TOTALLY GEEKED!

chef wrote:

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I don't mind waiting in a doctor's office if I don't have anywhere else to be and if DS is being babysat.

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 I took a few hours off from work to go. Had to work tonight to catch up.  I don't mind doing that if my time is respected.  It wasn't.  I totally understand some patients need more time than scheduled but if another patient, ie customer, is waiting, the staff should have direction to do as much as possible to minimize the wait.  Worst part? I could hear the doc and patient chatting it up and laughing for a good 1/2 hour.  Not chatting patient stuff, just small talk.  That is when the staff needs to interrupt him and remind him of other patients.

FNW wrote:

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I try to get early morning appointments. Afternoon ones tend to run late because they are backed up by late arrivals and/or longer patient needs, etc. Shot appts. for the boys are in the afternoon and sometimes we have to wait 10 min. or so and that annoys me. Tack on the 30 minutes we have to sit in the office AFTER the shots are administered and it's a long visit. They're doing it every 3-4 weeks now which is much better than weekly like we did for 1 1/2 years.

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 Yeah, I do try to do first appointments too but these days it seems certain type appointments are in "time frames" so first of the day appt's are not available.  I HATE how our health care system is changing and the doctors are not adjusting, and neither are some of us patients!

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:

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chef wrote:

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I don't mind waiting in a doctor's office if I don't have anywhere else to be and if DS is being babysat.

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 I took a few hours off from work to go. Had to work tonight to catch up.  I don't mind doing that if my time is respected.  It wasn't.  I totally understand some patients need more time than scheduled but if another patient, ie customer, is waiting, the staff should have direction to do as much as possible to minimize the wait.  Worst part? I could hear the doc and patient chatting it up and laughing for a good 1/2 hour.  Not chatting patient stuff, just small talk.  That is when the staff needs to interrupt him and remind him of other patients.

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 In your shoes, with your schedule, that would've irked me too.

I know I'm a rarity in that I don't mind waiting.

VetteGirl wrote:

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My psychiatrist is notoriously late. Like, every session is guaranteed she is going to come out and get me fifteen or twenty minutes late. I brought it up once to her and she just laughed it off. I'm seeing her in a couple of weeks but it's going to be my last session with her because I found someone else.

I have way too little time at home to waste it in a waiting room!

-- Edited by VetteGirl on Thursday 2nd of June 2016 09:31:28 PM

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 Especially with your crazy long days!

flan

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:

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VetteGirl wrote:

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My psychiatrist is notoriously late. Like, every session is guaranteed she is going to come out and get me fifteen or twenty minutes late. I brought it up once to her and she just laughed it off. I'm seeing her in a couple of weeks but it's going to be my last session with her because I found someone else.

I have way too little time at home to waste it in a waiting room!

-- Edited by VetteGirl on Thursday 2nd of June 2016 09:31:28 PM

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 Do her a favor and tell her why.

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 It sounds like she already did.

flan