Finally had a good night’s sleep. Slept all the way through and woke up with a song in my head that I can’t shake — Ding Dong the Witch is Dead.
Right away I’m thinking of Henrietta, Jane, Joyce — the three witches that made my working life so traumatic years ago.
None of the three are popping up on Legacy’s obituary site. Too soon maybe?
The song is still in my head, so hopefully which witch is which will be made known to me somehow some way.
Of course, there’s the Black Witch — the resident who tried to bully me, called me the B word at bingo.
She’s done no damage, is not important enough for a song to be in my head but, if by chance the song is about her, I’ll know soon enough.
There was a ping on the phone at 8:21 this morning. It was a message from the dental office — "Thank you for being a patient. We would really like your feedback. Rate your experience with us here and we’ll enter your name into our raffle to win a $200 gift card".
How’s that for timing.
The plan was to hold off firing the dental office until AFTER I’d found a new dentist, hopefully before January 19 — the date scheduled for me to return for the necessary crown and additional unnecessary work they’d planned to scam me for.
Cats out of the bag now because my reply was — "Funny you should ask, as I’m currently in the process of seeking dental care elsewhere".
As of today, I have two options, both with great reviews and both who appear to focus on quality care, rather than quantity.
In retrospect, I think that’s why so many dentists are scammers. With these dental conglomerates that have offices in many locations, there is the need for each dentist in each location to earn his spot, bring in as much money as he can. Whereas, with the two I’m looking at, they’ve been in business for many years, same location with focus not on becoming bigger and better, expanding, but maintaining patient loyalty.
No. 1 is an all-female dental office. No. 2 is a "holistic" dentist.
Needing a crown ASAP, the all-female office is problematic as they are on holiday until Monday, January 2nd.
The holistic dentists is reading as expensive, but can schedule me for a consultation Tuesday, January 3rd.
The deciding factor will be if I hear from the all-female dental office on Monday and how soon they can schedule me for consultation and the crown work as compared to how soon the holistic dentist can do the work.
No one won the Mega Million last night, so here we go again with my feeling compelled to take my chances until someone finally wins.
I had invested $10 in last night’s drawing, won $4 back. The pot is up to $640 milliion now, so I’ll be purchasing more tickets after this morning’s workout.
Can’t win if you don’t play.
I wonder what makes a dentist "holistic"?
ReplyDeleteSounds more like a doctor than a dentist, taking a mind/body approach to oral health, using natural non-invasive treatments and some sort of “air abrasion” rather than a drill. I think he'd be interesting to consult with, but I prefer the female dental office.
DeleteSounds like a scam to me.
DeleteSince they all are, in one way or another, it's a pick your poison situation. I'm going with the all-female, but not expecting anything other than what I've met since Dr. McDreamy became no longer the dentist.
DeleteI hope you can hold out for the all-female office. Congratulations on your lottery “win.” That’s better than I’ve ever done.
ReplyDeleteAll female is the one I'm leaning towards.
DeleteI do Hope you find a good Dentist, it took us a while but we're delighted with the one we now have, he's excellent and his prices are lower than those that do unnecessary work and inflate their prices for the same things. I got my Crown replaced that had broken, it was an ancient one, probably older than the Dentist and his Staff. *LOL* Got it done by End of Year so it was completely covered by Medicare for what they allow in 2022, which was fantastic and didn't use up any of my 2023 coverage maximums. If only all the Wicked Witches would just FOAD, the World would be a much better place... that goes for the Male versions as well that don't make this World a better place for having been in it.
ReplyDeleteI've pretty much resigned myself to never finding a dentist like my blue-eyed silver-haired Dr. McDreamy. But hopefully the lady dentists will do better than those I've tried since McDreamy left, or was kicked out of, his practice.
DeleteGood luck on winning some of that money.
ReplyDeleteI had a rate your experience survey for this apartment complex a couple of months ago. lol I told them exactly that I thought.
Inasmuch as nothing changes, I don't know why they even ask for surveys. Hopefully either I win or someone does soon, cause it's lotto fever around here.
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