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Mar. 2nd, 2015
The City That Goes to Bed Early
Mar. 2nd, 2015 09:35 pmToday was a frustrating day. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bethje had two doctors' appointments, so we checked up and made sure our prescriptions had been sent. She's pretty much out of the medicine she takes for Multiple Sclerosis, which is really important. When she asked the people at the reception desk about it, one of them said maybe she'd get around to it tomorrow or Wednesday. Seriously? The particularly disturbing thing is that she's been trying to get this medicine for weeks now, and everyone tells her something different. I also needed a refill on my pills, and they said they'd send it over to the nearby Target. Once I got there, though, I found out they still hadn't called it in. I have to wonder if working in a doctor's office desensitizes you to important issues. It probably didn't help that most of the other patients were old ladies who grumbled constantly. And why do they always have such terrible television on in doctors' waiting rooms? I mean, I'd prefer no TV, but if they have to have it on you'd think they'd choose, I don't know, PBS or something fairly inoffensive like that. Nope, we got TMZ, with its annoying-voiced host and their insistence that everything in the entertainment industry is hugely controversial. Yeah, Saturday Night Live WISHES they were still controversial. They brought up that dress that people see in different colors as well, and while it is kind of weird, it's not like this was the first time lighting made something in a picture look like it was a different color. So why is this the one people are talking about? Then came Dr. Oz, who's basically a disgrace to the medical profession. At least they weren't showing Fox News like one of the other doctors I've been to.
We also ate at Applebee's, which we normally like, but they seem to do everything differently in New York. When we get the two for twenty dollars deal with a mozzarella stick appetizer, most locations give us eight, sometimes even nine. At both the ones in Brooklyn that we've been to, however, they only gave us six. And today, we only got FOUR, with the waitress saying it was a new policy not to give a full order with the deal. Assuming they haven't made this change everywhere (and maybe they have), we might have to reserve Applebee's for when we're out of state, like we do with the Olive Garden. We also had a not-so-pleasant experience with the Denny's in Manhattan on Saturday, when they brought us our appetizer when we were already most of the way through the main course. I also had to wait a long time for toast, of all things. Maybe it's our fault for going to chain restaurants in the city. It's like when cities have malls that close at, like, 7 PM. There are some things they just do better in the suburbs, I guess. And how is New York the City That Never Sleeps when practically everything closes early? I guess the people who are awake all night aren't going shopping or out to eat.
Another thing I've been meaning to mention is that some businesses in the area have signs out that say, "We support the NYPD," or some variation thereof. You know, I do too when they're actually doing their jobs, and not killing unarmed people. Yet I don't think people started putting up the signs until AFTER the police came around fire for abuse of power. Look, you can either have people fear you or respect you. You don't get both.
By the way, Beth and I have now been married for seven years, and we already have no idea what to get each other anymore. Apparently the traditional gifts are wool and copper. A box of Brillo pads probably wouldn't be appropriate, would it?
bethje had two doctors' appointments, so we checked up and made sure our prescriptions had been sent. She's pretty much out of the medicine she takes for Multiple Sclerosis, which is really important. When she asked the people at the reception desk about it, one of them said maybe she'd get around to it tomorrow or Wednesday. Seriously? The particularly disturbing thing is that she's been trying to get this medicine for weeks now, and everyone tells her something different. I also needed a refill on my pills, and they said they'd send it over to the nearby Target. Once I got there, though, I found out they still hadn't called it in. I have to wonder if working in a doctor's office desensitizes you to important issues. It probably didn't help that most of the other patients were old ladies who grumbled constantly. And why do they always have such terrible television on in doctors' waiting rooms? I mean, I'd prefer no TV, but if they have to have it on you'd think they'd choose, I don't know, PBS or something fairly inoffensive like that. Nope, we got TMZ, with its annoying-voiced host and their insistence that everything in the entertainment industry is hugely controversial. Yeah, Saturday Night Live WISHES they were still controversial. They brought up that dress that people see in different colors as well, and while it is kind of weird, it's not like this was the first time lighting made something in a picture look like it was a different color. So why is this the one people are talking about? Then came Dr. Oz, who's basically a disgrace to the medical profession. At least they weren't showing Fox News like one of the other doctors I've been to.We also ate at Applebee's, which we normally like, but they seem to do everything differently in New York. When we get the two for twenty dollars deal with a mozzarella stick appetizer, most locations give us eight, sometimes even nine. At both the ones in Brooklyn that we've been to, however, they only gave us six. And today, we only got FOUR, with the waitress saying it was a new policy not to give a full order with the deal. Assuming they haven't made this change everywhere (and maybe they have), we might have to reserve Applebee's for when we're out of state, like we do with the Olive Garden. We also had a not-so-pleasant experience with the Denny's in Manhattan on Saturday, when they brought us our appetizer when we were already most of the way through the main course. I also had to wait a long time for toast, of all things. Maybe it's our fault for going to chain restaurants in the city. It's like when cities have malls that close at, like, 7 PM. There are some things they just do better in the suburbs, I guess. And how is New York the City That Never Sleeps when practically everything closes early? I guess the people who are awake all night aren't going shopping or out to eat.
Another thing I've been meaning to mention is that some businesses in the area have signs out that say, "We support the NYPD," or some variation thereof. You know, I do too when they're actually doing their jobs, and not killing unarmed people. Yet I don't think people started putting up the signs until AFTER the police came around fire for abuse of power. Look, you can either have people fear you or respect you. You don't get both.
By the way, Beth and I have now been married for seven years, and we already have no idea what to get each other anymore. Apparently the traditional gifts are wool and copper. A box of Brillo pads probably wouldn't be appropriate, would it?
