Stranger things

[Sanity Check]

20 hours ago, Taomeow said:

 

The masochist in me subscribed to the medicine subreddit -- populated by MDs and other professionals -- and aside from sheer horror from reading their conversations with each other (well, some people like watching horror movies, I don't, but this is sort of my equivalent, I read it when I feel like getting my hair to stand on end), I learn some valuable behind-the-scenes stuff...  So today they discussed allergies mentioned on patients' charts.  They are, generally, livid about it.  How dare a patient claim an allergy when it's merely a side effect!  So half of them said that they just remove the "allergic to" entries from the charts because they find most of them ridiculous.  And they were mocking the patients incessantly for mislabeling their symptoms from drugs "allergies."   Some of them don't believe anyone can have allergies to any painkillers or to penicillin (well I do, incidentally) and unless there's proven anaphylaxis in the history, they mostly don't believe anyone is allergic to anything.  Fun read.  

 

 

Not to name names but in the last 5 years.

 

There have been MIT and Princeton grads who made their diplomas look like toys they found in a mcdonalds happy meal.

 

[Nungali]

On 5/20/2025 at 2:50 PM, Taomeow said:

 

The masochist in me subscribed to the medicine subreddit -- populated by MDs and other professionals -- and aside from sheer horror from reading their conversations with each other (well, some people like watching horror movies, I don't, but this is sort of my equivalent, I read it when I feel like getting my hair to stand on end), I learn some valuable behind-the-scenes stuff...  So today they discussed allergies mentioned on patients' charts.  They are, generally, livid about it.  How dare a patient claim an allergy when it's merely a side effect!  So half of them said that they just remove the "allergic to" entries from the charts because they find most of them ridiculous.  And they were mocking the patients incessantly for mislabeling their symptoms from drugs "allergies."   Some of them don't believe anyone can have allergies to any painkillers or to penicillin (well I do, incidentally) and unless there's proven anaphylaxis in the history, they mostly don't believe anyone is allergic to anything.  Fun read.  

 

Why I first went to a TCM practitioner : 

 

I went to the regular doctor and told him my symptoms , he listened with this smarmy   look on his face ,  then... get this ... THEN  he says,     " I don't think so ."      He didn't think I was having the symptoms  I described to him . 

 

 I really wanted to reach over grab his hair and jerk it down and smash his forehead into the desk .....    I really wanted to , so much so , the muscles involved in that where twitching  .... bastard !    I restrained myself , walked out and down the street , saw TCM and went in . 

Doctor did the usual  checks and examinations  and asked me nothing, and I said nothing , until he started asking me if I felt this or experienced that , and his questions where virtually a list of my symptoms that  Dr Dickhead did not believe I was having  ! 

 

[Nungali]

Which reminds me of other strange things like that ; 

 

People who think they hold a privileged arsehole position : 

 

Legal jobs , especially  solicitors and lawyers .  When I had to use one in a years long case in the Supreme Court , I first assumed he was a greedy money grabbing bastard  .  Then some 'suspect money' was paid to bribe him to take the case on but we made it look like legal assistant  fees  ( and that work I actually did ' 60K's worth at his estimate )   which the prosecutor  suspected and started cross examining us on . The solicitor was freaking out that I would  snap under cross-examination and put him in , I assured him I would not ..... as long as we still had a 'defense running '  (  'nice' way of putting it    )  

 

And because they froze our accounts  ( or tried to )    so we could not fund a defense   ( that's how they work ;  yes, we will fight you in the ring ... tie his hands behind his back first )  he had to keep working for free  which he didn't like at all , one time outside court he abused me ( Oh ? Its all right for YOU to do that ?  ) including  saying   "  You got me over a barrel ."   I responded  " Oh ? How does it feel when its the other way around ? "  he went off !  " You are not supposed to talk to your solicitor like that , I am a professional and we are  to be  treated with respect ! "   I patted him on the back and said "  You'll be right ..... barrel boy  ! "  and he  "  And your not supposed to touch your solicitor as well !  "      

 

Chefs ... where on earth did they get off thinking they can throwing  emotional tantrums,  being rude to staff , etc .   I had to work with one guy that tried it , I immediately questioned why he thought  he had the right to be like that at work when no one else or no other jobs allow that ?   "  Its a creative genius thing, where are temperamental; and and are under a lot of stress at work , and we do important  work feeding people, its essential ! "

 

Me ;  " Yet if someone under 10 times the amount of stress and responsibility , like a a paramedic, a nurse , a police officer  did it  ?  " 

The guy actually slammed his knife down and walked out . I went out to find him outside sitting on a bench  crying  ! 

 

 Curious that law, medicine and food are covered there . What other professions , that are supposed to be for our service ,   do you lot find   self important arseholes in ? 

