Some vets love to take control from you and run every test in the
book, and others will listen and only do what you ask, keeping the
bill lower. After reading this statement by Laryssa, I thought I
would share some information concerning certain vet practices.
Pet hospitals and/or veterinarian services that are associated
with WISE (World Institute of Scientology Enterprises) or Sterling
Management Systems (another Scientology front) will have a higher
cost of services for no reason. These companies help businesses use
a 'Scientology based' management system. They actively pursue vets,
dentists, orthodontists, chiropractors, physical therapists and other
businesses that have an intimate setting with customers which can be
lucrative by influencing the customers for extra irrelevant services.
Certain training routines are taught to increase the effectiveness of
a hard sale to the customer. Examples of training include talking in a
forceful enough voice so that the target believes you are dead serious,
and getting the employee accustomed to the idea of controlling and
restraining others. Insisting on the requirement of numerous tests
that are not needed nearly becomes a routine practice.
Business owners find it appealing because it does increase profit, not
only through higher costs to the customer but through charging staff
for scientology classes as well. There have been discrimination and
wrongful termination lawsuits by staff that do not give in to the
pressure to take Scientology classes.
I have lived in several different places with my ferrets. Las Vegas,
Arizona, Cali and England. I have seen the varying costs of services
from place to place. I've also seen the varying skill of the vets. I
had a wonderful normal vet in Vegas who was far better than a ferret
'specialist' in California who advertises as one of the leading
experts. The 'specialist' wanted to run every single test when one of
my ferrets was sick, despite me informing the vet that my ferret had
just had many major tests two months before prior to moving. I even
had my previous records. I knew that the problem wasn't adrenal or any
other major illness. The symptoms and circumstance didn't even point
to that direction! We had just found in our new residence a wild mouse
that had left fecal matter in an area where the ferrets ate and had
water. The ferret in question liked to splash water onto the floor
and then drink from the floor. I asked for fecal testing only, along
with the proper medication. The vet tried to give me a guilt trip and
implied that I was not only a bad owner, but that my ferret wasn't
going to make it due to my decision to not do an ultra sound and other
testing. Sure enough, the ferret was suffering from ecoli and some
other bacteria. That saved me an extra $1500 of needless testing. Oh,
I would also like to point out that the 'specialist' charged me for
the disposing of needles, per needle, without telling me beforehand.
Something in the $3 range. That was new to me and I haven't seen since.
As Laryssa suggested, finding out the costs beforehand is important.
I also try to avoid any vet practice that is associated with the
above companies. Yes vets have a business that needs to make money. I
understand that some industries are based on hard sale tactics, but I
personally believe these tactics don't belong in a veterinary practice.
I also have a hard time supporting practices that use these two
companies due to the number of instances of animal cruelty by
Scientologists to intimidate critics of the church.
JPL
[Posted in FML 6074]
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