Ethics, Wherefore Art Thou?
Ah, ethics, how we once loved thee. Ok, not all of us loved you. One only has to look at the lynch mobs of the past or sadly of today, and see that ethics did not exist for everyone. But truly, it does seem that for everyday interactions with service providers, it wasn't quite the uphill battle it is today. As the years have gone by, I am more and more disgusted with how companies, corporations, money making entities treat us - the little people, and I'm not referring to height. If you pay someone for their service, as Shakespeare would say, "Something wicked this way comes." My most recent examples: My husband went in for his yearly skin check. I told him before he went how much he should pay (high deductible plan), but of course that was not near the amount the office charged him. Sure enough, here comes the Explanation of Benefits. I pull out his receipt. We now have a credit balance of $84.41. Now will they move that over to another member of the family when we...