Our European visitors are always confused that we don’t use the zipper method. It seems to be way more efficient. But the problem is everyone has to be on the same page.
My annoyance is how my state marks road work. Other states I’ve lived in have pre-warning and warnings with how far it is until the work zone. Then there is a work zone sign where you expect it. Here they either seem to put up “work ahead” and you have to guess where it is or all of the sudden you just come up on it with no signs.
Just came back from breakfast out. Today’s annoyance, and almost every time I eat out, is that I have allergies and more times than not they mess up my order. I am very clear. I try to order things that won’t need a lot of changes. The still mess is up.
Todays order: “I have a gluten and dairy allergy. My I please have the avocado toast on gluten free bread with no feta. It’s an allergy, so please make sure their isn’t butter or anything”. I would have preferred over easy, but chose to have the eggs poached so as not to worry about cross-contamination on the grill or spatula. I would usually have to ask if there is dairy in the bread, but I know what this restaurant uses and it’s safe.
What came out? Avocado toast with feta (good thing I noticed). I had to send it back. I said to my husband, how much do you want to bet it comes back with no feta, but it’s on non-gf bread? Luckily, I know what the GF bread looks like at this restaurant and they managed to get it right.
I go out of my way to pick places I know can accommodate me. I do everything I can to be safe. And someone in the kitchen just doesn’t pay attention, posing a huge risk to my safety.
Yep, zipper merge is not only the most efficient, in some states it’s a rule or law. The people passing you to merge at the front are doing it correctly.
Doesn’t appear to be the case when comparing billing and insurance statements from before and after my dentist office started checking blood pressure for everyone.
I’ll take a pass on it. I don’t think dentist’s offices need to get involved in blood pressure monitoring. If it’s an oral surgeon, then yes, makes sense. For a cleaning, no thank you. 50 years of going to the dentist and not having to have my blood pressure taken. How do I know if the hygienist has been properly trained in taking my blood pressure?
@vwlizard I suspect they bill insurance for it too. Either that or they are doing CYA for liability insurance purposes in case someone expires while having a procedure.
Easy open packaging for food products. It is never easy. You need 50lbs of pinch grip strength to pull on a tiny and slippery bit of plastic. I end up fighting with it, saying a few choice words and I finally resort to hacking it apart with scissors.
They use the automatic ones like the ones that people use themselves at home.
One hygienist did mention that they had a patient whose blood pressure measured into the medical emergency levels and immediately sent the patient to the hospital.
My hygienist took my bp at the last visit. Mine is always low and was low again. She says they can’t work on patients with dangerously high BP absent a medical clearance from their MD. Up to 160 is OK but beyond that they need clearance.
So where does it end? Will my hairdresser be taking my BP next? My esthetician? Will a random stranger with a BP cuff stop me on the street? Like I said, 50 years of regular dental visits and no BP checks. Happy to have found a practice that does not do it.
I don’t blame you! I would refuse if possible. It’s hard enough to make myself go to the dentist, if they start adding mess like that (BP)… I might not go again.
We left one dentist because of all of the “extras.” First, he recommended we fill 4 of younger S’ baby teeth. Just tiny cavities. No big deal. Won’t even need Novocain. Sure, I said. And then sat there while the poor kid screamed bloody murder and then was handed a bill of 25% of my monthly take-home pay. (and I’m the primary earner!) Later, he got his license or whatever to do braces and was trying to sell them to older S while I wasn’t in the room. After that, he wanted to seal older S’ 12 year old baby teeth. How much will that cost? $350. But he’s 13 years old. Shouldn’t he lose them soon anyway? “Oh you never know.” I skipped it and he lost them all in 6 months. The final straw was when I made an appointment and specifically asked to have ANY other dentist on staff see us. They said sure. Who showed up in the room? Ugh. We left after that.
Our current dentist is a solo practitioner and the Dad of one of younger S’ friends. He’s a fair bit older and works with a lot of elderly clients. He doesn’t do any of that stuff.
DH gets anxious and has his BP skyrocket before any sort of procedure including dentist or bloodwork. It gets to be a problem when everyone wants to check his BP then wants to call 911.
My dentist doesn’t sell extras and I’ve never had my BP checked. I’m concerned he is going to retire and we will need to find someone new.
When my daughter moved to a new city she went to a dentist recommended by our hometown dentist. He was great and he told her that she had great teeth and if she ever had a dentist tell her she needed lots of work to run. He said she still could one day have gum issues but he didn’t foresee a lot of teeth work.
I tell all my dentists not to do anything to my teeth unless they absolutely have to because it wouldn’t be worth their while. I hate dental work. I need so much novocain just for the simplest work.
I have no personal stake here, but I don’t know that this is a fair analogy. Dentists and dental hygienists are definitely medical professionals. Whether it’s advised or necessary, I really don’t know.
My husband has picked up the practice of putting dish towels on our island when he has things drying. His friend told him it protects the granite from water. We have had this granite island for 27 years without having dish towels spread out over half of it. I hate seeing the towels.
I have two heart conditions that require special consideration from the dentist. I need to take antibiotics before procedures due to a minor heart valve problem and use local anesthetic without epinephrine for another.
Despite that, I’m very comfortable having dental procedures, to the point where I once had a dentist that would tap me every so often and ask “are you still here with us?” I always thought that he previously had at least one patient have some sort of health emergency while getting dental care to be so concerned about a relaxed patient.