I just learned that my friend, author James Spada, has died. He'd been ill for some time, but I thought he was improving. Sad.
Quote from: vixmom on May 18, 2017, 04:55:33 PMQuote from: Jeanne on May 18, 2017, 04:07:52 PMPerhaps she saw John G's post about how chili shouldn't be sweet and came to HHW to set the record straight.Thanks Jeanne I nearly forgot. John would HATE my chili... No beans and the meat is nicely minced but I use tomatoes AND the dreaded brown sugar....The chili starts out tasting sweet but builds to a medium burn... I don't see the sense of burning your mouth off either...some at the chili contest don't think the chili is hot enough unless you experience actual physical pain upon ingesting it Your idea of acute physical pain is probably my idea of mildly piquant.
Quote from: Jeanne on May 18, 2017, 04:07:52 PMPerhaps she saw John G's post about how chili shouldn't be sweet and came to HHW to set the record straight.Thanks Jeanne I nearly forgot. John would HATE my chili... No beans and the meat is nicely minced but I use tomatoes AND the dreaded brown sugar....The chili starts out tasting sweet but builds to a medium burn... I don't see the sense of burning your mouth off either...some at the chili contest don't think the chili is hot enough unless you experience actual physical pain upon ingesting it
Perhaps she saw John G's post about how chili shouldn't be sweet and came to HHW to set the record straight.
Quote from: vixmom on May 18, 2017, 09:01:28 PMQuote from: Laura on May 18, 2017, 07:56:10 PMQuote from: Jeanne on May 18, 2017, 04:02:23 PMLast week when I went to the doctor the receptionist handed me a piece of paper with my name, address, etc and asked me if it was all correct. Yes. Then another piece of paper asking there purpose of my visit. They KNOW the purpose of my visit--I'm required to give it in order to schedule the appointment. I asked about all this extra paper. It turns out they recently confused two patients--very similar names, I was told--and have added this to try to do better. They DO need to do better, but I doubt that this is the way to do it. My dentist takes a picture of each of his patients and adds it to their file so that the staff can recognize them better. I think that makes sense!A few months ago I got an email from Walgreens that my prescription was ready to be picked up. I haven't used Walgreens in years. She insisted it was me, gave my date of birth and everything. I finally convinced her that I since she was in the east somewhere and I was in Arizona that she had clicked on the wrong name in the computer. I guess there's another one of me out there.So now I give my name, date of birth, and my street name. Just in case.Some years ago I went to a new doctor for the first time. He came in to see me with what he said was my file....it was for another woman with my same name and I had trouble convincing him of that fact.... I did not go a second timeThat's a bit scary. See? a photo would help. things are just too impersonal.
Quote from: Laura on May 18, 2017, 07:56:10 PMQuote from: Jeanne on May 18, 2017, 04:02:23 PMLast week when I went to the doctor the receptionist handed me a piece of paper with my name, address, etc and asked me if it was all correct. Yes. Then another piece of paper asking there purpose of my visit. They KNOW the purpose of my visit--I'm required to give it in order to schedule the appointment. I asked about all this extra paper. It turns out they recently confused two patients--very similar names, I was told--and have added this to try to do better. They DO need to do better, but I doubt that this is the way to do it. My dentist takes a picture of each of his patients and adds it to their file so that the staff can recognize them better. I think that makes sense!A few months ago I got an email from Walgreens that my prescription was ready to be picked up. I haven't used Walgreens in years. She insisted it was me, gave my date of birth and everything. I finally convinced her that I since she was in the east somewhere and I was in Arizona that she had clicked on the wrong name in the computer. I guess there's another one of me out there.So now I give my name, date of birth, and my street name. Just in case.Some years ago I went to a new doctor for the first time. He came in to see me with what he said was my file....it was for another woman with my same name and I had trouble convincing him of that fact.... I did not go a second time
Quote from: Jeanne on May 18, 2017, 04:02:23 PMLast week when I went to the doctor the receptionist handed me a piece of paper with my name, address, etc and asked me if it was all correct. Yes. Then another piece of paper asking there purpose of my visit. They KNOW the purpose of my visit--I'm required to give it in order to schedule the appointment. I asked about all this extra paper. It turns out they recently confused two patients--very similar names, I was told--and have added this to try to do better. They DO need to do better, but I doubt that this is the way to do it. My dentist takes a picture of each of his patients and adds it to their file so that the staff can recognize them better. I think that makes sense!A few months ago I got an email from Walgreens that my prescription was ready to be picked up. I haven't used Walgreens in years. She insisted it was me, gave my date of birth and everything. I finally convinced her that I since she was in the east somewhere and I was in Arizona that she had clicked on the wrong name in the computer. I guess there's another one of me out there.So now I give my name, date of birth, and my street name. Just in case.
Last week when I went to the doctor the receptionist handed me a piece of paper with my name, address, etc and asked me if it was all correct. Yes. Then another piece of paper asking there purpose of my visit. They KNOW the purpose of my visit--I'm required to give it in order to schedule the appointment. I asked about all this extra paper. It turns out they recently confused two patients--very similar names, I was told--and have added this to try to do better. They DO need to do better, but I doubt that this is the way to do it. My dentist takes a picture of each of his patients and adds it to their file so that the staff can recognize them better. I think that makes sense!
Unfortunately, it clearly came from a smoker's home - you could smell it a mile away and it's made my eyes itch and I hate it so it's going in the cupboard and far away from the likes of me.
Quote from: Jeanne on May 18, 2017, 09:21:53 PMQuote from: vixmom on May 18, 2017, 09:01:28 PMQuote from: Laura on May 18, 2017, 07:56:10 PMQuote from: Jeanne on May 18, 2017, 04:02:23 PMLast week when I went to the doctor the receptionist handed me a piece of paper with my name, address, etc and asked me if it was all correct. Yes. Then another piece of paper asking there purpose of my visit. They KNOW the purpose of my visit--I'm required to give it in order to schedule the appointment. I asked about all this extra paper. It turns out they recently confused two patients--very similar names, I was told--and have added this to try to do better. They DO need to do better, but I doubt that this is the way to do it. My dentist takes a picture of each of his patients and adds it to their file so that the staff can recognize them better. I think that makes sense!A few months ago I got an email from Walgreens that my prescription was ready to be picked up. I haven't used Walgreens in years. She insisted it was me, gave my date of birth and everything. I finally convinced her that I since she was in the east somewhere and I was in Arizona that she had clicked on the wrong name in the computer. I guess there's another one of me out there.So now I give my name, date of birth, and my street name. Just in case.Some years ago I went to a new doctor for the first time. He came in to see me with what he said was my file....it was for another woman with my same name and I had trouble convincing him of that fact.... I did not go a second timeThat's a bit scary. See? a photo would help. things are just too impersonal.At Kaiser Permanente (formerly Group Health), they now always ask you to confirm your name and birth date...you have to do that with every new person you see, so you end up saying it quite a few times for each visit.
I am getting rather worried about him. He took a fall the other night in the bathroom. He is going to start using a walker around his apartment.
