Rant #3,789: Honesty

Later this week, one of those lesions I had taken off by the dermatologist was found to be pre-cancerous, so I have to go there for further treatment to make sure it never cones back.

It takes just a few minutes, but it is disconcerting.

I am prone to these things, so I have to watch out for them.

At least the lesions hadn't reached the cancer stage yet.

So yes, I consider myself to be pretty lucky.

But this coming weekend is going to be a pain in the neck.

Today, after I drop my son off at work, I have to go back to the Social Security office in the next chapter getting my son's work history right with that office.

As I told you several Rants ago, I reported my son's new job to the office, and this set off an endless abyss of problems--

Namely, that the office did not have his work history for a number of years, even though I reported the changes to them.

This information was not updated due to the pandemic, our family moving from Nassau to Suffolk counties, and complete and total ineptitude.

We received a long and involved letter in the mail yesterday due to this--

And this is extremely important to get straight, because as a disabled person, it greatly impacts my son's Social Security disability benefits.

Later in the week, I have to attend an online work meeting, and then on Friday, i have an actual meeting that I have to cover, which kills my day and keeps me chained to the computer for hours.

I have so many other things to do during the week that by the weekend, I will be pooped.

These are all things that are important and must be done, and to save time, I was forced to go to Staples last night--on the first night of Rosh Hashanah--to pick up some supplies I need for work.

The thing with Social Security is particularly annoying, because i have been honest about my son's work history to them, but now, even though i was diligent, the onus is on me to prove what I told them years ago.

If I kept my mouth shut, I believe there would never be a problem here, but sometimes, based on that office's stupidity, maybe you have to just let them find their own errors and not worry about it.

And you just know that if it happened to us, it has happened to millions of others--

And you wonder why Social Security is teetering.

Honesty ...

What a concept!