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"wombn" |
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14 Jan 2004 02:52:08 PM |
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It's a bit disconcerting..... |
..... to call my pharmacy to see if my new prescription is ready and
to have him answer the phone and address me by name before I've even
said a word....
I've always avoided going to the same stores when they begin to
recognize me. In this case, it's not possible.
ugh.
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If laughter is the best medicine,
then kittens should be covered by our health insurance. :-)
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| User: "Teilhard Knight" |
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| Title: Re: It's a bit disconcerting..... |
15 Jan 2004 02:04:09 AM |
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"wombn" <wombnhearmeroar@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:grab001i6s2fc5bppnq2867v2ta2mtmikk@4ax.com...
.... to call my pharmacy to see if my new prescription is ready and
to have him answer the phone and address me by name before I've even
said a word....
Ha! I sometimes phone another department or office in my university, and to
my surprise, the person who answers knows me. So, I ask: "who is speaking",
and I get a name I do feel I haven't heard in my whole life. But then I
answer, "oh, Ms whatever, how are you? Blah, blah, blah". And when I hang up
the phone, a chill runs down my spine thinking that if I cross by this
person, I wouldn't recognize her and I could be insulting her.
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Teilhard Knight
The Extraterrestrial
Change "privacy" for "softhome" if you want to intrude my inbox
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| User: "wombn" |
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| Title: Re: It's a bit disconcerting..... |
15 Jan 2004 02:07:41 PM |
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On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 02:04:09 -0600, "Teilhard Knight"
<teilhk@privacy.net> wrote:
"wombn" <wombnhearmeroar@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:grab001i6s2fc5bppnq2867v2ta2mtmikk@4ax.com...
.... to call my pharmacy to see if my new prescription is ready and
to have him answer the phone and address me by name before I've even
said a word....
Ha! I sometimes phone another department or office in my university, and to
my surprise, the person who answers knows me. So, I ask: "who is speaking",
and I get a name I do feel I haven't heard in my whole life. But then I
answer, "oh, Ms whatever, how are you? Blah, blah, blah". And when I hang up
the phone, a chill runs down my spine thinking that if I cross by this
person, I wouldn't recognize her and I could be insulting her.
I used to cultivate a reputation for being a ditz because of exactly
that kind of thing.
Maybe I didn't have to cultivate it that hard..... :)
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If laughter is the best medicine,
then kittens should be covered by our health insurance. :-)
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| User: "old coyote" |
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| Title: Re: It's a bit disconcerting..... |
14 Jan 2004 08:03:11 PM |
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wombn <wombnhearmeroar@comcast.net> wrote in
news:grab001i6s2fc5bppnq2867v2ta2mtmikk@4ax.com:
.... to call my pharmacy to see if my new prescription is ready and
to have him answer the phone and address me by name before I've even
said a word....
I've always avoided going to the same stores when they begin to
recognize me. In this case, it's not possible.
ugh.
I know the feeling. There is no privacy anymore. Everybody knows
everything about me. It's the BIG eye.
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-=oc=-
"Don't punish yourself for imagined sins." - Charles
"you do not need to bargain your well being" - %
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| User: "wombn" |
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| Title: Re: It's a bit disconcerting..... |
15 Jan 2004 01:47:45 AM |
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On 15 Jan 2004 02:03:11 GMT, old coyote <the_oldcoyote@yahoo.com>
wrote:
wombn <wombnhearmeroar@comcast.net> wrote in
news:grab001i6s2fc5bppnq2867v2ta2mtmikk@4ax.com:
.... to call my pharmacy to see if my new prescription is ready and
to have him answer the phone and address me by name before I've even
said a word....
I've always avoided going to the same stores when they begin to
recognize me. In this case, it's not possible.
ugh.
I know the feeling. There is no privacy anymore. Everybody knows
everything about me. It's the BIG eye.
on the one hand, it can be a very good thing... a pharmacy saved me
from taking too many diabetes meds (pre-T1 diagnosis) by questioning
why I'd been given *both* of those particular prescriptions (two
different docs had called them in--not checking to see if the other
one already had)
but otoh.....
