Jeff Bezos evacuated off Galapagos for kidney stones

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Galapagos: five stars. Kidney stones: zero stars

Dammit Jeff. One is lowest number of stars. It's an arbitrary number. Anytime you see a review that starts "I wish I could give this zero stars..." you know you're dealing with a knucklehead.

An arbitrary number that makes crap products look artificially good. "3.5? How bad could it be?"

If that were an actual Amazon review, he would base his entire review on the shipping experience instead of the actual product.

If a US ambulance ride for 15 minutes costs $1,722 [1] then how much does evacuation via an Ecuadorian navy helicopter and then a jet back to a US hospital cost the insurer?

[1] http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/05/health/think-the-er-was-ex...

I think the plane was his, and was already there, so he probably picked up the tab for that one himself.

One thing to note is that there is a hospital at the location he was evacuated from, so if it was a true emergency, they could have operated right there.

He probably flew Prime Air.

He could just have waited for some other diseases to appear and they would transport them for free!

Walk it off and resume work

I've had kidney stones and they were incredibly painful. I wouldn't wish them on anyone.

I wish Jeff a fast recovery. He is probably overworked and has a lot on his mind. Get well soon!

I was expecting either Bezos or medical treatment to be delivered by Amazon's drones.

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