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RTDNTOTO šŸ» Random Thoughts Deserving No Thread Of Their Own 20 (2025)

Planit said:
Is the receptionist scrolling on her phone? That's what happened to me at my last visit.

I was standing at the desk for a bit when she just happen to look up. She went back to her phone, clicked something (I assume to close the app) and then asked "name and date of birth please" - not even a fake apology.
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Yes, and after waiting for 90 minutes I went up to ask her, and she discovered that she forgot to push a button to put us on the list. She did move us to the top of the list, but I got suspicious when 2 people who got there after us were brought back. She didn't apologize or anything, just went back to her phone.

The nurse that did the vitals was horrible. It was very apparent that we were a nuisance to her and her attitude was unimaginable. At one point she bluntly said, I don't think there is anything we can do, you need to go to this other place in the other city for x-rays. When I asked about going to the location that we have here in our city, she snapped, "We don't have one here!" Although I know for a fact that we do. I realized there was nothing that I could say or do that was going to change the situation, so I just let her do her thing. When the Dr. came in, he said that it does not look broken and even if it was, the only thing they could do was a mask. He looked at it really good, and by then it had stopped bleeding. He have him some meds for the pain and a school note, and we were done.
 
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NDOT decided to randomly paint a crosswalk at an intersection and block off the road the same day Fernley Public Works was going to look at the sewer. Itā€™s a standoff.

NDOT owns the street, but the city owns everything above and below it. A simple phone call to coordinate would have been nice.
 
Would you wear this t-shirt ?
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Watching the clock here... one hour to go.

Thinking pizza tonight... need more whiskey too. Likely stop at the store for a premade bake your own cheese pizza and add stuff to it (to get my vegetables).
 
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I took my car in for its first oil change. The dealership sent me a link to a video where they walked through the car. It only has 3000 miles on it, so anything other than "Everything looks great" would have been rather alarming.

I was low on gas so I stopped at Costco to fill up and while I was there decided to do the grocery shopping. Made up a quick list and pretty much nailed it.

Then I took my dog to the vet because she has a lump on her leg. The vet took a needle biopsy and had bad news, said it's likely an aggressive cancer. They sent the samples to a lab for confirmation. He said if they can get the entire tumor removed from her leg and don't miss any, she may have a full recovery, but it sounded like a pretty big IF to me.

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