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If laughter is the best medicine,
then kittens should be covered by our health insurance. :-)
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| User: "old coyote" |
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| Title: Re: It's a bit disconcerting..... |
15 Jan 2004 11:16:22 PM |
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wombn <wombnhearmeroar@comcast.net> wrote in
news:g7hc00dr85nkj16314tqt4h0n2aan7lfag@4ax.com:
On 15 Jan 2004 02:03:11 GMT, old coyote <the_oldcoyote@yahoo.com>
wrote:
wombn <wombnhearmeroar@comcast.net> wrote in
news:grab001i6s2fc5bppnq2867v2ta2mtmikk@4ax.com:
.... to call my pharmacy to see if my new prescription is ready and
to have him answer the phone and address me by name before I've even
said a word....
I've always avoided going to the same stores when they begin to
recognize me. In this case, it's not possible.
ugh.
I know the feeling. There is no privacy anymore. Everybody knows
everything about me. It's the BIG eye.
on the one hand, it can be a very good thing... a pharmacy saved me
from taking too many diabetes meds (pre-T1 diagnosis) by questioning
why I'd been given *both* of those particular prescriptions (two
different docs had called them in--not checking to see if the other
one already had)
but otoh.....
How much is too much? It's nice that the pharmacy knows so much, but the
disconcerting part for me is how quickly that information can be shared
without my knowledge. Not that I could do anything about it even if I knew
beforehand.
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-=oc=-
"Don't punish yourself for imagined sins." - Charles
"you do not need to bargain your well being" - %
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| User: "wombn" |
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| Title: Re: It's a bit disconcerting..... |
15 Jan 2004 11:21:24 PM |
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On 16 Jan 2004 05:16:22 GMT, old coyote <the_oldcoyote@yahoo.com>
wrote:
on the one hand, it can be a very good thing... a pharmacy saved me
from taking too many diabetes meds (pre-T1 diagnosis) by questioning
why I'd been given *both* of those particular prescriptions (two
different docs had called them in--not checking to see if the other
one already had)
but otoh.....
How much is too much? It's nice that the pharmacy knows so much, but the
disconcerting part for me is how quickly that information can be shared
without my knowledge. Not that I could do anything about it even if I knew
beforehand.
yup.
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If laughter is the best medicine,
then kittens should be covered by our health insurance. :-)
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| User: "Franz Bestuchev" |
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| Title: Re: It's a bit disconcerting..... |
15 Jan 2004 02:44:43 AM |
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wombn wrote:
On 15 Jan 2004 02:03:11 GMT, old coyote <the_oldcoyote@yahoo.com>
wrote:
wombn <wombnhearmeroar@comcast.net> wrote in
news:grab001i6s2fc5bppnq2867v2ta2mtmikk@4ax.com:
.... to call my pharmacy to see if my new prescription is ready and
to have him answer the phone and address me by name before I've even
said a word....
I've always avoided going to the same stores when they begin to
recognize me. In this case, it's not possible.
ugh.
I know the feeling. There is no privacy anymore. Everybody knows
everything about me. It's the BIG eye.
on the one hand, it can be a very good thing... a pharmacy saved me
from taking too many diabetes meds (pre-T1 diagnosis) by questioning
why I'd been given *both* of those particular prescriptions (two
different docs had called them in--not checking to see if the other
one already had)
but otoh.....
A good pharmacist costs $, and they're disappearing. The less of them on
staff allows the hiring of hourly pharm. techs. - anybody who can count
to 10 repeatedly qualifies often. I've seen pharmacy situations with 1
pharmacist and 5 techs.
And yup, major chain store
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| User: "Jamal Chapultapec" |
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| Title: Re: It's a bit disconcerting..... |
14 Jan 2004 05:14:10 PM |
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wombn <wombnhearmeroar@comcast.net> wrote in
news:grab001i6s2fc5bppnq2867v2ta2mtmikk@4ax.com:
.... to call my pharmacy to see if my new prescription is ready and
to have him answer the phone and address me by name before I've even
said a word....
I've always avoided going to the same stores when they begin to
recognize me. In this case, it's not possible.
ugh.
Why would you stop going to the store once they start recognizing you?
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| User: "humble.life" |
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| Title: Re: It's a bit disconcerting..... |
14 Jan 2004 02:57:39 PM |
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wombn wrote:
.... to call my pharmacy to see if my new prescription is ready and
to have him answer the phone and address me by name before I've even
said a word....
