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Zenkitty - Nov 02, 2015 11:04:10 am PST #8328 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

msbelle, that's exactly what our Wellness program is. HR messed mine up this year, so I don't get the discount next year, but next year I can participate to get the discount in 2017! yay

I hate corporate BS. I really hate that one woman refusing to answer her dang email can cost me $600.


Jesse - Nov 02, 2015 11:07:03 am PST #8329 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Luckily, we don't have anything like that here. You can do what you want and no discounts!


-t - Nov 02, 2015 11:07:47 am PST #8330 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

DH used to have a thing like that. We don't, the only discount we get is for not smoking (and you just check a box next to " smoke" or "I don't smoke" to get the discount, the end, unless HR sees you taking a smoke break when you've checked "I don't smoke"). Which is just as well with me, that's getting too damn personal for my taste.


Burrell - Nov 02, 2015 11:09:39 am PST #8331 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Open enrollment just started at my work and I need to check it out. Word on the street is they are taking the vision plan out of the mix, which would be a bummer for me.


-t - Nov 02, 2015 11:10:47 am PST #8332 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I think our only change from last year is our rates go up a little? I should really look and see, though. Maybe later.


Zenkitty - Nov 02, 2015 11:14:16 am PST #8333 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Which is just as well with me, that's getting too damn personal for my taste.

That's the reason I never participated before. Like, they don't really need to know what my cholesterol levels are, or how much I walk. I see a doctor regularly and I pay my health insurance premiums, that's really all I ought to have to do for their sake. But they kept raising the amount of the discount, until greed overcame my reluctance to share.


Connie Neil - Nov 02, 2015 11:18:12 am PST #8334 of 30003
brillig

They only numbers they get at these screenings are weight, waist measurement, body fat measured by some weird electrical resistance thingie, and blood pressure. On the sheet that asked about medical conditions, I wrote "I discuss these things with my doctor", and they didn't even keep the sheet.


-t - Nov 02, 2015 12:03:19 pm PST #8335 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I am finding today not entirely satisfactory for a number of reasons. FTR


msbelle - Nov 02, 2015 12:26:14 pm PST #8336 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Individual info does not go our employer. My dr faxes directly to insurance and the website for questions and logging stuff is the insurance, not company.

Our smoking thing this year is a penalty, not a discount. So smokers get a $50/mo penalty. To get premium back to normal level they have to do the wellness stuff.


Juliebird - Nov 02, 2015 12:57:14 pm PST #8337 of 30003
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

Mom went into the hospital Friday fir "symptoms" that ended being due to new medications. There was fluid and low potassium levels, so they kept her over the weekend and dad picked her up on Sunday. He didn't call me until just before he was ready to get her, which, honestly, I was grateful for. I would have spent the weekend worrying over what ended up being minor. But I still expected the phone call to go the way the one about Chris went initially. If nothing else, I'm going to start looking for a job closer to home because this distance is killing me.

ION, the goats are gone, the plants are gone, the art is gone, it's so bland now. Except not really, because the fall color at work is astounding. There's a spice bush by the service porch that's electric, the color is so intense. After such a dry summer, I'm amazed at how superb the fall color is. The monks hood is still blooming and the Amsonia is vibrant on the Perennial Border. Just stunning.