What's bugging you? *2023*

[Zad Fnark]

On 12/18/2023 at 2:12 PM, AKCheesehead said:

Must have learned their lesson after the Theismann play on MNF in '85, for those who remember it.  I was watching that one with my parents.  That was just terrible.  I remember Dad saying matter-of-factly "He'll never play again.  He'll be lucky to walk again."

I'll never forget that.  I was probably 16 back then.  It looked like he had two knees the way they kept showing that over and over.  It made my legs hurt looking at that.

[Jimbo]

On 12/20/2023 at 5:29 PM, NeedMoreFans said:

I subscribe to the Wisconsin State Journal online edition.  In June, I paid $8/month.  That jumped to $18/month in July, and now will jump to $27/month in January.  I don't mind paying for news, but more than tripling the price in six months is ridiculous.  I have to call to cancel, can't do it online, so I hope to negotiate a reduced subscription fee.  

I'm also a subscriber.  I find impossible to do anything online, despite having an account.  That said, my rates have remained somewhat stable.

 

P.S. I have yet to this day seen the infamous Thiesmann injury.

 

[Jim Goulart]

I can’t even best express what a horror show this is - I am not difficult to please, this may be my first post in a “What’s Bugging You” thread.

 

[LouisEly]

6 hours ago, Mass Haas said:

I can’t even best express what a horror show this is - I am not difficult to please, this may be my first post in a “What’s Bugging You” thread.

 

OMG, I've sent them feedback five times.  I think they, or possibly Ford/Lincoln, also made some changes to the vehicle app a couple of weeks ago which contributed to me getting into a "minor" accident that did $5,800 in damage to my vehicle.  I was in a parking garage and I turned on my vehicle and it changed the channel on me and I couldn't change the channel with my steering wheel controls.  I thought I had come to a stop to try to figure out what was going on but my vehicle was on a downward slope and I must not have been pressing the brake hard enough and I clipped a concrete barrier at 1-2 mph.

Back to the app, it's like they didn't do any UX testing at all:

• Extra steps to login with username and password to avoid having to do 2-step authentication with a text sent to your phone
• No more autofill of username when typing it in
• Ask EVERYTIME I login to select favorite artists/genres
• Ask EVERYTIME I login if I want to set up a Google Passkey
• No more screen lock override, have to sign into my phone again after several minutes if I want to change channels
• Can't rearrange my "Library" (formerly known as favorites)
• Can't see full artist and title in the LIbrary, have to click twice on the channel to see the screen that has full artist/title and the ability to skip back to the beginning of the song or ahead to the next song

Truly a disaster.  I really want to know what UX testing they did and who they did it with.

[jerichoholicninja]

I haven't used the Sirius app since the update. I did open it and it visually looks terrible. Not looking forward to it now.

[nate82]

I haven't used Sirius in a long time.  I am glad I canceled my subscription long ago.  I just use Pandora, Amazon Music, iHeart Radio or Apple Music. 

iHeart Radio is a superior platform to Sirius.  Also your cars don't have phone projection?

[AKCheesehead]

On 12/20/2023 at 5:29 PM, NeedMoreFans said:

I subscribe to the Wisconsin State Journal online edition.  In June, I paid $8/month.  That jumped to $18/month in July, and now will jump to $27/month in January.  I don't mind paying for news, but more than tripling the price in six months is ridiculous.  I have to call to cancel, can't do it online, so I hope to negotiate a reduced subscription fee.  

I’ll be surprised if they’re still around in a year or two, honestly. Since I’d only see the paper when visiting, the decline of quality and content has been really easy to notice. The state journal has been circling the drain for a few years. Of course I can’t see it now, my parents finally canceled it. 

[zurch1818]

Hospitals pushing opioids on me today.

On the 23rd, I burned myself pretty badly. The story is right up there with Matt Wise's salad tongs and Lucroy's suitcase (not important unless someone is dying to know the story...I can even post some pictures in a spoiler if you really want to see it). Anyway, I did some telehealth visits given the holiday timing and I got a doctor's recommendation and prescription ointment to put on the burns. That 24/7 urgent care anywhere system I'm actually very happy with.

Anyway, it's now about 5 days since it happened and I figured I would get it looked at by the UW just to make sure everything is healing as it should and to check one spot I wasn't sure if it was second degree or third degree. I went into urgent care and they referred me to the burn team with the ER (which I was fine with).

