"I make super expensive stuff that is bought by several governments and some high-end consumer product manufacturers. One of the machines that every bit of product has to go through only works right if you stand there and poke at it with a stick. We don’t even have a special stick. It’s just a metal rod that fell off of another piece of equipment that we wrapped some tape around to make a handle. We always make the new guy do it, because it is super boring."
"At a hospital the straight cash price discount for many outpatient tests (MRI, CT, X-Ray, Ultrasound, Labs, etc.) can often be cheaper than using insurance and dealing with deductibles, co-pays, co-insurance, and on and on.
I’ve seen test billed for thousands of dollars to insurance cost a cash paying patient less than $400.
It’s insane."
i wear latex gloves all the time, what i do different is i use them on one thing, like chicken, if i have to handle chicken i use them and take them off after i'm done and throw them away and will put another pair on if i have to handle something else and then throw them away after.
i'll go through 3 or 4 pairs when i'm cooking, it also helps if you have OCD like me