Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - The Burner Phone 95: The Man With The Most ACC Claims

Episode Date: October 15, 2023

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The Hits with Jono and Ben's Burnaphone Back baby, back for another day Well not just another day, this is the Monday after a very eventful weekend for the country It was a huge weekend wasn't it? It did feel like a massive weekend with the rugby I guess it felt like a lot of interest in the rugby all of a sudden in the World Cup Because we've kind of been building to a big game like this in the quarter final and heck of a test

What a game Just a magnum and we've just watched South Africa beat France by one point The heartbreak on the French You've been saying it all morning it felt like Ireland All Blacks South Africa and France

feels like a semi They felt like they should have been the semi South Africa and France. Feels like a semi. It felt like they should have been the semifinals. Just the way that the draw worked out. We got sort of four of, quite possibly the four best teams in the tournament taking on each other in the quarters. So yeah, the heartbreak of sport. That someone's got to be a loser in both those games. You kind of feel sorry.

Then I just saw an image there just flash up on the TV before. I'm gathering the French prop just lying on the ground. And he's got his little daughter on his leg. Yeah. And he's obviously devastated, but he's got smiles on his face because his daughter's there. And that probably sums up life, doesn't it? Yeah.

You have a loss, but there's more important things to worry about. But also the election was on as well, national. And Acts looked like they were going to govern the country, whether they need the help of Winnie P or not, TBC. Winston Peters, he does a great job. If you don't really know much about New Zealand politics, I know a lot of people overseas listen to this, he's been around for a while.

He's 80. Yeah, and he just has a great knack of coming back in again. You know, last election he was out, and everyone was like, well, that's the last, when Sir Peter's will be the end of a very distinguished career in politics, a long career. He had a leaving party and everything. Yeah, and then he's back again. And now, again, he could be the person, and his party could be in charge of, you know,

helping the next government through, which is incredible. What I like is, too, he's in a stage of life. He's in that age bracket where you would stand outside your house and yell at people to slow down, even though they're only driving at about 20 k's an hour. He's in that period. And so he deals with a press conference or a media scrum like a grumpy retiree would deal with a skateboarder or something

coming past their house. He's like, no stupid questions. That's what he was saying. He's like, no stupid questions. That's what he was saying. He's like, no, I don't want any stupid questions. I'm not going to answer any. I'm going to walk away. Yeah, if there's any stupid questions, I'll walk away. And then he kind of takes control.

You ask a question. And I imagine the pressure on the journalist at that point is like, oh, God, is my question stupid? And then if he's like, no, another question. You know, like, you've had your chance. It's just, yeah, really is controlling it all, isn't it? It is. So that was the update.

And who knows how the country's going to go? What side of the fence you sit on. And, you know, I think a really good thing, it doesn't really make New Zealand that divisive, is, you know, the left aren't that far left and the right aren't that far right. They're both very

centrist parties. The main two parties, yeah. I think you were telling your daughters it's probably going to be much of a muchness. Oh, because, yeah, and the hard thing is a lot of people promise a lot of stuff and you don't know how much stuff is actually going to go through.

Oh, so David Seymour's saying he's going to put pseudoephedrine back in the cold and flu tablets. Yeah. And everyone's like, well, you realise the gang's cooked meth with that. And I think he's like,

well, they're doing it anyway. Yeah. So why don't we just have good cold and flu meds is what Seymour's... I don't know when he's going to get around to putting pseudo-epidurine back into Coddrell. I don't know if that's agenda number one for the country. I feel like there's a few more other things to sort out. But hey, I don't know. I'm not a politician.

There we go. That's been the eventful weekend that we've had here. And we got talking on the show today about ACC claims. I've had an eventful week. My back. Speaking of old men, Winston Peters, my back's been giving me hell, mate. And I went to acupuncture

on... Have you had acupuncture? Only for TV purposes. I got it on my face. For a skit. Yeah, just a skit. They don't hurt. No, they've got it quite a bit. skit they don't hurt no no it doesn't hurt at all

no it's kind of quite impressive how they sort of do it it is and everything's all joined up in your body isn't it

like connected should put a pin sort of down my leg and I'm like ah why is that hurting my shoulder yeah you're like what

what yeah it's amazing they know what they're doing don't they well I guess you hope they know what they're doing they're sticking needles into you but so yeah the back feels a lot better, actually, after acupuncture.

And ACC claims. And I looked at my thing. Over 12 I've had. Over a dozen. We got talking about this on the show. Most amount of ACC claims. And could anyone beat it? We kind of got to 24.

