Technology? my ar*e
May 2nd 2006, 4:19 am
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Re: Technology? my ar*e
Originally Posted by gruffbrown
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Clever man!
May 2nd 2006, 5:09 am
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Re: Technology? my ar*e
Originally Posted by Elvira
Healthcare anyone? 
:scared:
:scared:
As a nurse i've just had the worst day ever so i'm all for starting this debate.
May 2nd 2006, 5:12 am
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Re: Technology? my ar*e
Originally Posted by geordiegirl2
I can't believe it took so many posts to get here
As a nurse i've just had the worst day ever so i'm all for starting this debate.
As a nurse i've just had the worst day ever so i'm all for starting this debate.
I fear we've been round this particular blockquite a few times...
I expect being a nurse in this "market" sucks. Feel free to let off steam!
May 2nd 2006, 5:14 am
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Re: Technology? my ar*e
We pay most things online but it took ages to get used to after having everything on DD at home, I also can't believe they accept having to pay ATM charges and that on pay as you go cell phones your charged for incoming calls.
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But then my real gripe is in the land of freedom and choice they let an insurance company tell them which doctor you can see, which pills you can take or how long you can stay in a hospital
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But then my real gripe is in the land of freedom and choice they let an insurance company tell them which doctor you can see, which pills you can take or how long you can stay in a hospital
May 2nd 2006, 5:18 am
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Re: Technology? my ar*e
Originally Posted by geordiegirl2
We pay most things online but it took ages to get used to after having everything on DD at home, I also can't believe they accept having to pay ATM charges and that on pay as you go cell phones your charged for incoming calls.
.
But then my real gripe is in the land of freedom and choice they let an insurance company tell them which doctor you can see, which pills you can take or how long you can stay in a hospital
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But then my real gripe is in the land of freedom and choice they let an insurance company tell them which doctor you can see, which pills you can take or how long you can stay in a hospital
The best is when a telephone operative without any medical training tells you that you do not *need* a particular treatment that has been prescribed by your 'Primary Care Physician'...
May 2nd 2006, 5:20 am
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Re: Technology? my ar*e
Originally Posted by Elvira
I fear we've been round this particular blockquite a few times...
I expect being a nurse in this "market" sucks. Feel free to let off steam!
I expect being a nurse in this "market" sucks. Feel free to let off steam!
Food is the root of all evil, Ive been asked today while transferring a pt to ICU after we had to virtually resusitate him by his room mate who could see exactly what we were doing why we'd taken so long with his soda!!!
May 2nd 2006, 5:20 am
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Re: Technology? my ar*e
Originally Posted by g1ant
<rant>
Been here five weeks now. I thought I was ready for the transition having had a house here for a while and been flitting back and forth for a few years now.
But living here full time turns out to be so much different. No DSL, three weeks to get cable internet connected. DirectTV with a DVR box - no problem? Well yes. Installer can't be arsed running a couple of cables round to the other side of the house - so we can't have it.
Finding food without high fructose corn syrup or meat without 11% added solution - almost impossible. Just why does bread need that in there?
Today is amost the final straw though. I have bills to pay. Easy, just go on line and pay. WRONG. The leccy bill has to be paid round the corner at the supermarket!! The bill for emptying the bins has to be paid by post or at the town hall. Phone bill - they have got to have debit card online payments? WRONG. Verizon will only take cheque/direct debit payments online. No good to me. I don't have any cheques. Wells Fargo wanted a dollar each for them. The last cheque I wrote in the UK was probably 10 years ago so I didn't think that I would need them. WRONG again. They love writing cheques over here especially for amounts of less than five dollars when they are in the queue in front of me in the supermarket.
I could go on but I do appreciate that this feeling of frustration is one that most of you reading this have already been through.
</rant>
alex.
Been here five weeks now. I thought I was ready for the transition having had a house here for a while and been flitting back and forth for a few years now.
But living here full time turns out to be so much different. No DSL, three weeks to get cable internet connected. DirectTV with a DVR box - no problem? Well yes. Installer can't be arsed running a couple of cables round to the other side of the house - so we can't have it.
Finding food without high fructose corn syrup or meat without 11% added solution - almost impossible. Just why does bread need that in there?
Today is amost the final straw though. I have bills to pay. Easy, just go on line and pay. WRONG. The leccy bill has to be paid round the corner at the supermarket!! The bill for emptying the bins has to be paid by post or at the town hall. Phone bill - they have got to have debit card online payments? WRONG. Verizon will only take cheque/direct debit payments online. No good to me. I don't have any cheques. Wells Fargo wanted a dollar each for them. The last cheque I wrote in the UK was probably 10 years ago so I didn't think that I would need them. WRONG again. They love writing cheques over here especially for amounts of less than five dollars when they are in the queue in front of me in the supermarket.
I could go on but I do appreciate that this feeling of frustration is one that most of you reading this have already been through.
</rant>
alex.
... twat, the bloody tree was nowhere near where he was going to be..I called the customer service people whilst he was still fannying around in the garden and they radioed through and told him in no uncertain terms to put the thing up, he also pissed and moaned about running a cable across the the back of the house to connect a receiver up in my daughters bedroom.
May 2nd 2006, 5:22 am
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Re: Technology? my ar*e
Originally Posted by geordiegirl2
Its this i'm writing the cheque mentality, i've been here since midnight last night why has the specialist consulted not been here, done all the tests and most importantly FED me it been 12 hours. Its like they think the doc sits waiting for them it drives me mad i appreciate how anxious people are but there are limits to what you can expect.
Food is the root of all evil, Ive been asked today while transferring a pt to ICU after we had to virtually resusitate him by his room mate who could see exactly what we were doing why we'd taken so long with his soda!!!
Food is the root of all evil, Ive been asked today while transferring a pt to ICU after we had to virtually resusitate him by his room mate who could see exactly what we were doing why we'd taken so long with his soda!!!
(sigh)
I hope you have a better day tomorrow!
May 2nd 2006, 5:25 am
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Re: Technology? my ar*e
Originally Posted by Elvira
(sigh)
I hope you have a better day tomorrow!
I hope you have a better day tomorrow!
Never in the 20 something years i've nursed have i come so close to telling a patient and family to f@ck off
but the bottle of white in the fridge helped!!
May 2nd 2006, 5:40 am
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Re: Technology? my ar*e
Originally Posted by geordiegirl2
I will i'm off
Never in the 20 something years i've nursed have i come so close to telling a patient and family to f@ck off
but the bottle of white in the fridge helped!!
Never in the 20 something years i've nursed have i come so close to telling a patient and family to f@ck off
but the bottle of white in the fridge helped!!
Come back tomorrow - we usually have a few
and a 
and a here in the evenings!
May 2nd 2006, 11:12 pm
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Re: Technology? my ar*e
Originally Posted by g1ant
<rant>
....
I could go on but I do appreciate that this feeling of frustration is one that most of you reading this have already been through.
</rant>
alex.
....
I could go on but I do appreciate that this feeling of frustration is one that most of you reading this have already been through.
</rant>
alex.
May 2nd 2006, 11:40 pm
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Re: Technology? my ar*e
Originally Posted by gruffbrown
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May 2nd 2006, 11:57 pm
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Re: Technology? my ar*e
Originally Posted by elfman
a classic - possibly O.J. Simpson's finest acting perfromance
May 3rd 2006, 1:41 am
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Re: Technology? my ar*e
There is justice in our judicial system - but only if you're wealthy - Jay Leno.
True.
True.
