Posts by goldennomad6

Unfortunately, you totally missed the point of my post. I was trying to highlight some serious, behind-the-scenes issues that most people outside those government agencies don't even realize are breaking the whole system...

Anyway, I finally quit 😁 and went freelance. Now you can't just call me up and start making threats; if you want my time, you book a slot, pay the fee, and then we can have a civilized conversation. I’m doing what I love on my own terms now 🙂

melloworca6 said:So we just need more fighting and punishments then?

dustymarlin10 said:With an object.
Right in the head.
Until they start acting right.

I honestly don't get why Americans have this tendency to act like sheep.
They step on us, squeeze us, abuse us, rob us, and discriminate against us, and we won't even make a peep.
The "welfare state" that’s supposed to protect the little guy from the whims of the rich and powerful simply doesn't exist.
People aren't getting paid for months, yet they show up and shut up. They just sit there watching the boss buy yet another luxury SUV.

Has it ever occurred to anyone to just smash the kneecaps of a bully with a stick—and yeah, I mean any kind of bully, including those hospital staff types—when you can't find justice any other way?!

I really don't get this, and I definitely don't approve.
Advocating for stuff like this and then expecting decent treatment? 🙄

And when these uneducated, aggressive people show up for a checkup and try to "take matters into their own hands" based on totally wrong ideas about diagnosis and treatment (which is like half of them), how exactly do you think a doctor can do a quality job during a 12-hour shift under those conditions?
You think we're gonna be intimidated or threatened and suddenly just perform perfectly? Pathetic... 👎
What "whims," what "rich and powerful" at the ER, what "bullies"?
I just don't understand all this aggression...

There's just no order in America.
Negligence should definitely be punished, but that includes patients who give the wrong symptoms over the phone or those who ignore their own health and waste everyone's time and energy with non-emergencies—and those are usually the ones doing most of the arguing and threatening.

One time, back when I was still working in the ER, I was at the bank with my husband. This elderly lady ahead of me started loudly complaining to the teller about how the bank operates. After her third sentence, security stepped in and forcibly removed her from the counter. It made me feel so pathetic; at the ER, we could only dream of having that kind of protection.

Because of things like this, fewer and fewer doctors want to work in the ER. Teams are already hard to fill (I think the local Employment Office has zero doctors on file), and the ones who are there are mostly just looking for any excuse to leave.

slycanyon22 - I know that bit about the scammers all too well, unfortunately. There are plenty of examples. Experienced operators (basically the nurses and doctors) try to pull info out of the conversation, but if a patient drops a few key symptoms, they send them straight through regardless of whether it's someone who has called ten times before lying...

slycanyon22 said:If you actually had a parent who needed help right this second and they died because nobody showed up, your whole perspective would shift pretty fast...

It’s exactly this kind of attitude that drove me and a ton of my colleagues to quit the ER.
When the system fails to organize itself, maybe then people will finally see things from a different angle 😁

The reality is we're working with zero budget, way too few teams, and honestly, patients lie constantly. It’s those lies that cause us to miss the truly life-threatening calls because we're chasing ghosts.

One classic story: they call us screaming that a heart patient is lying on the floor in the hallway after having a heart attack last year. Naturally, we're tearing through traffic in an ambulance to get there. We show up, and the guy is just chilling in bed, looking perfectly fine and smiling at us. We ask what happened, and he tells us he's "fine," even though he's clearly running a fever—which they didn't even bother to check. He claims his wife put potato slices in his socks, and while heading to the bathroom, he slipped on the potatoes and fell 😵 You know how that ends... When I asked why they didn't tell us the truth upfront, the family got all defensive, acting like since he's a husband and father, his behavior is totally justified. We can't just ignore a call like that. Sadly, these people don't face any consequences for being irresponsible and selfish; there's just no mechanism to hold them accountable.
And man, there are plenty of stories like that.

That’s why sometimes we have to dig for the real facts, which makes us look like we're interrogating people to anyone watching from the outside.

I really hope people's perspectives start shifting, even just a little... ☕

Thanks, I actually asked about that and they told me it’s possible there's a similar name out there. I didn't talk to the judge directly, just some clerk at the courthouse, but apparently a difference of just two or three characters might be enough... though it feels like such a totally arbitrary call by the judge. So yeah, the same name could fly in one district and get rejected in another.
Yeah, I heard Latin or Greek versions usually pass, which is a pretty handy tip to know.
I'm just confused if they rejected you initially and then accepted it on appeal, or if this was all just handled during a conversation.

😕
Why would they reject my proposed business name? It’s not in any official registry, I searched on Google and nothing comes up, and it isn't weird or offensive... They didn't even give me a reason, just said I need to add something more... Add what? Why? 🤷

Is it normal to ask for an explanation, or has anyone else dealt with this nonsense?