 

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Edited Wednesday at 11:49 PM by Nungali

[Taomeow]

47 minutes ago, Nungali said:

Which reminds me of other strange things like that ; 

 

People who think they hold a privileged arsehole position : 

 

Legal jobs , especially  solicitors and lawyers .  When I had to use one in a years long case in the Supreme Court , I first assumed he was a greedy money grabbing bastard  .  Then some 'suspect money' was paid to bribe him to take the case on but we made it look like legal assistant  fees  ( and that work I actually did ' 60K's worth at his estimate )   which the prosecutor  suspected and started cross examining us on . The solicitor was freaking out that I would  snap under cross-examination and put him in , I assured him I would not ..... as long as we still had a 'defense running '  (  'nice' way of putting it    )  

 

And because they froze our accounts  ( or tried to )    so we could not fund a defense   ( that's how they work ;  yes, we will fight you in the ring ... tie his hands behind his back first )  he had to keep working for free  which he didn't like at all , one time outside court he abused me ( Oh ? Its all right for YOU to do that ?  ) including  saying   "  You got me over a barrel ."   I responded  " Oh ? How does it feel when its the other way around ? "  he went off !  " You are not supposed to talk to your solicitor like that , I am a professional and we are  to be  treated with respect ! "   I patted him on the back and said "  You'll be right ..... barrel boy  ! "  and he  "  And your not supposed to touch your solicitor as well !  "      

 

Chefs ... where on earth did they get off thinking they can throwing  emotional tantrums,  being rude to staff , etc .   I had to work with one guy that tried it , I immediately questioned why he thought  he had the right to be like that at work when no one else or no other jobs allow that ?   "  Its a creative genius thing, where are temperamental; and and are under a lot of stress at work , and we do important  work feeding people, its essential ! "

 

Me ;  " Yet if someone under 10 times the amount of stress and responsibility , like a a paramedic, a nurse , a police officer  did it  ?  " 

The guy actually slammed his knife down and walked out . I went out to find him outside sitting on a bench  crying  ! 

 

 Curious that law, medicine and food are covered there . What other professions , that are supposed to be for our service ,   do you lot find   self important arseholes in ? 

 

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With some personality types you find them in every profession methinks, I've seen self-important assholes among plumbers, computer tech support on occasion, receptionists!! -- well, some DMV clerks, obviously cops, TSA!!! -- HOA ghouls, anyone with a smithereen of power over you or over anything you have the tough luck needing that they have the power to control.  In higher positions there's more of them, and they're more vicious.  According to Jordan Peterson, sociopaths comprise 4-5% of the general population but 10--15% of CEOs (the numbers are derived from both his primary research and general psychological data.)  I'm sure in politics it's closer to 100%, well maybe 99% if I want to be generous.  

 

[old3bob]

 

Well its not exactly strange but many costs are out of control!  For instance I stopped by a local car dealership to pick up automotive paint and while there I asked what their shop rates were per hour,  they said $169.00 for gasoline rigs and $196.00 for diesel!!  I asked the parts guy who in the hell can afford that and he just grinned. 

The viscous circle and status quo of greed is so prevalent and accepted that many use it without blinking an eye!  Anyway some of the systems that mankind uses can only last for so long and then something has to give or break along with the people involved...

 

Edited yesterday at 10:03 AM by old3bob

[Nungali]

The same with rents .... they put up shop rents ridiculously , in the  'popular' near by town it has a result of continually recycling some businesses , open and go broke and close in 6 months .... what happened to all those people that went broke and lost their money and business ? Now living at the homeless camp ?

 

That's greed on  property owners part .... but the stranger thing is the less popular towns , those shop rents are not  affordably so the business closes down and so does the shop - empty or abandoned  . Does this free market of ours immediately drop the rent as supply and demand would seem to dictate ? Nope , rent stays up , no one rents it owner gets no money at all ... but they won't offer cheaper rent  .  So now some  small town centers look 20 % abandoned  with empty and boarded up shops  while the owner looses money . 

 

WTF ? 

 

Its almost as if you pay for the privileged and experience of running a shop for a little while  .  That reminds me of 'intern directors '  ; I worked on a film in Melbourne and they do it a bit different 'down there ' , I never seen so many 3ADs  ( third assistant directors , basically menials that run errands,  hold and release crowds of extras  from their 'holding pens' onto sets     etc .  I talked to some and they were enthusiastic  and one said something about  being an 'intern' . I had to ask . Apparently the company advertised film intern positions for trainee ship  ......   " Are they paying you ?"    Oh no, but I get training  and experience on a film set  and free lunch !  

 

  ... 

 

Wow !   getting another job as film director with that experience  is like an actor claiming past experience as being there  a dead body in a crime series  or suffering  incontinence  in a tv commercial  .... "Oh right !  You were that adult diaper woman with the urinary problem ! " 

[Sanity Check]

 

 

 

 

Something strange:

 

I dug a breadfruit tree out of the ground and replanted it.

 

"Stimulate the body, to stimulate the mind."

 

[old3bob]

 

Medical, dental and drug costs are often much harder to deal with in the US,   for instance a couple years ago a root canal expert made $1,000.00 per hr. !   (which I had to pay out of pocket since at that time I had no dental insurance)   As for hospital care and surgery those can bankrupt people in one major event if they don't have decent insurance!

 

And I can't hardly imagine paying sky high rent like millions of people do, especially at an older age! 

Anyway I'll post these cost issues in the current events forum from now on where they probably should be.

 

Edited 8 hours ago by old3bob

[Cobie]

3 hours ago, Sanity Check said:

… breadfruit tree …

 Where do you live?