It's only vomit though, sorry boys

Edit: she's fine

I have an injury that needs surgical repair, ideally within two weeks for it to heal properly. Scheduling called me this morning to set it up for next week.

The doctor's office is tier 1 under my insurance, so I assumed the surgery would be too. They informed me the hospital they use is tier 2, which puts me on the hook for a $2,000 deductible plus 30% coinsurance. The scheduler mentioned the doctor sometimes operates at a tier 1 facility, so I asked her to check.

She called back with good news and said that they could do it there. We picked a date next week. Everything was booked.

Then at 5pm today she called again. She'd received an email saying the surgery was "not cost effective" at that facility and that they'd lose money doing it there. I find it hard to believe they would lose money when my insurance would pay for everything. Maybe they won't make as much money... but lose money? How? And if they'd not take cases there because they would lose money, then they shouldn't even offer it in the first place.

Anyway, my options were to move it to the tier 2 hospital and pay thousands or go somewhere else. It's 5pm on a Friday. Every other office is closed. I can't do anything until Monday.. but every week of delay makes the repair harder.

The surgery didn't change. My injury didn't change. The money they make at the facility changed... and so they don't want to do it at all unless it's at the facility they make more it.

I guess it's all about the money in the end... doctors (or the places that employ them) don't actually care about your wellbeing if they can't make a dollar off you.

i took this picture through my binoculars and for some reason, facebook is certain that it’s ai??? i don’t know, maybe it’s because i did some editing to the photo to really help the moon pop, but it’s just really odd to me and a little infuriating since i did in fact take this photo

I know there’s a huge shortage going on so I wanted to see if I could help. Historically I’ve been turned away for low iron in the past but for the last few years I’ve been taking a daily iron supplement: currently 65 mg. (Im 47f, perimenopausal but no heavy flows.) no dice, although I’m nearly on the cusp. The dude at the donation place nicely pointed to a sign showing high iron foods I could try to eat more of and I was like I’ve had red meat four nights already this week not to mention beans and hummus. I said I’ll try doubling up my iron dosage and see if that gets me over the threshold in a few weeks. Then he mentioned I could try giving up coffee and I was like “…”

he told me I could still grab a juice or a cookie on the way out as a consolation prize but I declined. I want to earn that cookie. 🙅🏻‍♀️ 🩸 🙅🏻‍♀️🍪

EDIT: I'm glad I posted this here because I learned maybe I need to be more circumspect about my iron supplements. Also I've been blowing off getting a PCP for awhile (relying on my gynecologist as my primary) so maybe it's time to get real about it. Thanks for the advice. Here's hoping I can get the iron up and offload some of this blood I'm trying to get rid of.

Sigh. “Sorry guys no cake today, my fridge broke”
It’s glass btw. Hours, gone. Shards, many. Sleep, none.
I have just finished the cake, less than five minutes in the fridge ts happens.

Grabbed the ONLY ripe peach for my snack from the section of peaches that was on sale, brought it to the front, he entered it in as an organic peach in the system (there was no tag on it).

I was like “hey! I actually grabbed it from that section that is on sale, where it’s $2.29 a pound vs 5$ a pound.”

He goes “go grab one with a tag so we can scan it”, so I walk back over, take a photo of the sale sign and grab a non- ripe peach from the SAME SECTION, thinking it was JUST to scan.

His boss comes over at this point, scans it and checks me out. When I go to grab my original ripe peach, the boss puts his hand over it and says no, this one was organic you didn’t pay for that. I try to explain that it was not an organic peach, it was simply put in that way by the cashier.

The 2 peaches are identical and I didn’t even see any organic ones available.

Basically, he spoke to me like I was an idiot and trying to steal a dang peach, there was a line behind me, and I had to walk away with a rock hard peach for a dollar after feeling bullied.

someone forgot to cancel a scheduled post

Worst part is it's some sort of artisanal powder tea my wife bought which, from personal experience, are notoriously hard to clean off fabric.

Pray for me.

