Dear mother: I don't know how to say this, but the behavior that you attribute to racism may be because they just don't like you.

The COBRA thing is never ending.

Now i'm told that basically what the emergency push through I was told would happen last week DIDN'T happen because of something. I'm also getting a totally different story on , well, pretty much everything else.

Like - the money I sent really *hasn't* been disbursed to anyone. They've had the check the whole time even though that's not what I was told before.

It's freaking insane, it's like running around in a mirror maze at the funhouse.

Sheesh.

So I remained as calm as I have the whole situation. I talked to another supervisor who promises she's going to get this whole thing straightened out today.

I told her that's nice but I'm not counting on it. And then I explained I'm having trust issues because of all the different stories Ceridan keeps giving me. It shouldn't be this hard.

But askye, we have the best health care system in the world.

I don't think it will do me any good to go the doctor, because I don't have any symptoms that would suggest a bacterial cause, but I am a sick, sick puppy. I have what is a high fever for me and a cough reminiscent of the moment the alien emerges from William Hurt's chest.

You are a better person than me, askye. If I were going through that there would be much crying and yelling and me saying "That's okay, I'll hold until you can find someone for me to talk to who can actually fix the mess you people made."

Oh there's been crying and yelling and lots of angry words.

Supposedly each supervisor i've spoken to can fix things and there's no one higher up on the food chain for me to talk to. And of course I can't go to their office since it's in Florida.

However, if I was in Florida i would be driving to wherever it was and camping out in the office until someone fixed this.

It's so stupid and everyone keeps apologizing and keeps saying I shouldn't be told whatever it was I was told that's now wrong. But like I told the lady today, I don't want their apologies or their "understanding" i want this fixed.

Can you report to the your department of labor or consumer affairs or the State Attorney General? They have your money. You don't have health insurance.

Finally caught up.

Nora, sorry to hear about your grandmother, and much coping-ma on the family front.

sj, sorry to hear about TCG's grandmother.

seriously askye, document and send this info to your state reps. People that can help. COBRA is part of you rights - so some one that is screwing things up and can't get the story straight possibly should not be doing business in Florida. Your situation is not unusual. People often need COBRA when moving. This should not be this f'ed up.