Oh, Gramma...

I was on the phone with my gramma today. She was telling me about her prescription medication provider not offering a generic for a Potassium supplement and having to pay $75 for a 90 day supply. This is the third time she's told me this, and the part about one rep at the med place saying they had a generic for $12.50/90 day supply- which was apparently wrong and she still has to pay the outrageous $75.
The last time she told me this, I told her to ask her doctor if she can take the over-the-counter supplement in stores. She was baffled and amazed that anyone could buy something she had a script for. I went to the store for her that day and checked the price while I was there- $5 for 100 pills.
She was shocked.
Then, when we talked today, she tells me everything again- from the beginning. The two different phone calls to the med supplier, then calling her doc again, talking to a different rep again... yadda yadda yadda.
When I said again to ask her doctor about taking the in-store supplement, she kept saying, "I did. I asked him if I can take a generic, and he said yes, but they don't have a generic."
"No, Gramma, I mean the one in the store for $5. They're 90mg. Ask if you can take those."
"Oh, yes. Yes, I did. But they don't have them. I have to pay $75."

At this point, I decided to let it ride and text my mom, who will be at the doctor with her for her appointment in Monday.

"Well, Gramma, what can you do?" I ask.
"I tell you. I'm going to ask about those ones at the store," she says.



Then, she went on to tell me about calling Comcast for raising her bill.... ready?....get this.... $.01 That's right, ONE CENT. lol And when she called them, she got mad at, and hung up on, the woman that wouldn't listen to her and just kept saying, "Tell me what you're calling for today." (She was talking about the Automated Voice Response System)


OH, HONEY....


GIFSoup

Well then... I guess old age should be a blast.