.

With love,
~Cat

 

[Cooking Goddess]

Susan (might be) my New Best Friend.

What's that? Is that a light at the end of the tunnel? And how much longer does this tunnel go on?

Called the "Hell Connector" today about the two mailings. Susan worked her tail off, got all my info and checked with supervision on stuff she couldn't answer. It sounds like this is where I'm at:
1) I still have to send in the verification of residency and citizenship, but it seems like most folks are having to do that. Blame the computer? The state as much as admitted yesterday that when it had to make adjustments to the MA website to line up more with the federal one it completely "fuzzed" up the works. (Thanks for that great substitute work PF!)
2) The most recent piece of mail I got (the bill) shows a different I.D. number because (wait for it) that number is one assigned to my by my selected insurance provider! I will call them Monday to make sure I am, in fact, in their system, but all indications are that I am.
3) That check that was cashed in December and hasn't been applied to any premium payment? It is supposed to be applied to this first payment, due 2-21 for insurance effective 3-1. The EFT I set up will not start withdrawing premium payments until late in March for the April premium payment.

IF all those things are true, it would mean this saga is over. I hope so...I'm tired of being uber-careful so I don't break or cut off anything, and also trying to keep calm enough to not cause a stroke. So far, so good - thanks to you guys letting me vent and laughing along with me.

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Just don't start having two bottle nights.... I wish I was having some problem with mine so you wouldn't feel so alone in the fight. What a monumental fuzz up...I do have a few choice words you can borrow...

Alone? You guys are all in on this just by reading it! And two bottles? Nah, my nightly wine comes from a box. However, I'd be happy to share:

In a few years, this could make a really funny story. "CG, tell the one about the time you signed up for health insurance."...:

Yeah it's funny. Funny as a heart attack. I tell ya though, after going through this much to figure out the MA system I'm rethinking the plan to move back to OH this year or next. Might just wait till I turn 65 and am on Medicare...

 

[PrincessFiona60]

What's that? Is that a light at the end of the tunnel? And how much longer does this tunnel go on?

Called the "Hell Connector" today about the two mailings. Susan worked her tail off, got all my info and checked with supervision on stuff she couldn't answer. It sounds like this is where I'm at:
1) I still have to send in the verification of residency and citizenship, but it seems like most folks are having to do that. Blame the computer? The state as much as admitted yesterday that when it had to make adjustments to the MA website to line up more with the federal one it completely "fuzzed" up the works. (Thanks for that great substitute work PF!)
2) The most recent piece of mail I got (the bill) shows a different I.D. number because (wait for it) that number is one assigned to my by my selected insurance provider! I will call them Monday to make sure I am, in fact, in their system, but all indications are that I am.
3) That check that was cashed in December and hasn't been applied to any premium payment? It is supposed to be applied to this first payment, due 2-21 for insurance effective 3-1. The EFT I set up will not start withdrawing premium payments until late in March for the April premium payment.

IF all those things are true, it would mean this saga is over. I hope so...I'm tired of being uber-careful so I don't break or cut off anything, and also trying to keep calm enough to not cause a stroke. So far, so good - thanks to you guys letting me vent and laughing along with me.

Yay! Sounds like you might be on to something! I hope this finally takes

Alone? You guys are all in on this just by reading it! And two bottles? Nah, my nightly wine comes from a box. However, I'd be happy to share:

At least, I am a cheap date, one gets me fuzzy, the second fuzzed up

 

[PrincessFiona60]

This has really got to stop

Came out of work today to find my hood scratched up and dented. Looks like someone backed into it with the tailgate of their truck down. $542 worth of damage! Hit and run.

UGH!

Yes, quite enough! Sorry this has happened, but like you say in another post, you can get it taken care of while you are on vacation.

 

[bakechef]

Well that bites! Is it general parking where you put your car, or is there a specific employee vehicle area? If employee cars are clustered together in a distant part of the lot, I would cruise around the parking area looking for a truck with a tailgate that would skim the top of your hood if the gate was down.

No, we park where the customers do, just a bit further out. I actually park in a way to minimize the chance of my car being hit, or so I thought! This person had to back up way too far. If I had been pulled all the way ahead in the spot, they would have likely caused a lot more damage. Even the police officer said that she didn't know why anyone needed to back up that far!

 

[CharlieD]

I love the continuing use of the word “tragic” in regards of the death of another junky who succumbed to his weakness. Tragic is a death of a young mother, the death of the soldier who went down in the helicopter at no fault of his own, tragic is when a child dies of incurable disease. Not the death of a drug user. I do not care how talented he was or was not for that matter. There hundreds or maybe thousands of them die around the country/world and nobody even knows that they died, sometimes not even relatives, as they have been missing from the life of said relatives for years. All of a sudden the Hollywood loses one of its own and the whole wide world has to start crying, has to look for the drug suppliers, condemn the drug use etc. At the same time only few month ago when couple of states legalized drug use (ok, only certain drug use) the Hollywood was up in arms praising the liberties of the people in those states.
There is nothing “tragic” about it, though it is sad of course. Of course who am I to judge the use of English language.