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03-17-2010, 06:06 PM
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I got irate at my dentist's receptionist -- why the fuck does she need to know my soc? my husband's soc? My employer and their address??? No way.
She can have a copy of my insurance card, my phone number, and my home address (as verified by my driver's license.) That's it. That's sufficient information to bill me and/or my insurance company. Everything else is
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03-17-2010, 06:48 PM
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for verification purposes, perhaps (not saying this is a good thing, tho). I just took a seminar (podcast) on ethics in public records retrieval--kinda interesting. For me, anyway.
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03-18-2010, 11:14 AM
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And cashiers at random places ask me for my phone number. Why? so they can put me on telemarketer lists? I don't think so, and people who give out their phone number like that deserve to be called and harassed during dinnertime. I usually just say (as politely as I can grit it out) "I prefer not to give my number." Yeah, I get weird looks, but what else is new?
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03-18-2010, 11:24 AM
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Come on, cat.
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"Can I have your phone number/zip code?"
"No" "I need it for the system, we won't sell it to..." "Put yours in." No weird looks.
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03-18-2010, 11:28 AM
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I hear them call the tide
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Hector home sick tues-weds, now Thor ...and it's a really beautiful day and I had a bike-ride with my friend planned for this afternoon, the first of the year. ah well. Thor is on the mend, so mustn't grumble. Shame he's too big to go in the back carrier, though!
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The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart |
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03-18-2010, 11:31 AM
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I hear them call the tide
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yep that's what I say too. or I tell them to put in "111-1111" (which is why classicman gets so many marketing calls  ) But "No" is usually sufficient.
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The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart |
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03-18-2010, 11:59 AM
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UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION
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Phone numbers are irritating. But zip codes I actually like if the store is far away from me, because if enough people are coming all the way down from a certain area, then they'll open a store closer to me.
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03-18-2010, 01:21 PM
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~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~
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I am going to begin office software training and my office chair is very uncomfortable. It is huge and made for a man.
I am having the hardest time finding a suitable office chair pad for it so I'm thinking I might have to buy an office chair more ergonomically correct. The fact I do not want to put out the money for my comfort is very annoying. |
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03-18-2010, 03:12 PM
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barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy.
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03-18-2010, 07:22 PM
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 I guess I deserve all those telemarketing calls. 
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03-18-2010, 07:42 PM
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I can hear my ears
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so they can commence collection activity if you don't pay the portion of the bill that the insurance company refuses (this arrives in the mail after you've forgotten you were even there), and/or report it to the credit agencies.
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03-18-2010, 08:21 PM
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Are you knock-kneed?
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I was asked the same information at the Eye Doctors. What a load of crap. I left it all blank.
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03-18-2010, 10:54 PM
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Gone and done
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03-18-2010, 11:57 PM
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@ tulip - maybe you're just friendlier than me. quite likely, in fact.
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03-19-2010, 12:44 AM
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