Wednesday, November 09, 2005
Tell me again why they call them benefits.
Exercise: 4 ass kicking miles :)
So it's that dreaded time of year again - benefits enrollment time. Once again our company has decided to change things up. Oh how I love it so much when they do that. I've been lucky the last few years because the other than the cost, nothing changed with the dental & vision plans I had but this year, the luck ran out at least when it comes to the dental. They have decided to go with a provider who doesn't even have HMO dentists in our area (The plan I have now is an HMO which means I pay less than $20/month and preventative care is free). My dentist isn't even listed for the PPO which means unless I switch, I will be going to an out of network doctor who can charge me more than the "reasonable fees" if he so chooses and I will have to pay for it. Oh and even if I did switch to a PPO dentist, the benefits (if that's what you can call it) are scarce. The other downside...Chi's enrollment period has already ended so there's no way to sign up for any dental plan he could get that might be better than what I have been offered. Even if what he could have got wouldn't have been that great, it still wouldn't have cost twice what I'm paying now like our new plan will. Fuck you once again Dubya and all your little cronies who like to put the pinch on medical care.
Oh and just to further show just how out of wack the insurance gig is try this on for size....The majority of people I have talked to are paying close to if not more than $300/month for health insurance for employee and spouse (this is the fee at my company too). Chi and I get health insurance where he works for about $100/year and the coverage is just as good or better than the plans offered at my employer. I feel for those who don't work a company close with the health insurance providers because they are REALLY getting screwed!
And now for something completely different.....
Never in my life have I smelled BO worse than I did the other day. There was a sales guy that came in to talk with one of the managers who has an office back by my desk. From the moment he walked by my cubicle until about 5 or 10 minutes after he left, that whole corner of the office just reaked of a nasty sweaty man. I thought I was going to harf on my shoes it was so bad. As I told J-Lo, a fart would have cleaned the air. I had a can of air freshener at my desk and sprayed it but it didn't do much to help. I also don't think I shook it up enough because when I hit the button, there was this funny stream that came out instead of a mist. It was all I could do to keep from cracking up hysterically because it was so comical. J-Lo (who I had previously made mention of the offending odor to) heard the spray can and asked me what I was doing. I told her I was sniffing my pits to make fully sure it wasn't me and about the stream coming out of the air freshener can and it going all over the wall and window across the walkway from me, she too started cracking up.
The next morning didn't prove to be much better. The guy came in and although I could tell he had taken a shower, I think he also took a bath in some cologne but still forgot the DO for the BO. This time instead of the smell being outright sweat, it was more of that earthy sort of woodsy smell of someone who has just started to "offend". It was like the smell you get right after a light rain that just dampens the ground a bit. In small quantities it's refreshing. In large quantities, it's enough to make you want to hurl.
Otay....I's be outta here.
Til next time......
Knocked Off By The Fashion Diva
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