Dear Ann Landers, I am retired and on a fixed income. My dentist is one of the most respected men in the city. I pay my bills promptly and have never questioned his fees. I now have only six of my original teeth left. I find it outrageous that he charged me $44 to clean them, the same as if I had 32 teeth, and he didn't even do the work. His hygienist did it. She spent approximately five or six minutes on my own teeth and about 10 seconds on the bridge. Will you please tell me whether you think this is fair?
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Dear Readers, , chemicals, paper, film, and so on. His photos are terrific. My beef is this: At every family gathering he shoots dozens of pictures. Then he slaves for hours making prints. The relatives can well afford to pay fifty cents apiece for these wonderful 5x7 and 8x10 pictures. But my hardheaded husband says, “No, I wouldn’t think of charg-ing them. I do this for fun.” Fun, my eye. He does it with money that could be better spent buying nicer clothing for his family or fixing up our house. Why should he be so balky about asking relatives to pay for prints? I think he is a sucker. What do you think?-Hypo Harriet, The Lenshound’s Wife Dear Wife: The lens-hound sounds like a sweet guy who enjoys his hobby. If he sold his pictures it would no longer be a hobby-it would be a business. So why don’t you keep your nose out of his hydroquinone?
