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It’s wiggity, wiggity, wiggity wack

How does the model keep the transmitter from flopping around without ugly tape? Source: Medtronic PR photo

How does the model keep the transmitter from flopping around without IV3000?
Source: Medtronic PR photo

After writing yesterday’s post, I had some time for some more rational thought, and I remembered the reasons I use the suite of diabetes devices that I do.

  1. The meter automatically sends my BG’s to the pump
  2. The meter automatically sends my BG’s to the CGM
  3. The CGM is built-in to the pump
  4. The meter is small, accurate, and uses little blood.
  5. The buttons don’t fall off.

These features are important to me.

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How to piss off a customer

When it comes to customer service, the biggest sin you can commit is to not resolve a complaint after the first phone call. (Unless you’re an insurance company — they operate under a different set of rules. But I’m not angry with them today).

I am upset with two companies right now. And as hard as I’m trying to resist, I think I’m going to name names (I’ve already concluded, back in December, that they don’t like me).

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