Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Healthcare NOT meds. Oh I can see any Dr I want - walk in any hospital, clinic (as long as you don't have covid - don't get me started on Covid...). Break an arm, go to any emerg, got the sniffles, go to any clinic, popping out a baby? your choice (unless youre in a remote community then it gets sticky!) were you want to have it.

Need an MRI - sure, Need x-ray - good to go, bloodwork, sonograms, etc - all covered.

But NOT meds. Over 65 there is a $100 deductible and after that almost all meds are covered (unless its experimental meds for treatments - but those are generally also covered).

There is talk of covering meds for those 25 and under, and it will likely get passed in the House.

Having said that there is a serious lack of Doctors here, they are all retiring and the new ones only want to practice in big Urban Centres. Rural practice is hard and they want to raise families where the kids can hop on a bus or walk to the malls hahahaha

Oh my Dr will prescribe my meds for me, I have a neurological issue and those meds are gold standard for the treatment. Not to mention pain relief for my arthritis. BUT Tramacet (Tramadol) is a Sched IV med and she only prescribes monthly for me, they are very strict here about narcotic meds, so the last time I got my script filled was early Sept, should have filled it before now silly me. And it is very expensive - and the drug plan covered about 80% of the cost. I can take a cheaper med which is a 1/3 the cost (codeine) but as I am trying to get onto a pipeline job and they do drug testing for those jobs I can't take that (also it really bothers my gut so I hate taking it - but it is hands down far superior than the tramacet for my leg spasms).

So I just suffer right now. I did ask the pharmacy on Friday to renew it before the kerfuffle happened... but the Dr didn't get back to him with the refill. Oh well!

So 2 questions/thoughts

¿What good is having Healthcare if you can't get meds to help with your condition? That's like.....

Well Captain Smith, the iceberg tore a huge hole in the ship but you don't have coverage for lifeboats. Best of luck to you.

¿Your coverage stops immediately? Here you at least have coverage through the end of the month. You should have already paid for this full month. ¿Are they going to credit a week back to you?

 

[BY Bob]

So 2 questions/thoughts

¿What good is having Healthcare if you can't get meds to help with your condition? That's like.....

Well Captain Smith, the iceberg tore a huge hole in the ship but you don't have coverage for lifeboats. Best of luck to you.

¿Your coverage stops immediately? Here you at least have coverage through the end of the month. You should have already paid for this full month. ¿Are they going to credit a week back to you?

¿? Tax

 

[BY Bob]

Conclusion

OK - so about 3 weeks ago I sent notice I was going to take vacation this week as long as the weather was nice. I got the usual push back - we need to know for sure blah blah blah - I told her plan for me being away - if I am not you can adjust I am sure. I need to do some caulking and clean the eves trough and other 'warm weather' work that did'nt get done in the summer like I wanted!

Then on Wednesday last week I started emailing the Proj Managers to let them know the coworker would be the contact during my vacation. Coworker set up a teams meeting to chat with my on Thursday (of course at the end of the day - why not! she knows when I leave), I didn't notice she also invited the hr dir. Oh and guess who worked from home on Thursday (OMG!).

So Thursday we started chatting about the tasks and reviewing were stuff was and HR Dir pops onto the session (oh great), then coworker asked about the fleet vehicles, I told her not to worry that was all Proj Manager X who had them all, of course HR Dir had to ask 'is it up to date?" I felt my pulse going up and BP just climbing, but I told her as far as I know it is up to date - you know the guys, and I don't have time to babysit them. There are more important things.

Well she started going on about it being up to date, I should know blah blah blah, so on and so forth. I told her "Stop going on about the fing spreadsheet, it's fing up to date for f sakes, you need to stop this badgering me and fixation on the spreadsheet'.

She said - it needs to be kept up to date....

Thats when I flipped out and told her 'I am disconnecting from this meeting I am not discussing this with you any further, I have important things to tell coworker and you are wasting my time, let me know when you wish to discuss more important things'. And I disconnected and went and hid in the bathroom to calm down. It's the Executive bathroom mable sink top... nice - and messy with drywall mud everywhere from construction. So I cleaned the bathroom hahaha.

Then I went back to my desk finished my work and went home.

Friday morning I was going to chat with the CFO but he was out all day, around 3:10 he popped by to 'have a chat' - good I thought.

Nope there was HR Dir in the room also (WTH ) If he wanted to talk with me he should not have the instigator there inflamming things! Any HR dept knows that - apparently this HR Dir is a dumba$$.

Anyways I gave my spiel and said I apologize for swearing.

Then she started in on the spreadsheet being updated.....


I just lost it, I told her she was fixated on the spreadsheet, a micro-manager who should concentrate on her own job, but when she said I only gave them 3 days notice for my vacation I about stormed out, I told her check your emails I let you know back the end of September.

Well then she said 'there have been complaints with Travel'.... Well I about had a stroke right then and there, I can really understand how a worker can go postal and do horrible nasty things to others. Thankfully I have a wee bit of common sense - though not lots it seems.

