Waiting.
Can anybody tell me what the point of getting an "appointment" with a
doctor is? Generally speaking, when one has an appointment, it means
that a meeting will occur at a specific date and time, with a specific
individual. Not so in the medical world. I've been waiting for 45
minutes at the doctor's office today. That means that not only am I
paying to see the doctor, I'm also losing time that I could be
spending at work, making money. How dare they assume that my time has
no value.
doctor is? Generally speaking, when one has an appointment, it means
that a meeting will occur at a specific date and time, with a specific
individual. Not so in the medical world. I've been waiting for 45
minutes at the doctor's office today. That means that not only am I
paying to see the doctor, I'm also losing time that I could be
spending at work, making money. How dare they assume that my time has
no value.
If you're a doctor, take this small piece of advice: schedule your
patients for the time they'll actually get to see you. In the end,
you're still going to see the same number of patients... They'll just
be less angry.
posted by Joe Hohman at 12:00 PM
5 Comments:
Jerry Seinfeld says that you need to take a sandwich and pickle in with you while you sit on that butchers block paper.
And when the doctor comes in, tell him you're eating and you'll be with him in a minute.
Patients are a virtue
flippin pearl vision tried to make me do that stupid wait thing!
You know what I did to those flippin monkey wipers?
I sat there the whole half hour with a really smug mean look.
They knew what was up after that.
I used to get really irritated when I had to wait...ok, maybe I still do. I was always telling my children to sit down and behave, now I just let them run around... we'll show those doctors - we'll get the nurses to complain!
Your time isn't valuable.
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