gomakemeasandwich commented on DirecTV Contractor Demands Tip Before Starting Work, Storms Out When Faced With A Table

"Another tip would be to try and contact DirecTV's headquarters in Colorado."

gomakemeasandwich commented on Aetna: Instead Of Approving That $113,000 Life-Saving Brain Operation, We're Going To Cancel Your Coverage. Sorry!

"@aphexbr: Well said."

gomakemeasandwich commented on Aetna: Instead Of Approving That $113,000 Life-Saving Brain Operation, We're Going To Cancel Your Coverage. Sorry!

"@emilayohead: Trading ER horror stories probably isn't a good idea if you want to make your point about how "great" the current system in the US is. Anyway, even given the "unequal access" to treatment (which of course is speculative as it would apply to any proposed plan for this country, since we have no such plan), at least people would HAVE access, even if it was a tiered system. I honestly can't believe still argue for the system we have now."

gomakemeasandwich commented on Aetna: Instead Of Approving That $113,000 Life-Saving Brain Operation, We're Going To Cancel Your Coverage. Sorry!

"@JeffDrummer: It still amazes me that people equate universal health care with communism and actually try to put that in to an argument."

gomakemeasandwich commented on Aetna: Instead Of Approving That $113,000 Life-Saving Brain Operation, We're Going To Cancel Your Coverage. Sorry!

"@dezeinstein: Nothing gets by you."

gomakemeasandwich commented on Aetna: Instead Of Approving That $113,000 Life-Saving Brain Operation, We're Going To Cancel Your Coverage. Sorry!

"@johnva: I don't think it matters who we vote for."

gomakemeasandwich commented on Aetna: Instead Of Approving That $113,000 Life-Saving Brain Operation, We're Going To Cancel Your Coverage. Sorry!

"@jackkerouac: People from the US are already going to places like India and Thailand for the same thing."

gomakemeasandwich commented on DirecTV Installer Faces Seven Years Behind Bars After Stealing $5,400 From A Customer

"@JN2: You'd be shocked, but there was a package (I don't know if it still exists) that costs $3000 a year."

gomakemeasandwich commented on DirecTV Installer Faces Seven Years Behind Bars After Stealing $5,400 From A Customer

"A few things, none of which will be directly about the story: First, things may have changed, but when I worked at DirecTV, most of the installers were actually NOT employed directly by DirecTV, but were working for companies that DirecTV had contracted out for installation services (and in some cases those companies would in turn subcontract the work out to other people, seriously). Second, in my experience there were two types of DirecTV installers--the good ones, and the really really bad ones."

gomakemeasandwich commented on JetBlue Forces Passenger To Sit On Toilet For Flight

"@Thorny: Somehow I think you'd be singing a different song if you were in his position."