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Who takes care of YOU?

Alphas often get tired quickly.

They often tire out the people who love them, too.

If there's an Alpha in your life, taking care of them can be draining.

So who takes care of you? Somebody should.

Wrong stats, right point

A $12 quart holds 32 ounces of strawberries, at Burr's Berry Farm or anywhere else.

And they're two for $5 at Publix.

That's still about 5 times more money at Burr's.

Are Burr's five times better? They're excellent berries -- but not five times better.

It doesn't matter. When you're the best, people will are willing to pay A LOT MORE.

If you're the best at something that doesn't pay money, that's fine. You'll very likely get a lot more attention than most people; you'll definitely have great respect for yourself, at least in that area. So why not be the best at whatever you're doing? Everyone can be the best at something.

You don't necessarily have to be the best on Planet Earth. Just the best there is, in your world.

It's your choice.

World's worst prescription service

The worst prescription drug service I've ever experienced is coming my way courtesy of Aetna Rx Home Delivery.

It's a mail-order service. About two weeks ago, I had to mail them two prescriptions, because my spouse's doctor doesn't fax in scripts anymore.

After a week  or so, I checked online Wednesday, to see if they'd been mailed. I could see Aetna had been holding the scripts for two days. 

So I called. Went through the recorded messages until I got a real person. I asked her why the prescriptions hadn't been mailed.

"It doesn't say on the scripts whether you wanted them right now, or you wanted them held," she said. "So we didn't know."

I said, "That is the stupidest answer to a prescription question I have ever heard. Of course we want them now. People don't mail in prescriptions because they don't want them right now. I apologize for dumping on you, because I know this is not your policy, it must be Aetna's. But it's the most idiotic policy I've ever heard of. Would you please ship these prescriptions immediately?"

"I'll tell the pharmacist," she said.

Today we came home to find the answering machine blinking. It was a recorded message from -- surprise -- Aetna Rx Home Delivery.

"We need more information to mail your prescriptions," said the message.
"Please have your doctor call XXXX or fax XXXX within 24 hours or we will not be able to process these prescriptions."

It's Saturday afternoon. What do you think the chances are that the doctor will call or fax Aetna within the next 24 hours?

How does Aetna get away with this?

Because, once they have you signed up, they have what amounts to a monopoly. I can either use their service, or pay the entire bill out of my pocket. And now that Aetna has the scripts, I can't even choose to take my business elsewhere.

 

World's best strawberries

Burr's Berry Farm has the world's best strawberries.

Right now, between Florida and California berries, there's such a glut, some other Florida strawberry farmers are plowing their crop under. The price is too low to justify picking them.

Burr's is charging $12 a quart.

That's 16 ounces. On sale now at Publix, two boxes for $4.

Burr's is not lowering their prices. They never lower their prices.

How can they get away with it?

Because they have the world's best strawberries. 

What world? The world of The Redland, a rural section of Miami, Florida. Burr's has a reputation, carefully built over many years. It pay to be the best.  

It's for professionals, but...

Lung Health Professional is a new magazine with a feature on Alpha-1 even non-professionals might like.

Or maybe I'm just prejudiced.

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