I've always avoided going to the same stores when they begin to
recognize me. In this case, it's not possible.
ugh.
maybe he had a caller ID system that brings up the associated patients
details in a screen?
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| User: "wombn" |
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| Title: Re: It's a bit disconcerting..... |
14 Jan 2004 03:10:43 PM |
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On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 20:57:39 +0000, "humble.life"
<humble.life@lycos.co.uk> wrote:
wombn wrote:
.... to call my pharmacy to see if my new prescription is ready and
to have him answer the phone and address me by name before I've even
said a word....
I've always avoided going to the same stores when they begin to
recognize me. In this case, it's not possible.
ugh.
maybe he had a caller ID system that brings up the associated patients
details in a screen?
oh definitely. it's just creepy.
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If laughter is the best medicine,
then kittens should be covered by our health insurance. :-)
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| User: "humble.life" |
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| Title: Re: It's a bit disconcerting..... |
14 Jan 2004 03:43:11 PM |
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wombn wrote:
On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 20:57:39 +0000, "humble.life"
<humble.life@lycos.co.uk> wrote:
wombn wrote:
.... to call my pharmacy to see if my new prescription is ready and
to have him answer the phone and address me by name before I've even
said a word....
I've always avoided going to the same stores when they begin to
recognize me. In this case, it's not possible.
ugh.
maybe he had a caller ID system that brings up the associated patients
details in a screen?
oh definitely. it's just creepy.
you should have the friends I have.
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Your words here, just 4 english pounds per
word. Charge is applicable on all posts.
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| User: "Whateverafter" |
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| Title: Re: It's a bit disconcerting..... |
14 Jan 2004 05:49:08 PM |
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Subject: Re: It's a bit disconcerting.....
From: "humble.life"
Date: 1/14/2004 3:43 PM Central America Standard Time
Message-id: <bu4cuj$dk693$1@ID-182159.news.uni-berlin.de>
wombn wrote:
On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 20:57:39 +0000, "humble.life"
< > wrote:
wombn wrote:
.... to call my pharmacy to see if my new prescription is ready and
to have him answer the phone and address me by name before I've even
said a word....
I've always avoided going to the same stores when they begin to
recognize me. In this case, it's not possible.
ugh.
maybe he had a caller ID system that brings up the associated patients
details in a screen?
oh definitely. it's just creepy.
you should have the friends I have.
--
___________________________________________
Your words here, just 4 english pounds per
word. Charge is applicable on all posts.
___________________________________________
My pizza place knows me like that.
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| User: "humble.life" |
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| Title: Re: It's a bit disconcerting..... |
14 Jan 2004 06:02:09 PM |
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Whateverafter wrote:
Subject: Re: It's a bit disconcerting.....
From: "humble.life"
Date: 1/14/2004 3:43 PM Central America Standard Time
Message-id: <bu4cuj$dk693$1@ID-182159.news.uni-berlin.de>
wombn wrote:
On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 20:57:39 +0000, "humble.life"
< > wrote:
wombn wrote:
.... to call my pharmacy to see if my new prescription is ready and
to have him answer the phone and address me by name before I've even
said a word....
I've always avoided going to the same stores when they begin to
recognize me. In this case, it's not possible.
ugh.
maybe he had a caller ID system that brings up the associated patients
details in a screen?
oh definitely. it's just creepy.
you should have the friends I have.
--
___________________________________________
Your words here, just 4 english pounds per
word. Charge is applicable on all posts.
___________________________________________
My pizza place knows me like that.
I hope you get discount.
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| User: "Franz Bestuchev" |
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| Title: Re: It's a bit disconcerting..... |
15 Jan 2004 02:41:40 AM |
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wombn wrote:
.... to call my pharmacy to see if my new prescription is ready and
to have him answer the phone and address me by name before I've even
said a word....
I've always avoided going to the same stores when they begin to
recognize me. In this case, it's not possible.
ugh.
I could understand that for a pharmacy. I used to go to a great little
corner store/deli in SF near Robin William's house. I could always walk
in, holler to the sandwich guy that I wanted "the usual" and the stroll
around for some chips or laugh about the porno as the guy made my sandwich.
Right about the time I left the building owner decided not to renew
their rent.
America lost a unique place, now stands luxury condos (3) with card
gated access. Much more better - they really tie the community together.
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