@surreality said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
y underwear model grade cute. Today, I stopped giving a shit about this fact. You KNOW it's gotta be bad when that happens.
"Yeah, you need to go to the oral surgeon. We can't fix this. Or do anything, actually. That'll be $275, though."
The new dentist that I went to in the fall pulled a similar stunt.
Things started out fine. They offered me a $99 "new customer" special which included a complete checkup and x-rays. After the checkup I met with some lady in her office. Not sure what her job title was exactly, but anyway, she whips out a work order detailing all of the things they wanted to do in my mouth. $3998 worth of things. I was like "No, thanks, just here to get this lost filling replaced". For the next half hour she did her best to convince me that I absolutely had to have this work done ASAP. "We could finance it if cost is an issue", she explained, shoving yet another form in my face. "No thanks." I said. "Did you know that oral problems can lead to a stroke if left untreated?" She seemed genuinely concerned. At that point I stood up, said "We're done here" and walked back out to the waiting room.
My dentist finally called me in after a half-hour wait. She told me that since I had checked the box that asked if I was nervous about going to the dentist, she felt that I should see a specialist. I just stared at her as she handed me the bill. I took it and said "Thanks for wasting my time and money."
When it was all said and done, I ended up paying $275 to an out-of-network oral surgeon, on top of the $99 that I had paid the first dentist.
And people wonder why I hate dentists.
It really doesn't matter how often you brush and floss when your diet is horrible, your teeth are going to suffer.
