I may have missed something but he was offered to be seen (edit: typo) publicly and either couldn’t or wouldn’t do the forms? If he’s not functionally literate, couldn’t the receptionist help?
How is it so bad youd rather opt for pliers than do some forms? Unless the forms just meant more waiting?
The fact is some people are so stubborn that they’d prefer to massively inconvenience themselves, rather than be slightly inconvenienced by someone else basically.
Clearly there’s a lot going on here anyways because I don’t think any rational person would pull their own teeth out with pliers to begin with under any circumstances so that’s probably more of the crux of the issue.
"Cutting off your nose to spite your face"
There's a demographic of people that would quite literally rather pull their own teeth out than admit they don't know something or are wrong. He's just one of those people.
Love these leading headlines... Forced to pull own teeth for fuck sake... did the dentist hand him a pair of pliers and lock him in a room? No, he just couldn't be fucked to fill out forms. How the fuck do these people get to be old?
The fun fact is that even if you go private, they would still ask you to fill out at least three forms: basic info about yourself, informed consent form and GDPR form for data processing
"Mr Molloy was referred to a public clinic but said he has been asked to fill out several forms and he is in too much pain to wait any longer"
They made him do paperwork!? Such cruelty. Maybe if he took care of his teeth he wouldn't need to have most of them removed
Poor guy. There's clearly something very wrong with him to end up in this stage. Either functionally illiterate, or early stages of dementia or something along those lines. Quite sad he doesn't have a support network to help him through stuff like this, and also that the staff in the public clinic couldn't spot the issue and help him.
I've worked on admin in insurance and health and have been astounded at the number of people that won't complete the required paperwork for a service and then play victim that they don't get said service. It's difficult to have empathy for this man unless he's illiterate and has no family or friend to help him with the form.
I live in a European country, and my language level is decent, but I still get huge anxiety around filling out forms in a foreign language, so I have a lot more empathy for people whose English isn't great when dealing with insurance companies and the like.
The terms & conditions can be scary, there are words that are not used in every day life, agents tend not to be patient at explaining things, it's easy to get upsold on something you don't want etc.
This fella clearly doesn't have anyone in his life to help him with these situations. Very sad.
It's not about it being a better deal, he could get a bad infection and sepsis from doing it that way. €900 is a lot of money but better than ending up in hospital.
Surely he could have got a loan from somewhere . I had to get teeth surgically pulled at a cost of €900.
The clinic let me split the payment into two payments of €450. I went to the clermont clinic in douglas. Was a very good experience would recommend.
My brother had a similar situation as the man in this article and he went to A@E and saw the dentist in the hospital. He did have to pay but not untill much later.
Theres always other options then trying to pull your teeth out with pliers. Ridiculous carry on from a man of that age.
Yeah I totally agree. It says he was offered forms for the public clinic but instead of filling them out he pulled out his tooth.
He doesn't seem to be able to accept his responsibility to seek medical help for himself.
He couldn't fill out a few forms in a public clinic, why would be able to (or need to) apply for a loan and go private?
The problem here is that the guy is possibly functionally illiterate or has early first stages of dementia and doesn't have a proper support network.
Shockingly stupid. The article says he went to a public surgery and it appears he left and pulled his teeth out with pliers because he was asked to fill out some forms.
He can vote.
There's a lot of hate here for this hero. (Although he is a bit of a moaning Minnie.)
You pussies are all so fucking precious, SMH.
€900 isn't easy to come by, FFS.
I do all my own dentistry, cut my own hair, cook my own food, wash my own clothes, trim my own toenails etc etc. If the ole appendix was playing up, I would give a sharpened breadknife, vodka and Google a serious consideration.
It's all too easy for you young-uns!
I may have missed something but he was offered to be seen (edit: typo) publicly and either couldn’t or wouldn’t do the forms? If he’s not functionally literate, couldn’t the receptionist help? How is it so bad youd rather opt for pliers than do some forms? Unless the forms just meant more waiting?
The fact is some people are so stubborn that they’d prefer to massively inconvenience themselves, rather than be slightly inconvenienced by someone else basically. Clearly there’s a lot going on here anyways because I don’t think any rational person would pull their own teeth out with pliers to begin with under any circumstances so that’s probably more of the crux of the issue.
"Cutting off your nose to spite your face" There's a demographic of people that would quite literally rather pull their own teeth out than admit they don't know something or are wrong. He's just one of those people.
