u/velvet-yarns-48

I just got Wegovy prescribed and I'm super excited to start. PA got approved and this first box is going through my insurance.

But, the out of pocket cost has turned out to be insane! A combination of needing to meet my deductible and a 30% co-pay after the deductible.

I feel like it's partially my fault for not getting the numbers figured out beforehand. On the other hand, it was so hard to get straight info, and seeing the numbers once the claim was processed made it easier to figure out.

I found the discounts available through Novocare and it seems like that's going to be way cheaper for me. (Even with the Novocare discount for insured patients, while technically cheaper after the deductible, its not by enough to make it cheaper for the whole year).

Does anyone get theirs paying privately using the NovoCare discount? Does it work out ok?

I was just promoted to being a manager for the overnight shift at my company. I am coming from a different shift, so while I've interacted with the crew before, I am not well-aquainted with any of them. The previous manager was fired for performance. As you might expect, a couple of people on the overnight crew are used to getting away with a lot, and its my job to get things back in line.

I have a lot of support from my manager and higher ups in corporate. But what I'm looking for is advice on is how to best approach these initial conversations with these problem employees. I know that dealing with a leadership change can be a lot, and that having someone come in and change everything can go over really poorly, even if they were all things that needed to be changed. I recognize that there is some level of unfairness involved in enforcing a standard that has not been enforced preciously. At the same time, the standards exist for a reason and they need to be enforced. I expect that it may come down to communicating "do it right or lose your job".

But is there anything that has worked well for people when stepping into this situation?

Posting here because the mods over at r/crochet have ruled this as "not related to crochet". Given that the only posts over there that are about H&N are over a year old and are largely positive... I suspect that negative press regarding the company is being suppressed there.

For those who are are blissfuly ignorant, Hooks and Needles is a monthly subscription box with knitting and crochet options.

Been getting the crochet boxes for a while now. Enjoyed them at first. Gotten some nice yarns and some interesting patterns. But I've been feeling on the fence for a little while because it seemed like the quality was going down, the knicknacks were getting less and less useful/relevent, and a lot of patterns felt uninspired or a really bad match for the yarn. I almost always end up modifying the patterns in some way to suite my tastes.

But today. I am over the edge.

In the box, I received some of that cheap "beginner" yarn that you get in beginner kits on Amazon. I think its also the Woobles yarn? Never gotten their kits but it looks the same. Anyways. Literal. Fake beginner yarn.

(Side note that I have no issue with anyone who likes it. Its just. It doesn't belong in a so-called "premium" box and if you'll forgive a little snobbery, I don't think it qualifies as true yarn. Yes I've used it, sometimes I get those cheap kits for fun because the amigurimi is cute but I have never liked working with it).

On top of that, the "gifts" are actual cheap Temu garbage. I found them on Temu in seconds.

One of the patterns is, once again, a hat. How many hat patterns can one person possibly need?!?! I also seriously doubt that there is enough "yarn" to make an adult-sized hat. Another one is a seat square? Like a seat cushion.... but flat I guess? What... what exactly would someone even do with this? This is also the "advanced" pattern and its just... a square... worked in a circle... with a shell pattern.... with \*gasp\* color changes. Oh wow. So advanced. I alway try to give a little grace on this one with these boxes because, as a lifelong crocheter, I'm sure my idea of advanced is gonna be a little skewed. But like. Its literally just a big square. You put a ugly bucket hat with an oversized bow, both things that are shaped, as the beginer project and then a literal square as the advanced project? The 3rd "intermediate" pattern is like a bookmark pencil holder thing and alright it's kinda neat I'll probably end up making it but with several modifications because its got a few flaws that need fixing.

So at this point I've just spent $44 on 4 tiny skeins of cheap fake yarn, cheap Temu garbage, and 1 halfway usable pattern.

Words cannot express how insulted I'm feeling by this. And maybe some of that is this feeling that I knew the boxes were getting less and less worthy my money but I was holding out hope that they would start to feel nicer again but alas. I have been fooling myself as much as they have been fooling me.

Anyone else disappointed by their sad excuse for a box?