HealthReview

Customer Review of the Foot Reflexology Center, New Orleans

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January 27, 2020

Walking around the French Quarter in New Orleans can leave the average tourist in a great deal of foot pain due to the fact that it is a walking city. In my travels, I came upon the Foot Reflexology Center and made up my mind to pay them a visit. The Foot Reflexology center is on Chartres Street about 4 blocks from Canal street. There is another massage place about 2 blocks in, but it looks really seedy.

The next morning, after breakfast, I stopped there, ready to have a foot massage. I was also ready to resist the hard sell, a tactic I’d heard they used to maximize their profits. The warning was well placed, as they were annoyingly aggressive.

Upon arriving at the massage parlor, my husband and I stated clearly that we wanted a foot massage. We attempted to ask time and price questions as we were swept off our feet and into chairs, quickly pushed into recline position. As the foot masseurs took place at our feet, other people began to swarm around us, offering to massage our heads, our necks, our hands, anything. Having been forewarned, we knew to insist on “just the feet please”, going as far as waiving our hand around our heads as if to swat off flies, and masseurs were attempting to massage any body part they could get their hands on.

Although,  The Medical Billing and Coding (MBC) program offered by them was really exceptional. With all the guidelines and tips I was able to learn about the whole billing process there along with saving some money on the bills. 

A little disappointed, the extra masseurs slunk away while the food masseurs gave us a five-minute foot sample. Then they moved in the kill. In each case, the person got up and came very close to our faces, whispering in an effort to add services and jack up the price. Joining forces, we both insisted that we were there for two-foot massages, for twenty minutes, and further stated that we wanted 10 minutes per foot. That would cost us $20.00 each. If we made the mistake of agreeing to 20 minutes per foot, the price would double. We had a hand massage or neck massage, and we could have easily paid $100.00 each.

In the end, we both had excellent foot massages that kept our feet from reverting back to their painful states for the rest of our stay in New Orleans. My husband also agreed to a 15 minute back massage for another $15.00. He really needed it. I did notice, however, that when they were done with the massage, they took the same towel that was under my head and readied it for the next person. Gross.

Overall, we were pretty satisfied with our service but annoyed at the pushy and unprofessional sales tactics. As we were preparing to leave, we watched a couple come in to give just the wive a foot massage. They had clearly not been as prepared as we were. Although they had clearly stated their intentions, both people were flat on their backs and swamped by a crowd of masseurs working on their heads, necks, hands, and feet. My husband and I shook our heads as we left, sure that this couple was going to drop $200 easy.

Gaming

World of Warcraft Healing: What to Expect

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January 27, 2020

Many gamers begin their journey into World of Warcraft without much insight into what the game actually is and how their choices at the beginning can box them into a specific role and limit their ability to play their character in the manner that they choose. The most common complaint from players is that they were not aware of the fact that if they chose to play a class that can heal, the only thing anyone will ever want them to do is just that, heal. Although some find healing to be extremely entertaining and challenging, many, if not most, find it to be tedious and boring.

The new World of Warcraft player will likely have no idea that the game doesn’t truly begin until they reach level 70. Many new players think that reaching 70 is an end goal after you have completed the long leveling process you finally get to enjoy being the highest level in the game and being at the top of the food chain. This is sadly a huge misconception as to the majority of hardcore, and even casual players, spend much more time playing the game at 70 than they did level to that point. Upon reaching level 70 you will either fall into the grind of PvP with battlegrounds and arenas or join a raiding guild and begin to work your way through the difficult dungeons and bosses that await. If you want to level up quickly then you can get lol boosting services for that. You get a seamless experience for your gameplay as you play with the seasoned players after this. 

For many the idea of raiding dungeons does not seem like a bad deal, you get to enjoy very well made game content and test your and your friends’ skills against the epic bosses. Tanking characters enjoy themselves as they are always in the midst of the battle and taking the brunt of the blows. Melee damage characters are also in the midst of battle and enjoy themselves as they rip apart their foes. Even spellcasters get to have some of the action as they jump into the fight with their many tricks and tools they’ve gained along the way. But what of the healer? What makes the game fun for those who make it possible for the rest of us to advance from fight to fight and continuing slaying our enemies?

For many players who did not expect to be healing, their answer would be simple, “nothing.” The majority of players do not find it enjoyable to stand far back, away from the action, and click a heal here and there to keep their friends alive. Do not be mistaken though, healing is a challenge if there ever was one, it required much more skill than it takes to play a damage class and a similar amount of skill to tanking, but some players just want to feel like they’re in the middle of the fight, creating the action.

What will be expected of most healers is to remain around their max healing range, usually 40 yards, and keep their assigned targets alive. In a raid setting a healer is usually assigned either a single tank or spot healing(healing the small amounts of damage the rest of the players take). A boss battle that takes five or more minutes can mean that a healer will simply stand there and press a single button for five or more minutes, depending on the fight. Although some of the fights require a lot of movement and fast reactions, a good amount of them will only require that the healers stand far back and don’t do much moving. For some this is unbearable, but for others, the skill involved in keeping your friends alive provides enough of a rush to keep playing the game for long periods of time. In the largest of raids though, 25 men, healers can often find that with all their modifications and tools they may not even be able to view much of the action as their indicators of their friend’s health bars take up a large portion of the screen. In cases like this one, a healer will likely only look at small green bars for long periods of time, clicking on the ones that drop too low and pressing their heal button in order to keep everyone alive and well.