Random Rants XLIV: I Can't Find The Answer

[azzaman333]

You're just angling for a quotes thread nomination, eh?

I'm just leaving things open to interpretation.

 

[Tee Kay]

Sad friend + exam stress + career angst + sexual frustration + annoying family members = not a happy TK

 

[JohannaK]

I doubt that somebody could be happy with that. Good luck with exams and, well, cope with everything else... I really suck at trying to cheer people up, don't I.

 

[Tee Kay]

Can't be worse than my attempt at cheering said sad friend up last night.

 

[JohannaK]

There are no inferior limits to the quality of anything I do or try to.

 

[Borachio]

I hate it when someone in my family disses what I enjoy: Modding games. "Games." "It's nothing I know about. It's a different world. A virtual world." The tone of voice used saying those words was especially irritating. As if I'm expected to spend my free time doing something else. As if I should be doing something else that he finds more enjoyable. As if I don't jump up to help the minute there's even the slightest chance of helping him because I want to be useful.

Yes, I know I'm not a member of the Extremely Productive Persons Society. I know I'm not doing something you enjoy, while you do something I don't enjoy. But please. If you don't have something in mind that you want me to do.... If you don't have something in mind that you want me to help with.... If you don't have anything constructive to say about what I do with my free time.... Please, spare me your condescension.

Yup. Your line of thinking is absolutely right here, imo.

And you put it very well, and forcefully, too.

I'd just tell them to "stuff it". And smile sweetly.

 

[GenMarshall]

Sad friend + exam stress + career angst + sexual frustration + annoying family members = not a happy TK

(In bold), I'm pretty much in the same boat. Though it's more angst over getting any kind of job. As for sexual frustration, I've been there and pretty much gotten used to it.

 

[LegionSteve]

Accidentally deleted the wrong 1500 customers from a client's database.

I think I have rescued them though. Hopefully no-one noticed.

 

[Peck of Arabia]

Operation was cancelled almost literally last minute by the hospital, I would be annoyed but I'd rather this than be the emergency case that caused my cancellation

 

[hobbsyoyo]

What happened Peck of Arabia? Why did they cancel?

 

[Borachio]

It's the NHS - they do that from time to time. Not often though. Usually due to some emergency. Maybe, who knows, a helicopter crash? Elective operations can be rescheduled.

 

[Peck of Arabia]

The surgical team who were going to operate on me had to perform an emergency operation on somebody else (from what I gather it wasn't anything as exciting as a helicopter crash) so my operation kept getting pushed further and further back until they simply said they couldn't do it today and I'd have to reschedule. (Everyone was very apologetic, though, which was nice)

As I say, kind of irritating that I had to spend 7 hours waiting in hospital, but though my planned surgery is pretty major, it's nothing life-threatening so I'm happy just to wait another day

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Oh I see. Though you two realize that with this admission, people are going to use your posts to point out how evil social medicine is, right?

Of course, I'd take delayed free surgery over no surgery, such as it were in my case should I need surgery.

 

[Peck of Arabia]

I hadn't thought of that... damn

Still I'd contest that private healthcare is still available in the UK, so if the consumer/patient wants to pay much more for marginally better healthcare (possibly), they can

 

[Borachio]

Well, I take occasional rescheduling as the good sign it is: namely that resources are been used to their maximum efficiency with not too much going to waste.

If they could accommodate me for every eventuality at the drop of a hat, I'd suspect there was some massive overspend happening.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

If they could accommodate me for every eventuality at the drop of a hat, I'd suspect there was some massive overspend happening.

Oh, you mean like in the US healthcare system???

 

[Borachio]

I couldn't possibly comment. But that would make sense, yes. But bear in mind that the US system must save a lot by only offering the uninsured the bare minimum of emergency health care. I suggest.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

No, that drives up costs on everyone. If I get hit by a bus as an uninsured person and someone takes my crushed body to a hospital, the hospital has to treat me by law. Then, if I can't pay for it (whether or not I survive) that cost gets passed along to everyone else through their premiums and such. It doesn't save money at all.

This also means that when an uninsured person gets sick, they do not seek treatment until it has developed into an emergency instead of dealing with it while it's a minor problem. A 15 minute doctor visit can easily run you over $100 here if you don't have insurance and if you don't have that kind of money, you put it off. Then you wind up in the emergency room with an exploded appendix where you will get the most expensive kinds of treatments there are. Again, if you can't pay that, the cost gets passed on to others and/or you are forced into bankruptcy and possibly homelessness and so on.

 

[Borachio]

There you got then. But I'd like to see the actual figures before making up my mind.

After all there has to be an explanation why USA#1. And if your health service isn't the reason, what is it?

 

[hobbsyoyo]

I'm sorry Borachio, I'm not going to look them up. It's a well-known phenomenon here fwiw. I do not blame you for not taking my word on it though, I'm just feeling too lazy to search for that kind of stuff right now. I don't even know how I'd phrase such a google query.

(The $100, 15 min doctor visit is from personal experience)