I am coming on 50 years and I can't believe we still have to do bullshit paperwork all the time. This stupid places all know our SSN, our birthdays, where we work, basically what we do with 90% of our time. How come when it comes time to fill out paperwork anywhere, all of a sudden, everyone turns into a young Helen Keller. If I even think boat, Google starts showing me boats, sea life, stores that sell boats. But if I want to do anything that benefits me, shit, I have to drag out all the paperwork I have ever sent a dime to and run it manually via a scanner back to them so they can judge me, like they didn't know I bought a Coke Zero three weeks ago at Home Depot on a Thursday at 4:00pm.
I usually ignore all forms of paper crap until I am dying, but Friday I took the boys to the dentist and one of the hygienists was being cute about it being my turn to get my teeth cleaned. Of course, I respond to this with a "you're right, Cutiepie. I should be doing a better job of taking care of me." I went and gave them my info up front only to find out I don't exist in whatever card I have been carrying, at least to the dentist part of it. So now what? I am wanting to get my teeth looked at, it has been a few years, probably when I got knocked off the Aetna coverage for the dentist. I remember I was going routinely then they called that they were updating their machines or whatever at the last dentist place I went to. I never got a reminder call, so I was like a resident in Rudolph's Land of Misfit Toys and nobody would play with my teeth again. Being that it always just seems like a nuisance to go in on a Wednesday when you would rather be doing something else, I too let it slip. But here we are, somebody outside of my house, has asked about my teeth, and I like to provide a better answer than a shrug, America's answer for everything mundane.
I got up at 5:30am today to pee, btw, I slept on the chair again in our room and managed another 3.5 hour stretch, which I love. Anyways, I went through all our paperwork and thought I had hit the motherload when the Aetna letter addressed to me said to fill out the online part for the rest of my benefits, only to find that I was still void of coverage for my teeth. I looked at my works website thingy and I might have another lead, but it seems I am going to have to dig deep into my paperwork collection to find some sort of card, I am not sure what to do. I'll probably call my boss to see who our coverage is with and save me some time, if I can remember all this later.
After about an hour of going back and forth, I have actually figured out and gotten my dental plan card. I can now take information to the dentist office where my boys go and get myself into the rotation. I might have a cavity or two, serves me well for all the sweets I eat, but at least I didn't just waste my time here. I mean this should all still be much easier than this, but at least it all worked out without me having to pick up the phone and call 10 different places.
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