usually she set her sights on men
because they usually had their
heads up their ass
for instanceshe was unfriended on Facebook by a man -- in a relationship -- whom she met through her art page
he reached out to her
he had authentic connections in
the LA market and implied he might be able to help her
but when life – as is Its habit
-- stomps on toes she was forced to attend to Its aftermath
she responded briefly to his last
lengthy email(suddenly they were all lengthy) advising him her time wasnt her
own she had to mete it out according to her
priorities
he commiserated
then just more than a week later
she discovered he had unfriended her
evidently he needed the attention
more than she should allow herself
or
his intentions werent honest
his
“in a relationship” meaning “in a relationship of convenience”
AwPoor baby
she called him out in a brief
transmission
he emailed her back saying he did
no such thing
Facebook
screwed up
and she would buy into that because
she was stupid?
she wasnt stupid
she was fedup with the rampant
stupidity curling up around her like cold flames insensate to obligations common sense common
decency or any nonbiblical deliberation: Do onto others as you would have them
do onto you
she played the long game
and playing it her
thought-process incurred questions that revealed themselves near the ends of their
improbable skeins which she twisted together plaits of reasoning
all she got for her intellectual
trouble were dull expressions those that she might conceived of reflected in a mindless
cueball prior to being lashed into a pile with the hope and a prayer that something
might fall into a pocket and provide them another shot
lashed muscularly but without
considering that not holing a ball they would leave all sorts of opportunities scattered
on the table
for her
such dull bastards
however
and not happily and wishing it
werent so
she found herself among women who
also had their heads up their ass
she expected more
she didnt see herself or they reflected
in kind as men
their traits were disparate
she found this misery converged inside
a busy rheumatologists practise
she found out quickly that its staff
covered each others ass when discrepancies were revealed
Tiffany(she desperately wanted to
forgive her unfortunate name) was the office manager and who she interacted with that morning
Tiffany was the doctors
touchstone his fail-safe
but Tiffany blew it
even after she returned to the office a halfhour later and reminded her that the doctor did not provide her script and urged her please with the three-day weekend ahead not to forget to fax her script to her pharmacy
maybe possibly
Tiffany had something crawl up her ass with her right tight up against her
cheek that took exception to her reminder
Tiffany screwed the pooch
when she called her pharmacy at 1400-hours
in regards to her prescription as Tiffany suggested
What prescription
she called the rheumatologists
office the cover-up beginning and talked instead with Anna in the
Bakersfield office who was answering the phones having to contend with the
overflow
Anna informed her Arroyo Grande
was inundated and since she was a new patient her first appointment that
morning nothing had been uploaded into their system
they were blind to her
transaction that morning
Bakersfield was useless to her
But you shouldnt worry Anna said Tiffany is very competent
she wasnt getting that sense
Anna assured her she would keep at
Arroyo Grande for the prescription
she called for Tiffany again at
1430-hours
Bakersfield(not Anna this time)
Beth advised her they were unable to get word to Tiffany
she called at 1500-hours and yet another
woman Theresa advised her they werent able to raise Arroyo Grande for her
prescription
at 1530-hours Bakersfield
yet another woman(she said who she was but she didnt care) said according
to the account notations they also superadd emails to their telephone calls(she
smiled wrily superadd code it
was meant to impress her but also tip
office staff she was a persistent patient a pain-in-the-ass)
she thought OhPlease dont blow
smoke up my ass
her reflection in their voices
eroded
she could not find herself in
their dishonest words
she was angry and tired of being
bound and heaved into a boat called Disrespect
her1600-hours telephone call
informed her that they still unable to make contact(in this hyperconnected
world of communications social media) with Tiffany
they assumed Tiffany would parcel
out the prescription before leaving the office
cold comfort
at 1730-hours she called her
pharmacy to confirm for herself
no prescription was received
the
three-day weekend was in full swing
early Tuesday morning she
received a telephone message from Alison with CVS Drugs in the community ten
miles north of her and Alison asked if she truly wanted her prescription filled
there and not in her own community
Allison was thinking
she called Tiffany again and
again was intercepted by Bakersfield
Anna
Anna acted like she didnt
remember their vigorous interaction prior to the three-day weekend
Anna I need two things please
Yes
I paid my co-pay in Arroyo Grande
Friday morning but did not receive a receipt Could that receipt please be sent
to my home address
Yes What is it
What is it
Yes
You have me up in your computerYes I purposefully didnt call too early this morning assuming if I gave it a little
time the new patient entries would be made
Yes
Yes What
You are in my computer
Then I need only confirm my
address
Correct
Oh
Yes
Anna read her her address
Correct
Then well get that out in this
mornings mail to you Thank you for
calling . . .
. . . Anna
Yes
I said I had two things to discuss with
you(her house telephone rang behind her: It was CVS in her hometown advising
her her prescription was filled and ready to be picked up Alison evidently wasnt a woman with her head
up her ass) Our second item of business is that my prescription Tiffany was to
fill on Friday evening which you assured me she wouldnt lay down on the ground
was
not filled
In fact I received a call from
CVS this morning who I do not do
business with who questioned if I wanted
drive ten miles north to collect my prescription there
Anna
Yes
Okay Youre there
I thought you
might have a perspective on that mistake
I told Tiffany Rite-Aid on El
Camino Real in my town
We can do that if you like
I liked that this past Friday
afternoon
I can get the prescription sent
to Rite-Aid(a politician)
Then I can assume youll call CVS
and decline the prescription
No Just dont go and pickup the prescription
Anna Can you imagine if this prescription was an
opioid and now I had access to double the opioids because you failed to rescind
an errant prescription
All I can do is advise you not to
pickup the CVS prescription
Anna Is that really all you can do
Sounds flippant to me
Im telling you what our practise
is
Then perhaps I can suggest an
improvement to your practise
I can assure you because Im doing it as we speak that Im submitting your prescription to
Rite-Aid on El Camino Real
Okay No perspective No rescinding Tiffanys mistake
Thank you for your help Anna
Youre welcome
Nobody did their job any more
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