So I had to swallow, I took a deep breath and I smiled WOW how does one go from total fury to calm in 1 second? I told them - 'ok give me 30 seconds - I will be back, just 30 seconds'.

I went to my desk meeting the PMO Director on the way who wanted to discuss a real serious issue with me - I had to tell him 'Can I see you in a few minutes? I am with Paul'... I got my cellphone and security badge (oh that was another thing I started tracking that no one was tracking <i am grinding my teeth>), calmly walked back to the office and laid them on the table.

Paul looked confused and asked 'are you giving notice?'

"Yep sure am apparently I am a horrible worker, so you need to hire someone else who fits the bill. I will finish doing the stuff you interrupted me with, then I shall go home."

So I went to my desk and started finishing up stuff, but they came and told me 'you have to leave now'.

OK no problem - I am sure coworker knows how to do my job also seeing as how she did such a bang-up job before I was hired and when I was sick (not!).

The CFO escorted me to the door, where I said to him 'you know Paul I would never sabotage anything'.

He said 'its not that'

I looked at him and said 'yep sure, I worked in business a long time, bye Paul.'

And I walked to my car and freaked out. I should have just shut my face, said yea ma’am how high ma’am and stayed the plan for a quiet quit!

(Bob - Now I will never know if buddy made his connection at LaGuardia

The End

Now to find something else that pays the bills.

Idiot Kelly Tax
Misty thinking ‘I want to break free’ (great song!)
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I sure hope he missed it and no one could help him.

Vengeance tax

 

[Ponypoor]

So 2 questions/thoughts

¿What good is having Healthcare if you can't get meds to help with your condition? That's like.....

Well Captain Smith, the iceberg tore a huge hole in the ship but you don't have coverage for lifeboats. Best of luck to you.

¿Your coverage stops immediately? Here you at least have coverage through the end of the month. You should have already paid for this full month. ¿Are they going to credit a week back to you?

Most employers have drug coverage here, and most have till end of month. Some are paid at other times, and I have no idea how they work there.

No one could ever answer my questions about it! I need to call Sunlife and find out today.

The big thing there that made me mad was the fact that everyone came to me looking for answers!! They would never go to their manager, or my coworker (who would just keep typing with a blank look on her face if you asked her anything), or HR or call HR dir (I had more than person tell me she was not nice or approachable), or someone of status there. They came to me!

That tells me there is very poor leadership there.

Oooops sorry ranting again!

Rant Tax

Henny and her hairy legs

 

[BY Bob]

I feel like I should sing ‘I want to break free’ for them

In case you need the inspiration

 

[featherhead007]

Been low 20s here - we will pay for that next week though I bet!

Edit for those in the US: low 20C is around 70F

Here’s my metric conversion tax…

 

[BY Bob]

Mugs Monday from Butter.
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Is she buried in feed, sawdust, or is this an optical illusion of some kind?

 

[BY Bob]

If the above pictures look questionable, it is because mom was playing with her. Butter was sunbathing in the sawdust. Mom decided to see just how far she would let her go if she started putting sawdust on her. She stayed like this for almost half a hour.
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Gracie was confused and concerned.
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My question is answered. SHRA Tax will be due.

 

[Ponypoor]

I sure hope he missed it and no one could help him.

Vengeance tax

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Oh yes poetic justice

Time is the old justice that examines all such offenders, and let Time try.
Shakespeare

 

[featherhead007]

Maggie - more than half a cat

Maggie left us today. I knew it would happen. I mean in general but also specifically today. She stopped chatting to me yesterday evening. She still acknowledged me but didn't chat for the first time. And I think I mentioned I think the other two had already said their goodbyes. They are very subdued today.

She died just after I came in for our early morning chat. It sounds silly, but I think she held on until I would accept it. Probably not, but it felt that way.

I have loved all my chickens but Maggie was special. She has been a real companion. She was always all attitude, and always in my face sharing her opinions.

She was just over three and a half years old, which feels like no age at all, but probably isn't too bad in her circumstances. They say cats have 9 lives. Maggie, by my count managed to have five lives. She survived (in order):
- A fox attack
- Hardware disease (two screws and some shards of metal)
- A lash egg (serious internal infection)
- Some neurological event where she lost her balance
- Another lash egg

I will miss her terribly. I will miss her attitude and her company. And I will miss the soft leathery feel of her comb and wattles as she burrowed into my hand for treats. I will miss her energy, her endless nosiness, and how she insisted on killing the water before she drank it (you never know!). I miss her independent spririt that often had her wander off quite far for solo walks (sometimes I followed at a respectful distance to ensure her safety).

I hope you will all bear with me if over the next few days I feel moved to share pictures of her.

So long my friend. I hope you find a sun that never sets, unlimited muddy puddles, and the opportunity to freely express your opinions.

Maggie - all attitude....
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Maggie waited for you. Rocks-Ann did that for me. It’s easier to let go that way! Chickens have feelings and understanding of human emotions too!