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Doctor’s Appointment

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

What Time is Your Doctor’s Appointment?

Does it matter? You’ll sit in a 6X5 room for an hour or longer just waiting to be graced by their presence. I really didn’t want to post a “Grinds My Gears” post today, but I’m afraid I’m forced to.

A friend of mine had a doctor’s appointment today. “2:45 sharp” they said. She shows up early, waits in her cell until about 4:30 when she finally had no choice but to leave to go pick up her nephew. She left to go pick up her nephew when her brother called and said he could pick him up. She went back into the office at 4:40 and they would not let her in to see the doctor. They said that because she left, he would not see her and she would have to reschedule… and they snickered as my friend was crying in pain.

Oh how our health care system is such a joke here in the US. I really just get upset when I think about the scumbag doctors, pharmaceutical companies, pharmacies, and others that only care about the mighty dollar. Who ARE these people??? I am a transportation broker and even I’M available to my customers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It’s called “customer service”, but doctors absolutely do not care about their patients, so you will not receive any customer service from doctor’s or their staff. Have you tried to call your doctor after hours when you need something? Haha, I know, that’s funny.

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Bathroom Door Handles

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Why do bathroom doors have handles on the inside??

Here’s something that doesn’t make any sense. Why would you install a bathroom door so that the handle is on the INSIDE?? Everyone knows that not everyone washes their hands after “taking the Browns to the Super Bowl”… so I don’t want to be pulling on the same door handle as them after they just patted the quarterback on the butt.

Here are some options for those of us that don’t like to wash our hands only to cover them with feces while leaving the bathroom:

1. The “Harlem Globetrotter”: This only works if there is a paper towel dispenser in the bathroom. After you finish washing your hands, dry them with the paper towels but use an extra paper towel when drying so when you’re leaving the bathroom, you have enough dry towel to pull on the door handle with your balled up paper towels. When exiting the bathroom, pull a fade-away jumper with your balled up paper towels… you may have to bank off a wall or throw around a corner (trick shot) in order to get the paper towels in the basket.

2. The “Handicapper”: When all you have to use is a blow dryer, you will have to pull “The Handicapper”. What you do here is balance yourself on one leg and slide the toes of your raised foot into the door handle. Open the door with your foot and then use your free arm to prop the door open. This can be dangerous and I do not recommend women doing this maneuver if they are wearing high heals… you will want to use the last resort coming up next.

3. The “Lazy Bum”: Well, there’s not much too this one and it really is the last resort. Use only if you are wearing high heals, the door has a nob or isn’t big enough to get your toes behind, or there aren’t any paper towels. After you wash and dry your hands with the blow dryer, just stand there like a lazy bum until someone else opens the door for you. You may have to wait a minute or two, but you won’t be eating poop for dinner!

I really wish I knew what was going on in the minds of the people installing the doors that you have to pull open from the inside. I’m assuming they are the same people that don’t wash their hands after using the restroom so it never crosses their minds. If you ever speak with someone that installs bathroom doors, I would suggest you bow when greeting them.

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Stop Lights are Awful

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

Stop Lights

When considering the most energy wasting tools that our government’s have given us, I can’t help but think of the stop light. Why has someone not improved this technology since the advent of Ford’s Model T? Have you ever been driving along peacefully and get close to a stop light, only to have the light turn red when there’s nobody coming the other direction? Why is this not an outrage to people in the age of “Global Awareness”?

Think about how many times this situation happens to you on a weekly or even daily basis. Can you think of any one particular light that this happens to you more often than any other light? Is it frustrating to you? Can you imagine then, that this is frustrating to EVERYONE!! Can you imagine how much energy and fuel we are wasting stopping at lights for NO REASON!!?? I can’t help but think that there is a conspiracy with the oil companies behind this blatant waste of resources. But then again, there may not be a conspiracy. The problem could be that since it only effects us for a brief period of time, and we really don’t know who’s in charge of designing the lights, or don’t have time to find out who’s in charge (because we’re stopped at a light), we just move on with our lives.

However, I want you to picture this. Imagine the amount of gas you waste each week by slowing down, idling, then speeding back up to your cruising speed when you stop at stop lights for NO reason. Now imagine that happening to everyone in your community or town. How much gas, energy, and time are you ALL wasting each week (remember, it’s happening to everyone that drives). Now, include the people in neighboring towns and cities. How much gas, energy, and time are we wasting at that point? Now, how about all of the people in your state. Imagine everyone in your state that drives a car, each day, just slowing down, stopping, idling, and then speeding back up for NO reason. How much gas, energy, and time is your state wasting? Now, the tri-state area? Now, your region. Now, your country. Now, the world.

If I come to a stop light and can clearly see that there aren’t any kids, cars or animals within a mile of the light or stop sign, I don’t stop. As George Carlin so eloquently stated, “Stop lights? I just noticed those things last week! I stopped at them for a few days, but now I just say “screw” it… I’M GONE!!!!”