Pet Peeves of the Day

[firebyrd]

I am extremely annoyed by all the advertising on yogurt now proclaiming, "Made with active cultures!" Hello, yogurt companies. I'm not a retard. I'm very well aware that all yogurt has active cultures. It's part of the freaking process to make yogurt. Stop treating me like I'm an idiot and raising the price of yogurt because of these oh-so-special active cultures.

Also annoying: doctor's offices that are stupid but do not send bills regularly. I just got something from Ogden Audiology Services for Enoch's hearing check /when he was born/. The kid is six months old, this is only the second or third bill I've actually gotten, and they say that our insurance is rejecting it because they can't find the patient. That is because you guys are stupid and submitting the info wrong or wrote it down wrong or something (yes, I have had doctor's offices write it down wrong before when I've called to correct them). I know this is the case because our insurance has paid on literally every other thing from Enoch's birth, most of them months ago (and the ones that weren't were because of /other/ stupid doctor's offices). Please actually listen to me when I call to give you the info, because I'm not going to pay you out of pocket when my insurance will pay if you guys will just do things correctly.

Comments

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

Well, I know that some very cheap yogurt has gelatin involved. I'm not sure if that's in addition to, or instead of the active culture.

[firebyrd.livejournal.com]

Man, what happened to yogurt just being yogurt? Now I'm sad that they have to advertise the natural cultures as if they aren't a normal part of yogurt (though all the yogurt I ever buy has cultures, even if it's not proclaimed in large letters).

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

I dunno. My mom used to make her own. I should try it one of these days. It's not terribly hard.

[seyrah.livejournal.com]

Yes, there are a lot of things out on the market now calling themselves yogurt that don't actually contain any live cultures. Mostly sugary things marketed to people who believe that anything called "yogurt" is good for you.

[firebyrd.livejournal.com]

I guess I'm behind the times on yogurt. Of course, today I was horrified because I couldn't find basic Dannon fruit on the bottom peach yogurt. I think the local store has fallen in with the rest of the times and doesn't carry it anymore, like so many others. It makes me sad, because this "old fashioned" yogurt is seriously the best out there. The newer, pre-mixed kinds are too sweet and that's basically all there is these days. Sigh. Guess I'll have to stick with my organic cream-topped Brown Cow maple yogurt from the health food store (the other best kind of yogurt).