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Permalink Reply by Aimee on October 4, 2011 at 12:27pm

That's great Judith! I will try that next time. : )

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Permalink Reply by xring on October 4, 2011 at 12:15am

LUV IT!!

GOTT TRY THAT ONE! THANKS.

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Permalink Reply by Taterbugs Momma on October 1, 2011 at 7:09am

My son has a dexcom cgm that he wears in a pouch around his waist. Inevitably whenever we go out people ask if its a cellphone... he's three! Really?

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Permalink Reply by Brian Wittman on October 1, 2011 at 9:19am

What a wonderful conversation!

My pet peeve is the excessive and improper use of the word: LIKE. It is so difficult to listen to a conversation when those who are carrying on that conversation use the word 'like' in seemingly every third or fourth word to describe an object or a concept.

Examples; "Can you like help me with this project? My answer: "NO. I don't know how to like help. I can help."
He like went to use the bathroom." My answer: I hope he actually used the bathroom. If he only like went to use the bathroom, there could be a messy accident, later." I'll be ready in like five minutes." My answer: "The last time I went to school, I learned that numbers are absolute. How many minutes are like five minutes?"

I have named a co-worker Like Abby because she is one of those who uses the word 'like' excessively. Sometimes I ask her which of her personalities is speaking.

This problem is becoming like so bad that it even like gets into the like written blog statements, such as like this one, when posted on like the internet.

I don't like it at all. As a matter of fact, I hate it. Not like hate it, just hate it.

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Permalink Reply by xring on December 4, 2011 at 4:17pm

HAHA> LIke......ever heard an interview with Justin Beiber?

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Permalink Reply by jrtpup on December 4, 2011 at 4:21pm

Oh boy Brian, you triggered one of my shuddering moments, happening more frequently now. There must be a dozen commercials using 'less' instead of 'fewer'. It really does make me shudder. I've been tempted to email the companies, especially knowing they spent a fortune for a huge corporation to make the commercial. 'Less' and 'fewer' seem to be used almost interchangeably in conversation too. *shudder*

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Permalink Reply by Kari on October 2, 2011 at 7:45pm

1. Being asked to repeat myself when I was speaking clearly the whole time...the other person just wasn't listening
2. People who chew with their mouths open
3. People who don't use turn signals or turn them on after they've been stopped for a few seconds or have already started to change lanes
4. People who give me weird/rude looks/comments cause I walk to work. Hello! I live a block away.........WHY should I drive?!
5. People who should know better (ie the nurse at the school where I teach) thinking my pump tells me my blood sugar. No. It's just a pump. That's why I call it my pump and not my CGM. Cause...it's a pump.
6. People who think anyone with a CGM (ie me...when they mistakenly think I have a CGM) don't have to check their blood sugars anymore.
7. People who think my insulin pump does all the work for me and I have to do absolutely zero thinking about my insulin dosages.
8. People who think I'm experiencing a life-threatening emergency and tell me I MUST see a doctor immediately for a blood sugar in the 200s (ie a nursing student friend of mine who commented on a FB status today!)
9. When my students (5 year olds) grab me or my clothing to get my attention instead of just saying my name or raising their hand

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Permalink Reply by Natalie ._c- on October 2, 2011 at 10:24pm

I have to admit that, at age 63, my hearing is not quite what it used to be, and somehow, it seems to me that young folks talk too fast! Especially over the telephone, I've had conversations with workers who are pretty unintelligible, and they DO get irritated when I keep asking for repeats. If you're dealing with an older person, that might be the reason. One technique is to say the person's name before you say what you want to communicate -- that cues them in that they need to concentrate. And make sure they're looking at you. Which, of course, you can't do over the telephone, hence the problems there.
Even in the case of young people, sometimes they DO have hearing loss -- it's another invisible disability. And it's a lot worse in noisy environments. People who have spent a lot of time playing in, or listening to loud rock bands almost invariably have hearing loss.
And then, of course, there ARE the folks who just don't listen, LOL!!

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Permalink Reply by Brian Wittman on October 3, 2011 at 6:28pm

The rock bands do cause hearing loss, thus those with hearing loss often listen to loud rock and roll music.

When talking on the telephone, one can always tell the other person to go put in their hearing aids, hang up on them, and then call them back. I do that to my mother on a regular basis.

Those who don't listen either don't care or don't get it.

Good post!! ;)

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Permalink Reply by Unknown Diabetic on October 3, 2011 at 6:48am

Having that sudden urge to pee and there are no restrooms near by.

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Permalink Reply by Robyn on October 3, 2011 at 8:45pm

When people use the last of paper towels or tpaper and dont get another roll.

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Permalink Reply by Robyn on October 4, 2011 at 8:24pm

LOL, Mark. :)

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