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[Nomadicus]

Good Morning Old Folks

 

[getaclue]

Good morning OF. Dh took oldest grandson to his bus stop, as per usual. The bus picked up everyone on the opposite side of the road, but never turned around to come back, and pick up the kids on this side of the road. All the parents/kids went home. Dh called the school, and they tried telling him that the bus DID stop on our side of the road, and they would NOT excuse the absence. I think they'll be hearing about it from the parents of the other kids at the bus stop, so it will probably get straightened out in time. However, we have video surveillance footage proving the bus did not stop on our side of the road.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Good morning OF. Dh took oldest grandson to his bus stop, as per usual. The bus picked up everyone on the opposite side of the road, but never turned around to come back, and pick up the kids on this side of the road. All the parents/kids went home. Dh called the school, and they tried telling him that the bus DID stop on our side of the road, and they would NOT excuse the absence. I think they'll be hearing about it from the parents of the other kids at the bus stop, so it will probably get straightened out in time. However, we have video surveillance footage proving the bus did not stop on our side of the road.

Wow that’s ridiculous!!!

 

[sourland]

Good morning.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Good morning.

Hi

 

[ShrekDawg]

Good morning everyone

 

[NotAFarm]

Good morning, OFs!

 

[ronott1]

Good morning OF. Dh took oldest grandson to his bus stop, as per usual. The bus picked up everyone on the opposite side of the road, but never turned around to come back, and pick up the kids on this side of the road. All the parents/kids went home. Dh called the school, and they tried telling him that the bus DID stop on our side of the road, and they would NOT excuse the absence. I think they'll be hearing about it from the parents of the other kids at the bus stop, so it will probably get straightened out in time. However, we have video surveillance footage proving the bus did not stop on our side of the road.

We had a bus driver that did stuff like that back in the late 60s to mid 1970's. Sadly there was not video surveillance back then!

Later one of them died in a DUI crash off of work luckily. DUI was one of the issues with the bus driver.

 

[Sequel]

We had a bus driver that did stuff like that back in the late 60s to mid 1970's. Sadly there was not video surveillance back then!

Later one of them died in a DUI crash off of work luckily. DUI was one of the issues with the bus driver.

I was going to comment that when I was growing up those bus drivers were really to be feared! I never saw or heard of any of them ever missing stops or messing up. They were all men until I was in high school and most of us were terrified of them.

 

[getaclue]

I've been on the phone with the scheduling team at the cancer center. It's getting worse, instead of better. They've added new, more, protocols regarding the infusion team, and scheduling. The infusion center has it's own scheduling team, which is not part of the regular scheduling team, so there is additional frustration that the two teams can't coordinate their scheduling more seamlessly.

All shots, and infusions must go through the infusion center. They don't seem to have any nurses outside the infusion center that can give my shots. One of the new protocols for scheduling chemo infusions is 90 minutes after the doctor visit. Some of that time is for the doctor to confirm, modify, or cancel with the infusion center appointment. 30 minutes of that involves them ordering, and getting the chemo infusion meds from their pharmacy, which are not ordered until after the doctor visit. EVERYTHING going through the infusion center is treated as if it's a chemo infusion, thus subject to the scheduling protocols. It's not unheard of for the required 90 minutes (1.5 hours), to turn into 2 to 2.5 hours of wait time, depending on how busy they are.

The problem is, I don't get a chemo infusion, but have to use the infusion center to get my shots. It takes less than 10 minutes, from the time they call me back, get me into a cubicle, give me my shots, and release me. I hate waiting around the extra hour and a half, to two hours, because of a broad-spectrum protocol that doesn't apply to my situation, for shots that take less than 10 minutes. I'm not the only person experiencing this, but it seems I'm one of the first few to bring it to their attention.

In an effort to help cut the wait time for me, my doctor has put it into my notes that I do not have to see her, before getting my shots, thus bypassing the extra wait time. That's got them all aflutter. The schedulers can't override the protocol(s). Supervisors have been notified, and supposedly they're trying to figure out how to override the protocol(s).