Yeah, I think we can all agree it's not really possible to have a perfect system. I just don't see why you can't have socialized medicine and still fund r&d and incentivize doctors to be good at what they do. In a rich country, I personally believe healthcare should be a right. I have a feeling that a lot of those R&D talking points originated from insurance companies who don't want their industry disrupted.

 

Edited June 18, 20213 yr by David

Well, this is cool. I'm up late as hell, can't sleep from being in so much pain and have to be at work at 9am. I sent a message to my doctor's office through Cleveland Clinic's MyChart explaining that I lost my bottle of Neurontin and more than likely, it's because I keep my giant ass bottle of meds in my pocket all day and had to take it out several times yesterday to get to my wallet, phone and other stuff I regularly have to keep in my pocket. I don't know why they prescribe me 180 300 mg pills instead of 90 600 mg pills. It would take up half the room in my pocket... I'm pretty sure I took it out and sat it down but forgot to put it back in my pocket after, like a dumbass. Went back to all the places I've been and of course no one turned it in. Pretty bad that I have to feel self-conscious and worry about looking like a junkie, by sending a lost/re-prescription request for the Neurontin I'm being prescribed for my spine compression fracture the past 3 months. I had no idea this stuff was a big deal until I went to pick it up at the pharmacy in my pajamas and flip flops last time I got it filled. They asked me for my ID and I didn't have it because I didn't think I would need it. The woman behind the counter said she needed it because they 'treat Neurontin like a Narcotic.' In other words, it's not technically a controlled substance in Ohio but there's apparently been major issues of abuse and I'm guessing tons of fraudulent pick-ups at the pharmacies by people it wasn't prescribed to, so it's essentially a de-facto narcotic and treated as such by doctors and pharmacists alike, despite more laxed technical laws. So I had to go back home and get my ID. It's so weird to me because it's not even a euphoric kind of drug. I've taken too much before and all it did was mess with my motor control - not a desirable side effect. I know people will get high on anything but Jesus Christ, you're implementing policies like this along with the weird and irrational drug scheduling system, while alcohol is EASILY, arguably the worst drug on the planet but is available on every street corner, including Kroger and CVS where I pick my meds up? Drug laws are back-asswards.

Edited July 19, 20213 yr by David

Holy mackerel people have completely forgotten how restaurants work. In the last week I've seen:

 

*A table mad because they were 2 hours early and we didn't have their table ready (on a Saturday).

*A table of 20 that told me "we might have 1 or 2 more coming" which would be fine, but the final head count was 35.  Apparently they stopped counting when they ran out of fingers and toes. 

*A group wondering why they can't come in 45 minutes after we closed because "well, you all are still here".

*People who walk in the front door, from the world outside, and ask how it is on the patio, which is also outside. 

*A group who was floored we couldn't take a walk in 16 top Friday at 7 pm. 

 

I understand that sitting at home for a year has made people goofy, but to completely forget how a full service restaurant works.... just wow. 

^ A good proportion of the population are flat-out stupid, but you’re right that sitting at home for over a year having food, movies, clothes, porn etc delivered on demand, has separated people from the reality of how the physical world works. 
 

I also get the sense that people think all restaurants are still struggling and are desperate for business. We were at the Flats East Bank last Friday night and everywhere decent was pretty much booked up. We had to wait an hour for our table at Lindeys and were happy to enjoy the sun and people-watch by the river, but the poor girl at the door had to take a stream of complaining from groups 2-10 strong who were turning up on spec at 7.30 on a Friday night and getting pissed that they couldn’t walk right in. 

^the biggest struggle has been finding the staff. So many have left the industry for good. 

8 hours ago, originaljbw said:

^the biggest struggle has been finding the staff. So many have left the industry for good. 

 

There's always been a high turnover, especially among wait staff.  It's always been a job a lot of people don't do for very long, perhaps only beaten out by call centers and strippers.  The place I worked was an exception, but that was because Mike hired people he knew, or that employess knew.

What you're not getting is the people coming in, because they are getting paid to not work.

 

 

7 minutes ago, E Rocc said:

What you're not getting is the people coming in, because they are getting paid to not work.

 

Recent data is not supporting this hypothesis. 

 

States cutting unemployment benefits didn’t get people back to work, study finds

 

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/22/cuts-to-unemployment-benefits-didnt-get-people-back-to-work-study-finds.html

10 hours ago, originaljbw said:

*A table of 20 that told me "we might have 1 or 2 more coming" which would be fine, but the final head count was 35. 

Sounds like the group that raised a stink at Bahama Breeze a few years ago.

58 minutes ago, Cleburger said:

 

Recent data is not supporting this hypothesis. 

 

States cutting unemployment benefits didn’t get people back to work, study finds

 

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/22/cuts-to-unemployment-benefits-didnt-get-people-back-to-work-study-finds.html

 

Oh there would be a lag, as many don't want to but eventually have to.

1 hour ago, skiwest said:

Sounds like the group that raised a stink at Bahama Breeze a few years ago.

 

Well like the "you are all still here" group, but not the others.  Based on my experience anyway.   

 

Chip on the shoulder to begin with, rather than bubble wrapped entitlement.

On 7/22/2021 at 10:33 PM, originaljbw said:

 

*A table of 20 that told me "we might have 1 or 2 more coming" which would be fine, but the final head count was 35.  Apparently they stopped counting when they ran out of fingers and toes. 

