Yesterday's visit to HELL
Oh where do I begin!? Yesterday was AWFUL!! Hmm.. Well it started out awful at 6:30am as I woke up late still tired as hell because I didn't go to bed early enough. I went through my normal routines and decided to dress decent today since I had an orthopedist appointment. In other words, I actually tucked in my shirt for once! Normally it's painful to have my shirt tucked in because it requires a belt that cuts into my fluff but it seems to be getting less painful since the belly's not hanging down further than my ..well you get the picture. So I hop in the new truck and head off to work. I'm cruising down the interstate at 72mph and just keeping with the traffic flow. Granted they're all behind me but they're still on my bumper. Going through a construction zone I'm scanning for cops on the exit ramps and such. I forgot to look straight ahead of me though.. Here's this state trooper sitting in the median between the construction barriers where his grey/black car is blended in. It was too late when I saw him as his brake lights come on and go off as I sail past him slowing down to 65mph (still 10 miles over..) The cars behind me start slamming on their brakes as this IDIOT tries to pull out into traffic to come get me. I had a right mind to stomp the gas and see what this HEMI can do. Alas, I slowed down to 60mph and got in the right lane and waited for him to weed through traffic to get behind me and I pulled over. He gets to the window and it gets worse. I'm polite as I always am but the whole time I'm thinking to myself, "$%*@#&&*# SOB #&@ PIG *@#$&* BASTA*$&U@ ARGGHH! SNEAKY LIL MONEY HUNGRY @#*(". He tells me he's so and so from the North Carolina State Highway Patrol and he's pulled me over for speeding. His voice was extremely feminine. I was positive he was a twinkle toed, chocolate donut eaten, gay cop. Either that or he was extremely metrosexual. I noticed his uniform was neatly pressed and everything about him was prim and proper. Made me sick. I've got nothing against gays but c'mon...A gay state trooper? Something's just WRONG about that. Anyways, I told him I wasn't quite used to the new truck but I knew I was speeding. He asked where I was going and I said to work in Winston and I'm late. He said, "I'll be sure to not take up too much of your time. One moment while I issue you a citation sir.." I watched as he walked back to his car. Yep...definitely gay. Anyways, like almost 10 minutes later he comes prancing back to my truck with the ticket in hand and proceeds to tell me my 3 options. None of which are appealing. He asked if I had any more questions and I said, "Yeah, do you want this thing back? I really didn't want this.." He just kinda laughed and said in his lil prissy voice, "Noooooo, I can't take that back Mr. Irving. Heeeeee.." Then he proceeded to explain to me that I needed to gradually increase my speed and merge into traffic. I was like OMG are you kidding me?? So as soon as he walked away I put the ticket in the console, put the truck in drive and STOMPED the crap outta the gas. He turned around and watched me as I sped off, exhaust screaming back at him. I hit 55mph quite quickly and just let outta the gas and slowly merged. lol I was a little pissed and I guess he knew that since he didn't come after me again for careless and reckless. Heheh. Anyways, so I get to work and didn't really have much to do all day so I sat there till 2pm trying to look busy. I had the doc's appointment so I left early for that. On the way home I got some good news though. I hada voicemail about some job opportunities in the Charlotte area from a local recruiter who said the jobs start at $50 an hour so I was pretty excited about that. Thought my day was finally going good! Wrong... I get to the doctor and give them my temp insurance cards since the stupid company hasn't mailed me mine. I've had the policy for over 2 months now. Idiots.. The doc's office tells me they can't take the cards because they're not scannable and they have to do everythign electronically. They said I could pay out of pocket and I said that would be fine how much will it be. "I dunnnooo.." OMG, IDIOTS! So I said do you have any rough idea.... 100, 200, 500, 1000??? "I dunnnoo...it depends on what the doctor does.... dduuuurrhhhuuuuuuhh" So I told them I couldn't be seen unless they could tell me how much I had to pay out of pocket so I left FURIOUS. Get home and slam the door and proceed to cuss and flail my arms about. I called the insurance company and come to find out it's a subsidiary of Aetna