What is your pet peeve of the day?

[braumeister]

I presume that, for chains, a mass notification from Head Office will effect simultaneous changes.

Probably, but there does seem to be some local leeway allowed. One of my neighbors owns a nearby (major brand) gas station and his prices are always at least 20 cents a gallon higher than the average in the area, regardless of brand. His station is well located but doesn't get too much business. I've always considered it strange.

 

[Chuckanut]

Sometimes on certain holidays a station near me will set its pumps on automatic and the price at 99.9¢ a gallon. Happy Holidays to its customers!

I remember when 99.9 was a symbol of out of control inflation. Today it is a deal.

 

[MichaelB]

I've never taken as many pills (probably total) in my entire life as I'm taking post sepsis........

Warning 1) May make you drowsy and/or dizzy

Warning 2) May affect your taste

So now I have a compulsion to operate heavy machinery while wearing a leisure suit.

Larry? Is that you?



Seriously, though, hope you make it though this intact and without the suit.

 

[MichaelB]

Gas prices. Yesterday, I went by several gas stations with prices +/- a few cents. Then, a station had a $.20 difference per gallon (less). Who determines these prices? These changes happen within literally minutes from each other. I don't drive around looking for the cheapest gas. Just happen to pass several stations.

So, is this a complaint about the one station with $0.20 lower price?

You don't need to drive around looking for low gasoline prices anymore. Google maps and Gas Buddy will do that for you. Could be all the other stations are doing that. Lots of collusion among gasoline stations, very difficult to prove, especially when they are all required to post their prices.

 

[CardsFan]

So, is this a complaint about the one station with $0.20 lower price?

You don't need to drive around looking for low gasoline prices anymore. Google maps and Gas Buddy will do that for you. Could be all the other stations are doing that. Lots of collusion among gasoline stations, very difficult to prove, especially when they are all required to post their prices.

I use the AAA app for prices, and see the same thing. Sam's and Costco are always lower, most stations are higher than that, but within a few cents of each other, and there are a couple with good locations (near a highway on/off ramp and no-one else nearby) that are always 10-20 cents higher.

 

[folivier]

They're getting smarter! Just had a call from a local number. When I don't recognize the number I will sometimes answer but won't say anything until the other person says something. Once you say something the scam/spam recording begins. Well on this call when I answered a voice said "hello", so without thinking I said hello. Yep, "this is an important call concerning your credit card, blah, blah, blah"

 

[Rianne]

So, is this a complaint about the one station with $0.20 lower price?

No, because I didn't buy gas in that moment. Yes, if I had bought gas 2 blocks away from the $.20 lower price.

 

[Just_Steve]

So, is this a complaint about the one station with $0.20 lower price?

You don't need to drive around looking for low gasoline prices anymore. Google maps and Gas Buddy will do that for you. Could be all the other stations are doing that. Lots of collusion among gasoline stations, very difficult to prove, especially when they are all required to post their prices.

Maybe. When I was a teen my eldest brother owned a Mobil franchise and part of my job was to drive a 1 mile loop to survey other gas station prices on a weekly basis so he would set his prices based on that survey. I'm pretty sure all stations did it that way back then. Now a days I would guess they just pull up gas buddy for instant comparisons. So I'm not so sure about collusion at the station level.

 

[HFWR]

I've never taken as many pills (probably total) in my entire life as I'm taking post sepsis........

Warning 1) May make you drowsy and/or dizzy

Warning 2) May affect your taste

So now I have a compulsion to operate heavy machinery while wearing a leisure suit.

Hopefully you’ll taste better again soon...

 

[folivier]

Flavored water

While at the hospital for a Dr. appointment we decided to grab lunch at the cafeteria. Food was good, but instead of just grabbing a bottle of water I decided to try a 0 calorie flavored Dasani water. First sip and I knew it had artificial sweetener in it. Had that bitter after taste you only get from aspartame. Had to really scrutinize the ingredients label to see that it was one of the ingredients. NOT clearly labeled as having it. Certainly wouldn't have bought it.

 

[ckelly78z]

While at the hospital for a Dr. appointment we decided to grab lunch at the cafeteria. Food was good, but instead of just grabbing a bottle of water I decided to try a 0 calorie flavored Dasani water. First sip and I knew it had artificial sweetener in it. Had that bitter after taste you only get from aspartame. Had to really scrutinize the ingredients label to see that it was one of the ingredients. NOT clearly labeled as having it. Certainly wouldn't have bought it.

I never go for flavored water, or energy drinks even though I am more activer than most, but I do love regular tap water with a insulted cup full of ice. I drink this all day long at work while co-workers complain about the price of starbux, and Monster energy drinks (while sitting at their desk all day long).

 

[folivier]

Trying to sign up on a patient portal for my doctor's office. First I tried to log in since I think I've set it up before. Can't remember my login or password so I put in my email address and click on "forgot password" link. Another box pops up and asks for my password?? Isn't that why I clicked on "forgot password" because I don't remember my password?
So I go through the register page. Get down to my SSN and it tells me that is a duplicate number. So apparently I'm already registered. But while trying to fill out that page on the ethnicity drop down there are about a 100 selections from American Samoan to Zuni. Nothing for Acadian or Cajun, and nothing for Caucasian or White or American. So what's my ethnicity? No selection for "other".
Who designs these webpages?