 

I don't miss serving or bartending at all. Well, maybe bartending, a little bit. I used to get 'book clubs' coming in... these people would barely order anything - a lot of them would just order a soda so they can say they ordered something. There would be like 20-30 of them so they took up half of the dining room. All separate checks, of course. They all wanted to pay and leave at the same time. Every time, I would hear them all complaining in the background about how it's taking forever to get their check. Yeah, I have to process 15 different credit cards and put checks in separate booklets with cards to match, I have to find extra pens to put in all these booklets after matching cards with individual check receipts ... I have to make change for 10 separate people who paid cash, depleting the register and my pocket of 1s and 5s. There's a lot involved in that... They don't think about that and if they did, a lot of them still wouldn't care because customers feel entitled to a perfect experience every time, under any scenario. I'd always get a high percentage of them that didn't tip me at all because their check took so long. Book Clubs suck. If you're in a book club, please go to Golden Corral or Waffle House, or some place where you pay at a register. 

Edited August 1, 20213 yr by David

warning: If you're even one day short of your 6-month time period to get a Covid booster shot, forget it. I just wasted an hour at Bellevue Hospital standing in line and filling out forms only to be told that I wouldn't be accepted today. I was under the impression that with all the hysteria about the rapid spread of Omicron and the urgent calls that "if you haven't yet gotten the booster shot, do so at once!!," that the 6-month rule would have been somewhat relaxed--particularly if one is just one day early. The only reason I found out about how inviolable this was came from chatting with fellow vaccine-ees. When I casually mentioned that I'm a day early and that shouldn't pose a problem, one woman indicated that I would probably be rejected for just that reason, because of officious, bureaucratic CDC rules, and sure enough, that's what happened. So nice of the people running the operation to apprise my of this when I first showed them my vaccination card, clearly showing the date of my last dose--not. She also mentioned that most countries have now instituted a 5-month time period for boosters (didn't check but took her word for it), but not the good ol' USA. So, thanks to all the government officials responsible for making important decisions for the health and wellbeing of our citizens! And Merry Christmas.

4 minutes ago, eastvillagedon said:

warning: If you're even one day short of your 6-month time period to get a Covid booster shot, forget it. 

 

Schedule one at a pharmacy in Ohio.   I was told by a pharmacist here that they don't really check, because if they don't use them all up they have to throw it away.  

1 minute ago, Cleburger said:

 

Schedule one at a pharmacy in Ohio.   I was told by a pharmacist here that they don't really check, because if they don't use them all up they have to throw it away.  

I know sometimes pharmacies do have some left over at the end of the day, so I don't know how strict they are here. I just figured if I went to a mass vaccination site (like a major hospital) again, as I did for my initial doses (at the Javits Center, where everyone really seemed to know what they were doing), something this petty wouldn't happen. If I hadn't spoken with this woman I would probably have been stuck there for at least another half hour or more. 

 

Oh great. This thing is back tomorrow. I'll have to prepare to dodge and possibly get run over by thousands of amateur "Jonas Vingegaards" who think they're in the Tour de France. At least this might keep them from illegally menacing people on the sidewalks for a few hours (Please, Mayor Adams and NYPD, do something about this already!)

 

Has anyone else experienced servers adding a couple bucks on their tips after the fact?  

 

I'm sitting here reconciling my credit card statement and it's happened 2x in the last month.  

 

I'm not a weak tipper--always 20% at a minimum unless the service is awful.  I feel like they are playing an "office space" game if they add $1 to enough tips in a week they can jack up their earnings by a few hundred.  

 

I'm tempted to go on the credit card site and report for fraud as I doubt calling the restaurants will do anything. 

 

 

1 hour ago, Cleburger said:

Has anyone else experienced servers adding a couple bucks on their tips after the fact?  

 

I'm sitting here reconciling my credit card statement and it's happened 2x in the last month.  

 

I'm not a weak tipper--always 20% at a minimum unless the service is awful.  I feel like they are playing an "office space" game if they add $1 to enough tips in a week they can jack up their earnings by a few hundred.  

 

I'm tempted to go on the credit card site and report for fraud as I doubt calling the restaurants will do anything. 

 

 

If I was tipping appropriately and that happened to me I would be furious.  That is not 'playing a game" it is theft. 

1 hour ago, Cleburger said:

Has anyone else experienced servers adding a couple bucks on their tips after the fact?  

 

I'm sitting here reconciling my credit card statement and it's happened 2x in the last month.  

 

I'm not a weak tipper--always 20% at a minimum unless the service is awful.  I feel like they are playing an "office space" game if they add $1 to enough tips in a week they can jack up their earnings by a few hundred.  

 

I'm tempted to go on the credit card site and report for fraud as I doubt calling the restaurants will do anything. 

 

 

 

That would indeed be theft- and honest servers hate it, too.  You should call the restaurant and report it.  You don't need to accuse anyone of stealing, you can just say you noticed a discrepancy and wanted to report it.  The manager should look back over the receipt, which they should retain for a couple years, to verify what you wrote.  If there's a pattern, then they can escalate the situation with the server.

 

BTW, sometimes honest discrepancies do happen- for example, tip and total don't match, so the server has to figure which one is what the customer meant.  Or sometimes just bad handwriting and they can't read it.  Or just a simple miskey.

^it happens 2 or 3 times a weeknight, closer to 10 on weekends. People completely fail at even the most basic of math. So many people forget to carry the 1.