At the ER, the general ER doc and also the burn doc just kept pushing opioids at me for pain...even after I said my pain was a 0 when stationary and 1 to 3 when I bent the wrong way or had to reach to tie my shoe. It even got to the point where I finally agreed to take ibuprofen and Tylenol (first meds I've taken for pain) since they were going to clean the wounds with soap and water.

After my consult with the burn doc, a nurse stopped by with medication. She scanned my bracelet, it showed up as being rejected, and she was very confused. She then came back with ibuprofen and Tylenol. It was oxycodone in the first order...not what I was expecting or agreed to. She said they cancelled the order after she picked it up. Why was that order even put in when I said I didn't want it? Is that just standard protocol for burns?

When getting discharged, the ER doc gave me a prescription for oxycodone and the overdose spray that I will not pick up. I'm happy with the care I got but I don't know what I would have done to get home and left our only vehicle at the ER given today's weather.

[homer]

13 hours ago, zurch1818 said:

Hospitals pushing opioids on me today.

On the 23rd, I burned myself pretty badly. The story is right up there with Matt Wise's salad tongs and Lucroy's suitcase (not important unless someone is dying to know the story...I can even post some pictures in a spoiler if you really want to see it). Anyway, I did some telehealth visits given the holiday timing and I got a doctor's recommendation and prescription ointment to put on the burns. That 24/7 urgent care anywhere system I'm actually very happy with.

Anyway, it's now about 5 days since it happened and I figured I would get it looked at by the UW just to make sure everything is healing as it should and to check one spot I wasn't sure if it was second degree or third degree. I went into urgent care and they referred me to the burn team with the ER (which I was fine with).

At the ER, the general ER doc and also the burn doc just kept pushing opioids at me for pain...even after I said my pain was a 0 when stationary and 1 to 3 when I bent the wrong way or had to reach to tie my shoe. It even got to the point where I finally agreed to take ibuprofen and Tylenol (first meds I've taken for pain) since they were going to clean the wounds with soap and water.

After my consult with the burn doc, a nurse stopped by with medication. She scanned my bracelet, it showed up as being rejected, and she was very confused. She then came back with ibuprofen and Tylenol. It was oxycodone in the first order...not what I was expecting or agreed to. She said they cancelled the order after she picked it up. Why was that order even put in when I said I didn't want it? Is that just standard protocol for burns?

When getting discharged, the ER doc gave me a prescription for oxycodone and the overdose spray that I will not pick up. I'm happy with the care I got but I don't know what I would have done to get home and left our only vehicle at the ER given today's weather.

I would run it up the ladder. My dad has done this a time or two and we've been surprised at how quickly they get back to you. At the very least, you might get an explanation. Also, I am assuming they will send a post-visit survey. Make sure you fill that out.  It's not just for show at most health systems.

[Jimbo]

Attended my first Fiserv hockey game.  All concessions closed prior to the 2nd intermission.

 

[Thurston Fluff]

Sports articles on how to watch a game. Not the when and where but what you're supposed to look for in the games. Isn't watching the game going to be enough to find out? Why do I need to know what to look for? It's not like they won't tell us about the various story lines during the game and spoiler adjacent at the very least. It think it's more advertisement for the game than anything else.Because we all know networks need to the free publicity.

[zurch1818]

On 12/29/2023 at 11:33 AM, homer said:

I would run it up the ladder. My dad has done this a time or two and we've been surprised at how quickly they get back to you. At the very least, you might get an explanation. Also, I am assuming they will send a post-visit survey. Make sure you fill that out.  It's not just for show at most health systems

Thanks for the suggestion, Homer. After hearing your advice, I messaged the hospital the following day and they got back to me a few hours later. I had a good conversation with their representative. I didn't get an explanation of why it exactly happened but he did say he was going to bring my complaint up in their next staff meeting and he was deeply sorry about it. It would have been nice to have the doctor personally message me instead of the rep who always has to wear that hat.

I just hope my complaint helped save someone from getting addicted. Opioids are not something to mess around with (unless they are absolutely necessary).

[hawing]

I'll tell you what's bugging me.  Someone gave me covid for Christmas and one of the many many things that got delayed while I recovered was closing this 2023 thread and starting one for 2024. 😠