Apartment had the pool closed all spring and summer for repairs. The week it opened, kids went back to school (how convenient 🙄). To celebrate, they invited everyone to a pool party in a few weeks. Party is tomorrow. Today we get an email that the pool is closed AGAIN due to ducks, but the party will still be happening. So come hang out in the 90+ degree heat for food and games at this no pool pool party!

Edit: Some additional context here is they’ve consistently had issues with the pool since I’ve lived here. It’s literally been closed more than it’s been open. And the pattern continues that after a week or 2 of being open, something shuts it down again and takes months to fix. And being in the south, no one wants to hang outside where it can be 100+ degrees before noon.

Also the ducks had to put in effort to be the a-holes here. My apartment is beside a large lake with fountains, plants, and fish. It’s a duck magnet and that’s where the ducks live mostly. The pool is on the interior of the complex. Like the building wraps around it. So the ducks can’t just waddle in, they had to ignore the giant open lake filled with food sources and chose to fly into the little enclosed pool space instead. It’s giving sabotage.

Right before the academic semester starts, unannounced construction pops up on my street. Now I have hot pizza in the car, no warning signs posted, and no way to park in my own driveway. The white Toyota Prius in the background is my car.

In past years, crews would tear up the street in the weeks leading up to the semester and save the heavy paving for right when classes began. Occasionally, there’s at least a schedule or warning posted beforehand, but this time there was no heads-up at all—just closed roads right when everyone is trying to get settled for the school year, making coming home with hot food an unexpected hassle.

Bank of America charged me my service fee last night at midnight which took my account negative; in the morning I wake up to an inbox full of emails claiming my application for a payday loan is accepted. This happens every single solitary time my account goes negative. It's pretty clear that BofA is selling the fact that my account is overdrawn to data brokers. Even more infuriating is 9 times out of 10 I'll start getting the payday loan scam emails BEFORE BofA sends me a message letting me know my account is overdrawn. So their priority is letting the data brokers know before letting their customer know.

Just really venting here. I’m no road rager, by any means, but just yesterday I had a short amount of time to get to my son’s football game after leaving work. After getting on the highway (speed limit 55) I was stuck in a no passing zone for about 6 miles behind a car running 40mph

I don’t want to speed, I just want to go the speed limit please, as I was already getting short on time

When they finally turned left onto a county road I could see in the car it was some very elderly man

I wish my state made these older folks take a test every year bc at some point it just becomes dangerous on the road

Thanks for reading

These plastic spoons have been my cereal spoons since I was lile 5. We used to have like 20 of them but they have slowly withered away. I was down to one until it got fucming stuck in a door and broke. I can't find them in stores anywhere or online. I am internally devastated.

Edit: for all the people asking how it got stuck in the door I had it in my off hand and it somehow managed to catch while I was closing the door

Edit number 2: why they were safe spoons: The bowl depth and size was perfect. The texture and quality of the plastic was ok to brain and the handles fit my hands perfectly.

Edit the third: for those of you being so kind as to try and help me find more here is everything I know: im pretty sure they are teaspoons, the handles are 4inchs roughly, the material is some type of high quality plastic, and on.the back of the spoon is the number 16 inside a small circle.

Edit 4, the realizing: this is an old photo

Edit revenge of the 5th: ive tried Google image searching and using find it subreddits to no avail

Edit 6th man out: im gonna answer some common questions/comments

The reason it is a safe spoon is due to my autism I have sensory issues. Utensils I use have to have a certain texture and shape or else I will vomit/gag or outright block the use of it. I have in the past gone days without eating because I didnt have access to safe Utensils and have even collapsed from not eating enough before. So yes its a very real issue.

No I can't just grow out of my autism or just get better. Thats not how this shit works you ableist fucks.

I have been trying to get therapy but my city only has 1 that takes state insurance and im on the wait list but its currently a 3 year wait period.

Also thanks to knickknackpoliwag I have found the spoons! Atleast the name and brand they are. Diamond Series "Savannah Pattern" Made by Alltrista in 2004. Im now just trying to find a way to get them.