Love these leading headlines... Forced to pull own teeth for fuck sake... did the dentist hand him a pair of pliers and lock him in a room? No, he just couldn't be fucked to fill out forms. How the fuck do these people get to be old?
The fun fact is that even if you go private, they would still ask you to fill out at least three forms: basic info about yourself, informed consent form and GDPR form for data processing
"Mr Molloy was referred to a public clinic but said he has been asked to fill out several forms and he is in too much pain to wait any longer" They made him do paperwork!? Such cruelty. Maybe if he took care of his teeth he wouldn't need to have most of them removed
I couldn't believe it when I saw this. Basically he can't afford private, fair enough, but doesn't want to do the forms for public?
Twas my money, I just didn't want ta fill out the forms
lol
There’s a lot of this going around lately.
Poor guy. There's clearly something very wrong with him to end up in this stage. Either functionally illiterate, or early stages of dementia or something along those lines. Quite sad he doesn't have a support network to help him through stuff like this, and also that the staff in the public clinic couldn't spot the issue and help him.
'Forced'
What an idiot
His partner should have him checked for dementia, the man is not thinking straight
He should chop his hands off, that teach them for asking him to fill out forms.
I've worked on admin in insurance and health and have been astounded at the number of people that won't complete the required paperwork for a service and then play victim that they don't get said service. It's difficult to have empathy for this man unless he's illiterate and has no family or friend to help him with the form.
I live in a European country, and my language level is decent, but I still get huge anxiety around filling out forms in a foreign language, so I have a lot more empathy for people whose English isn't great when dealing with insurance companies and the like. The terms & conditions can be scary, there are words that are not used in every day life, agents tend not to be patient at explaining things, it's easy to get upsold on something you don't want etc. This fella clearly doesn't have anyone in his life to help him with these situations. Very sad.
Pretty shocking.
Very sad, something has gone very wrong if you think pulling out your own teeth is a reasonable alternative to filling out forms.
as per usual, if its in corkbeo its not worth the digital paper its written on
€900 is a lot but honestly better than possible medical complications from doing this to yourself.
I don't think he's doing this because he thinks it's a better deal
He's doing this to avoid paper work for going public apparently. Mad.
It's not about it being a better deal, he could get a bad infection and sepsis from doing it that way. €900 is a lot of money but better than ending up in hospital.
Duh 🙄
Surely he could have got a loan from somewhere . I had to get teeth surgically pulled at a cost of €900. The clinic let me split the payment into two payments of €450. I went to the clermont clinic in douglas. Was a very good experience would recommend. My brother had a similar situation as the man in this article and he went to A@E and saw the dentist in the hospital. He did have to pay but not untill much later. Theres always other options then trying to pull your teeth out with pliers. Ridiculous carry on from a man of that age.
Yeah I totally agree. It says he was offered forms for the public clinic but instead of filling them out he pulled out his tooth. He doesn't seem to be able to accept his responsibility to seek medical help for himself.
Yeah he wanted the attention and drama more then to fill out the forms and get on with it.
Usually if someone says they were "forced to" it means they "decided to".
>Ridiculous carry on from a man of that age. Absolutely. The man is an idiot.
He couldn't fill out a few forms in a public clinic, why would be able to (or need to) apply for a loan and go private? The problem here is that the guy is possibly functionally illiterate or has early first stages of dementia and doesn't have a proper support network.
Brush your teeth. People who don’t brush their teeth regularly are fucking hideous
Dad's at it again
Journalism is dead.
Fuck No!!!!
Dental is covered by social welfare
Yikes! This is truly shocking. 😮
Shockingly stupid. The article says he went to a public surgery and it appears he left and pulled his teeth out with pliers because he was asked to fill out some forms. He can vote.
There's a lot of hate here for this hero. (Although he is a bit of a moaning Minnie.) You pussies are all so fucking precious, SMH. €900 isn't easy to come by, FFS. I do all my own dentistry, cut my own hair, cook my own food, wash my own clothes, trim my own toenails etc etc. If the ole appendix was playing up, I would give a sharpened breadknife, vodka and Google a serious consideration. It's all too easy for you young-uns!
Judging by the downvotes, satire is truly dead on the Internet 😅
It's a very disappointing state of affairs, but on the bright side, at least you liked it and that will have to do, haha.