Argh.

 As if the present pandemic times we live in were not complicated enough... 

Imagine that: the inane secretary of some quack is given the task to send you thy precious receipts (though they call them "forms" - even though they are clearly not, have to be joined to a proper form in order to claim a portion -not all; never all- of the sum incurred in the obtaining of, quite frankly, inadequate services to begin with... AND one has to type up all the vital information beforehand anyway, as the insurance company at the other hand of this distasteful process is not any more compliant with thee - but you, ahh, you have got to be it: compliant... always and in all ways! But that's another story...) 

Alas... the inane secretary (who doesn't even remotely look like Maggie G... whatshername) messes up - big time. 

Not only does she NOT send you one of those precious "forms" there - at all... She sends you another one - THREE TIMES OVER instead! And then, upon downloading them and trying to upload them onto thy CLAIM there, thy dear insurer notifies you (immediately - at least that was fast) that all of these "forms" hybrid misbegotten mutant receipts are deemed UNWORTHY by their sacrosanct anti-virus protector - they're potentially contaminated and hazardous to thy dearest INSURANCE COMPANY'S WEBSITE... YIKES!!! Thus, simply put, they are unusable. 

One is given, then, two choices: 

either ask the dumb secretary for a re-issue of those things (impossible - as she, the quack and all of their wretched entourage are found to be ON HOLIDAY LEAVE... ON VACATION! Totally undeserved one would think - but, yeah; everybody needs a break, sometimes...) or, more practical but ever-so annoying (as it needed not to be and should not ever be necessary, in the first place...!) is the option to painstakingly make copies of each and every such "form" in order to re-submit... and pass the virus check! 

HA... In the old days (pre-2020, that is) 

such things were like some preparation for these pandemic times that we are firmly entrenched into, now...!!! 

Though it is true that we all need to find some things to do, indoors, away from the contaminated crowds, avoiding gatherings, practicing social distancing, substracting oneself from the potential talent pool of the appropriately-called "super-spreaders" out there... 

Verily now, come on: 

no one should have to put up with this sort of crap - especially not now; especially not with the prevalent idiocy that has led the whole blamed world to be in the situation it is now 

ENVIRONMENTALLY 

POLITICALLY 

SOCIALLY 

PANDEMICALLY 

RELIGIOUSLY 

SPIRITUALLY 

COSMICALLY...!!! 

No... no... no! 

We do not need to add cybernetically to the list! 

Imagine that: even the insurance company does it: 

it limits the number of forms/receipts/claims that one can lump together to the ignominious, odd (even though believed to be lucky, aye) number of... SEVEN (7) .

I had, quite exactly... EIGHT (8) to claim. 

WOW. 

JUST... WOW! 

It is like they go out of their damned way to...

*Sigh* 

Yeah... yeah... 

Maybe this should have gone to that certain blog full-fledged member of the TLB Prime Network here, instead... 

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