 

[John Galt III]

Maybe. When I was a teen my eldest brother owned a Mobil franchise and part of my job was to drive a 1 mile loop to survey other gas station prices on a weekly basis so he would set his prices based on that survey. I'm pretty sure all stations did it that way back then. Now a days I would guess they just pull up gas buddy for instant comparisons. So I'm not so sure about collusion at the station level.

Did someone say collusion? Anyone notice when all the tuna cans went from 6.5 ounces down 5 ounces? And how bout when the half gallon size of ice cream *all* went down to 48 ounces (3 pints) ?

 

[Chuckanut]

My pet peeve is when people use the comment "It's less than the cost of a lattè a day" to justify a purchase, a new tax or fee, how much a person should give to a certain cause, etc.

How many of us buy and drink a lattè a day? I sure don't.

 

[catii]

I do, but I make my lattès at home.

 

[Nemo2]

How many of us buy and drink a lattè a day? .

In over 28,000 days I think I've maybe had two, and I doubt I'll have another.

 

[Gumby]

I thought lattes were some kind of muscle.

 

[Walt34]

How many of us buy and drink a lattè a day? I sure don't.

I did buy one, once, at the insistence of a coworker who insisted they were so wonderful that I'd always want another. Sounded like heroin to me, but I went for it anyway. I came away thinking "People who pay that much for an over-hyped coffee are (I'm trying to be polite here) intellectually challenged".

 

[travelover]

Doctors that don't share critical information. I was referred by my ophthalmologist to a specialty eye doc that has a two month backlog. So, after waiting 2 months to see the new guy, I find that my referring doc has not sent over the results of a number of expensive tests. I also find out that that information cannot be simply sent via the internet, it has to be loaded onto a CD and mailed! Notes can be FAXed, but not sent via email. Apparently the restriction on how medical data is sent is a government edict, but everyone knew that two months ago. So, it is up to me to try to pry the information loose after the fact.

Lesson learned - call the referring doc and make sure critical information was sent and call the new doc and make sure the information was received.

 

[Silver]

Doctors that don't share critical information. I was referred by my ophthalmologist to a specialty eye doc that has a two month backlog. So, after waiting 2 months to see the new guy, I find that my referring doc has not sent over the results of a number of expensive tests. I also find out that that information cannot be simply sent via the internet, it has to be loaded onto a CD and mailed! Notes can be FAXed, but not sent via email. Apparently the restriction on how medical data is sent is a government edict, but everyone knew that two months ago. So, it is up to me to try to pry the information loose after the fact.

Lesson learned - call the referring doc and make sure critical information was sent and call the new doc and make sure the information was received.

When referred to a specialist, many medical practices will copy what you need onto a CD and hand it to you to take to the specialist. If that isn't offered, I would ask for it. Then provide it to the receptionist at the specialist's office, and they will clip it on your chart so the physician knows it's there. It's the best way I know to ensure good communication between offices.

 

[travelover]

When referred to a specialist, many medical practices will copy what you need onto a CD and hand it to you to take to the specialist. If that isn't offered, I would ask for it. Then provide it to the receptionist at the specialist's office, and they will clip it on your chart so the physician knows it's there. It's the best way I know to ensure good communication between offices.

Thanks for that advice and I'll follow it, but it seems ridiculous in this day and age to be hand carrying CDs and using a FAX machine.

 

[Momcpa]

My former doctor gave me a CD of my medical chart to hand to my new doctor. New doctor said they wouldn't open the CD in case it had a virus or some "other" bug that they wouldn't want on their system. What !! So the CD did me no good.

 

[gwraigty]

I did buy one, once, at the insistence of a coworker who insisted they were so wonderful that I'd always want another. Sounded like heroin to me, but I went for it anyway. I came away thinking "People who pay that much for an over-hyped coffee are (I'm trying to be polite here) intellectually challenged".

I enjoy an overpriced coffee once in awhile, though I've never bought them every day, or even every week. I often go months without. I brew my own coffee at home regularly. Does that mean I'm "intellectually challenged" or only semi "intellectually challenged"?

 

[travelover]

My former doctor gave me a CD of my medical chart to hand to my new doctor. New doctor said they wouldn't open the CD in case it had a virus or some "other" bug that they wouldn't want on their system. What !! So the CD did me no good.

Wow. That would pizz me off.

 

[MRG]

My former doctor gave me a CD of my medical chart to hand to my new doctor. New doctor said they wouldn't open the CD in case it had a virus or some "other" bug that they wouldn't want on their system. What !! So the CD did me no good.

A more common occurrence than you would expect. I've transported CDs of MRIs to specialists only to find they're partially complete. Talk to a med records person who imports/experts data. Even with the same vendor on both sides of the transfer it's seldom easy.

I understand the desire of vendors to lock their customers in but it's my flipping data.