and they were trying to say it was Aetna which completely screwed things up. Also, there is no way to submit it electronically. They require the office to mail the claim or call it in. They explained my group id and my member number. So I call the doctors office back and finally figure out how I need to talk to. It's 4:05 when I call, my appt was at 4, i was there at 3:30 originally. Long story short, they say OHHHH, SRC.....Okay! (It said SRC, An Aetna Company on the stinking temp cards.) They then proceed to tell me that no insurance uses my social as my member ID and when I get my new cards they can see me so they can file it electronically. I'm like, omg we just went through this. I tell them that the insurance company said they do not have electronic filing and that mine DOES use my SSN as my member id. That statement was returned with silence and then she said "Well, you could have been seen and just paid out of pocket. We only require a minumum of $100 to be paid, we can bill you for the rest or you can have your insurance pay if you take care of the claim." Ohhhh I was absolutely raving mad, but I held it together. I calmly said, "It would have been nice if you could have explained that to me at the office when I asked how much it was out of pocket. I would be happy to pay the $100 and handle the claim myself. Can I come back in and be seen now?" It was 4:17. "Oh no sir, the doctor is getting ready to leave. His last appointment was at 4." I was sweating blood at this point. "Maam, my appointment was at 4pm and you couldn't tell me how much I would have to pay so I left and now I'm calling you. Is there anyway you can fit me in today since I was scheduled for 4 anway. I can be there in less than 5 minutes." ... She said, "No sir, I'm sorry about all this confusion. The doctor is already closing up for the day. I can fit you in Thursday...".. I'm surprised I hadn't passed out from anger at this point. "I can't be seen on Thursday, I had to leave work early today just to be seen. I work in Winston-Salem which is over 1 hour away. I do not have any paid time off so I've already sacrificed a half days pay, that's 150 bucks, just so I could be seen today. I cannot afford to take more time off and still have to pay for this out of pocket. Now, please, is there anything you can do to help remedy this situation?.. She continued with the same line at which point I gave up and thanked her. I then proceeded to call the insurance company and my employer and ask for a refund of all the money I've given them. They're also not paying claims that my wife had because they want proof of previous insurance. My wife went in for a stinking common cold and they need to make sure it wasn't a pre-existing condition. Wow.. No, it wasn't, my wife is the only human being to never have developed a cold her entire life until now. It's brand new! So anyways, I was HIGHLY angry at this point and I was taking it out on everyone. I kept catching myself and apologizing to the wife and nephew though. They understood and I'm so thankful for that. Neither of them went off on me about my attitude. Good thing because it could have gotten pretty nasty. I proceeded to fix a sandwich which consisted of 4 slices of turkey and 7 pieces of bacon with gobs of mayonaise. I devoured that in about 1 minute and then grabbed a brownie. Next I started asking the wife where dinner was. She had been preparing it. She made turkey chili and also made some rice to spread it over. Once it was done I ate a HEAPING bowl of this along with some texas garlic and cheese toast. She stopped me from killing myself thankg God. She's so great. She finally got me calmed down and went to the tops meeting with me at which point I found out I gained 3/4's of a lb. Probably from all the food and the clothes I was wearing. I was at 300 just that morning I thought.. oh well. The rest of the night went well. Tops was great, the wife loved it too. It was her first time. We got home about 8:15 and at 8:30 the wife, nephew and I took a 2 mile walk through the neighborhood. I got in bed about 10:30 and here I am at work this morning, late again..but I'm here.. Thanks for letting me vent. The enormous post was more or less just a way for me to get this off my chest. I'm over it now. I think.. heheheh Still hate that cop though.. I could go on for days about that. I usually do each time I get a ticket. I just feel so violated when that happens. I know I was wrong but still, the speed limits are too restrictive and it makes me feel better to think I'm right and the law is wrong!