We had Sonia. She had 26 claims. Yeah, a lot. It felt like a lot. Then some texts came through post us doing that topic on the radio. And we're joined now by Hayden. Welcome, a lot. It felt like a lot. Then some texts came through post us doing that topic on the radio, and we're joined now by Hayden. Welcome, Hayden. How are you guys? Good, good. And you text through, 4487.

How many ACC claims have you had? I'm on the 80 mark. 80? Yeah, yeah. Most of those come ankles and sports injuries, and then as I've got older, I've had a few things on the head with concussions and things. And then there's been a few interesting ones. I had a spell about three years ago where things went sort of wrong for me for a little while.

And I had a huge ankle operation booked about a week out. And then the Friday evening, just before the operation, I had a dog bite a chunk of my lip off. What? Yeah, the old family dog. I snuck over the top for a kiss on the head. I growled him and he was grumpy, so I snuck over the top to give him a kiss on the head, and I think he thought the other one was coming for him. So I wound up in middle of the hall having the face fixed up by a plastic surgeon. So what, your lip was actually, a chunk of your lip was gone? I jumped up, mate. I thought I'd just stuck my clashed head through the dog and stuck my tooth through my lip,

so I raced off to the bathroom, and that's still what I thought. Raced over to North Shore Hospital. They left me in the corner because it's a Friday night. It looked like I'd been in a punch-up, so they left me in the corner for about 45 minutes. When they found out it was a dog bite, they jumped too, because obviously infections and things. So they stuck me in the exam room, and the guy asked me where the spare bit was. And I said, no, no, no, it's just gone through.

And he said, no, no, you're missing a bit. And I went from there to Middlemore, because that's where all the plastic surgeons are for the weekend before. And my partner who had dropped me out there rang me once she got home and she'd found the piece sitting on the lounge floor in front of the fire. A chunk of your lip. A chunk of my lip. So they can put that back in.

They can connect that back. That was what I was thinking. So I told her to chuck it in the bag and race it in. I showed her the picture to the doctor, and she just laughed at it and said, no, no, that's not going back. It was sort of all, it was half cooked from being in front of the fire for an hour or two.

Oh, jeez. Hot loves, hot loves. They always call you hot loves, don't they? It was quite the weekend, and then a week later, I had two, three nights in hospital there getting fixed up. A week later, I'm sort of drinking and eating everything through a straw because my mouth had to be stretched over and sewed up.

It was a bit smaller than it used to be. Couldn't fit the steaks in. Oh, my God. That is, gee. And so has that been the worst injury? Yeah, yeah, there was that one. And then about a year or two before that, I went to the aid of a young lady in town and

got roughed up by three or four guys that got bottled. So I've got a metal plate under my right eye holding that one up. So do you reckon you've had hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of treatment thanks to ACC? I would say, it's hard to say, I would say it would be

at least $100,000 I would think, over the years. Wow. Sheep. 80 claims. And so do you find yourself just being extra careful now, every step you take? I try to, mate, but it's getting the older I get. I'm a tradesman, so the older I get, I'm sort of bumping into things at work and tripping over things. So, yeah.

That is impressive. I don't think we're ever going to beat 80 ACC claims. Hey, really do appreciate your time, Hayden. You go and have a wonderful day. Nice one. Thanks, guys. See you, mate. Thank you. There you go. 80 claims, Ben. That is phenomenal. That's phenomenal. We've said it

before. ACC, what a wonderful system, because if you're in America, you're paying for your own stuff, aren't you? Well, that's, yeah, true, yeah. Well, healthcare, don't you? Well, that's true. Yeah. Well, health care, don't you? I think, yeah, the health care, and there's not quite set up like we are here, I think. We're obviously ultimately paying for it one way or another somehow. Yeah.

There's taxes and things, but. I think if you don't have insurance over there yourself, then things aren't good. You know, like to get through the system fast. So, yeah. Yeah, so. But I might be wrong again we're probably spouting off information that we don't quite understand

no true I shouldn't have delved us down that I shouldn't have taken us down that road you know I remember that story I told about a

trader who came to my house busted his mouth and flew to Russia got the dental work done for a smither of the price and he recorded out your story

because they were like why did he not get ACC because he was working in New Zealand? Which then, I was like, he was American. Right. I think he might have been

working here under less than, you know, satisfactory circumstances if the government were to look at it. Yeah, gotcha. Which makes it seem like I've employed,

you know, some illegal overseas labour. Yeah, you definitely have. To get some work done. But that was the Burner Phone today. If you'd like to leave us a message, please, you can do so. All you need to do is turn on your ears and listen to this right now. If you want to join the Burner Phone podcast,

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