Er, but if it's his emotions that are the black hole, then would it affect his timing at all? By the same rationale, "he's an emotional rotten Twinkie with bad timing" could still be feasible, even though, to my knowledge (and who are we to judge, really?), Twinkies have no sense of time either. Particularly rotten Twinkies, which apparently don't exist, considering the amount of preservatives in them. Perhaps it's the rotten Twinkie which is the black hole of timing...
Erm. Where am I, and why am I surrounded by lawn gnomes?
If Linus has anything to say about it, demented pumpkins have awful timing...how often has that poor boy been stood up in the Pumpkin Patch on Hallowe'en night?
Perhaps if he asked the Great Pumpkin to go line dancing. That might bring the Great Pumpkin out of its shell.
Yeah, but I always kinda wondered about that. I mean, isn't it just as likely that the entire problem is that Linus was out in the pumpkin patch on the wrong night, and that actually, the Great Pumpkin really rises up on August 2nd, Lammas Night, to bless the pumpkin fields, and is just the victim of really bad press?
CIGNA's billing department and I do not get along at all.
And while I understand that it is the job of the nice medical billing lady at the doctor's office to do the bills and check bills and so on, I fail to see why she should be forced to waste this much time on somebody else's mistake, especially when she's wasting my time too.
"Yes, I'm just calling to let you know that you mailed me the reimbursement check for someone named Sandra Johnson who lives in Milwaukee."
That was a forty-five minute phone call.
Don't even get me started on the whole HMO 'referral' process. I'm fifteen days into being on the PPO just to get away from that. The PPO costs twice what the HMO costs, but it's worth it just to not have to jump through the extra hoops, you know?
I think the most distressing thing about the afternoon was the billing specialist at the doctor's office, who is, as said, a very nice, pleasant lady who really worked hard to help me, explaining that the office is planning on hiring a second billing specialist just to handle the mistakes made by insurance companies.
This sort of thing is what helps drive up health care costs for everyone, because of course the doctor's office is going to pass on those increased costs in some way or another.
Comments 10
*falls over laughing*
I've been on both sides of that particular line.
Reply
...but then I'd be getting into the whole metaphor situation.
Reply
Erm. Where am I, and why am I surrounded by lawn gnomes?
Reply
Which, come to think of it, might make things work, but no one has ever accused demented pumpkins of having timing issues.
Reply
Perhaps if he asked the Great Pumpkin to go line dancing. That might bring the Great Pumpkin out of its shell.
Which could be gross, come to think of it.
Reply
Reply
I just had an entire CIGNA-based rant an hour or so ago. Their online provider directory and I do not get along. At all.
Reply
And while I understand that it is the job of the nice medical billing lady at the doctor's office to do the bills and check bills and so on, I fail to see why she should be forced to waste this much time on somebody else's mistake, especially when she's wasting my time too.
Reply
"Yes, I'm just calling to let you know that you mailed me the reimbursement check for someone named Sandra Johnson who lives in Milwaukee."
That was a forty-five minute phone call.
Don't even get me started on the whole HMO 'referral' process. I'm fifteen days into being on the PPO just to get away from that. The PPO costs twice what the HMO costs, but it's worth it just to not have to jump through the extra hoops, you know?
Reply
This sort of thing is what helps drive up health care costs for everyone, because of course the doctor's office is going to pass on those increased costs in some way or another.
Reply
Leave a comment