All of you busting your hump for the man. Dealing with clueless managers, or impossible public, or annoying coworkers. Getting up when you're too tired because you have to, and dragging yourselves home at the end of the day. Doing a good job at what you do. Filling a need. Putting food on the table. Paying tuition. Making it possible to have your spouse raise your kids, or standing strong on your two feet. Here's to you! We appreciate your hard work and everything you put up with to do the job and get that paycheck.
Cookies and root beer on me!
-- Edited by Jen at 20:04, 2007-10-29
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Passionately giving the best that is in me to the children in my class. Dealing with an insightful principal, dedicated parents, and fellow teachers who are as passionate as I am. Jumping out of bed at 5:30 every morning so I can get to school an hour early to make sure everything is set up just perfect for the day. Doing the best job I possibly can. Filling a critical need. Putting delicious food on the table. Making it possible for my beautiful bride to stay home if she chooses. I feel honored that parents trust me with their most precious gifts. I'm sometimes amazed that I actually get paid for something I love so much.
At any rate, Jen, thank you for the encouragement. I'll still take some rootbeer and cookies, if that's okay with you.
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Roper, thankyouthankyouthankyou. I was feeling frustrated for my sweet husband (who's still at work, btw) when I posted. But even if you love your job, great! You still work hard.
Thanks to you and other dedicated teachers. I feel truly, truly blessed and thankful for DD1's teacher. She's a great woman who is really dedicated, and doesn't have to be in a Kindergarten class, but she really loves it. She loves the kids. She wants to give them a great start. I think you're probably the same kind of teacher. :)
Root beer float for you, even.
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Um, can I have rootbeer and cookies too Jen? Pretty please? I work hard! I spend hours processing and filling people's prescriptions in a timely manner. I have spent hours on the phone with insurance companies trying to get people's insurance to pay for people's medicines. I have spent hours on the phone taking doctor's calls and calling people's doctors for them, and I have spent hours on the phone calling other pharmacies looking for drugs for people if we happen to be out of something they need. Where would people be without their drugs? I deal with mean and nasty people every day, and but then occasionally I get the truly grateful and appreciative customer too and it helps make up for it and reminds me why I like to do what I do.
Particularly when I could or should be at home with my family, but circumstances dictate that I must work part-time.
We even put up with crazy stuff. Yesterday we discovered that during the night someone played a "practical joke" by sending a water bag full of snails in it with a card on it that said, "Call 488!" through our drive-thru window carrier. I just took in in stride.
Your job is hard and probably often thankless, Poncho. Any job that has to deal with insurance companies *shudder*. Thanks for doing it!
Thank Jen, I don't recommend dealing with insurance companies with anyone. Although I have to say sometimes it all pans out and is worth it. I had an experience several months ago where I spent an hour on the phone with an insurance company trying to get them to allow us to fill a 14 day supply of a man's medication because his mail-order delivery of his medication was delayed and was not processed soon enough. This medication was for the man's anti-organ rejection medication so they were literally life-saving drugs. I kept getting transferred from one department to another and at first they were only willing to fill a 3 or 4 day supply and I had to convince them it would take them that long just to fill it, let alone mail it. I was more than happy to do it, but the man and his sister were so grateful I arrived to work the next to day to find that they had a basket of gourmet, decorated cookies delivered to the pharmacy addressed to me and the rest of the pharmacy. I was shocked. Not only that they called the corporate office and paid me a high complement and related what I did and that message went down to all the other pharmacies in our district. Now I don't think what I did was over and beyond the call of duty but it made me feel good to know that a man literally thanked me for saving his life. It's moments like those that help one to get through all the other crap you have to deal with in the working world sometimes.
Oh, and two weeks later when his mail-order still hadn't arrived, his sister called us in a panic and was relieved when I answered the phone, because I knew the situation and once again I was more than happy to get a few more pills to see him through.
So, Beef. You work for an insurance company? In general, I don't mind calling insurance companies for patients, but the thing that bugs me the most is trying to get past all the menu prompts so I can actually speak to a representative. The automated system doesn't need to tell me "why" a claim is being rejected, it's usually a case where I need to speak to a representative. Any ideas how to speed up the process and speak to a "real" person? Most of my time is spent getting through these menus and/or being put on hold.
I know every person in my pharmacy would be deeply indebted to you if there were any tricks up your sleeve you could provide.
That annoys the crap out of me when I know I need to speak to someone and can't get to anyone. I usually keep pressing "0" or "#" repeatedly. Usually, that will trigger the system to transfer you to a receptionist. Except for some companies whose automated system says "I'm sorry, I don't recognize that number. Thank you for calling." and then hangs up on me.
Oh, and if you deal that often with insurance companies, I would start keeping a list of names and direct line/extensions of the people you talk to. Even if they can't help you, they can transfer you to the correct person who can. I'm guessing you probably deal with the same companies repeatedly.
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Yeah, some systems have caught on to that trick of continually pressing a wrong number so it will automatically turn you to an operator so they just reset the system where instead they just hang up on you. That's a good idea though about keeping a list of representatives and their direct line phone numbers. I hadn't thought of that, because yes we do deal with a few of same companies all the time. I can think of three right off the top of my head. But, every once in awhile we get a company we ain't never heard of before or we don't deal with on a regular basis.
Keeping a list of names/numbers is a handy little trick. But it'll annoy the crapola out of the people you keep the numbers for. Be sure to butter them up when you call, "You were so wonderful last time I called that I just KNEW you'd be great this time!"
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All of you busting your hump for the man. Dealing with clueless managers, or impossible public, or annoying coworkers. Getting up when you're too tired because you have to, and dragging yourselves home at the end of the day. Doing a good job at what you do. Filling a need. Putting food on the table. Paying tuition. Making it possible to have your spouse raise your kids, or standing strong on your two feet. Here's to you! We appreciate your hard work and everything you put up with to do the job and get that paycheck.
If you can't do either (or preferably both) then be committed to do what it takes to have what you want. I worked for over twenty years before I took that risk.
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As long as you don' t work for United Healthcare. You are cool.
If you work the above mentioned bunch of bumbling IDIOTS, get another job. Seriously.
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I work for an insurance company 
