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RULES:
After 5 minutes I go find someone and tell them that I took time off work to be there, we scheduled an appointment for an agreed upon time, and they're wasting my time with their unprofessional conduct. The doctor usually shows up within minutes after that. Don't put up with their bullshit. Your time is every bit as valuable as theirs. If there was an emergency then I'm perfectly understanding, but that's rarely the case.
When I was young I had a difficult time asserting myself. Now in my late 30s, I find myself putting up with less and less bullshit. That said, it's frustrating that took basically half of my life to learn how to speak my mind. I blame my grandmother for giving me her anxiety.
Kinda related...
I know why I'm seeing the doctor, my dog doesn't understand why he needs to see the vet. When you tell us to go in the room don't make us wait for fuck's sake, the last time my dog looked like he was trying to escape through the ventilation grill in the ceiling and he pissed and shat on the examination table because he had been building anxiety for 20 minutes!
When you tell us to go in the room don't make us wait for fuck's sake
This is what I don't get. There's a waiting room. Why are we sent into a (usually) cramped room with no amenities if the person we're seeing isn't immediately available? One time I went to a clinic and the doctor apparently went on their lunch after I'd been walked to the examination room. Like...wtf?
My vet switched fully to having everyone wait in their cars after COVID. The vet comes to get you directly when they're ready for you. It's way better for the pets anxiety.
20 minutes, then assuming there's a closed door, I'll just leave the door open
If 10 more minutes pass I'm popping my head out and asking for a potential estimate. If I get to 45 minutes and nobody has spoken to me I'm out, and will be quite irritated upon rescheduling. By that point I've been there for over an hour and unlike everyone whose taking their sweet time, I'm not being paid to be there.
I've watched too many nurses, doctors, and random medical staff just stand around talking outside patient rooms about the latest gossip to believe they're running behind on appointments anymore. The local network schedules in 20 minute blocks, and I've NEVER had a single appointment face to face with a doctor for more than 10. Usually less than 5 unless there's something majorly wrong. And despite "privacy" of separate rooms, I can hear surrounding rooms taking just as long.
I'm probably being too cynical and harsh, but after almost dying because the asshole who examined me dismissed EXTREMELY obvious signs because "you probably just need to lose weight" I've retained less and less patience with local medical staff. And the next closest office/network that will accept my insurance is almost an hour away. So yeah.
30 minutes period. Why would I give them far more time than is considered reasonable in basically any other context? I have walked out before
I know, at least for younger me, it was above 2 hours. I had a bunch of exams, and people were leading me to different rooms. After an x-ray:
-- wait here and we will get you if we want another picture
like two hours pass, and someone comes in the door:
-- oh, there you are, come on, next exam
30 min, and if it happened more than once I'd change doctors and 1 star them. Get your shit together.
I once fell asleep while wearing the paper gown at the gynecologist’s. I don’t know how long I waited, but I had a really nice nap and they were super apologetic when I woke up and popped my head out.
Everytime I go to the dentist, just when I'm about to fall asleep the dentist tells me to keep my mouth open
I get a wedge on the inactive side so I can sleep 💀
As someone that likes to nap, you've inspired me for my next visit.
How do you even know how much time has passed in the exam room? There's no windows or clocks. It's like a shitty casino.
I wear a watch, but most people have a clock on the phone they're staring at the whole time they're waiting.
They should add a blackjack table to my Drs office.
Yeah, I don't want to win any of the games in that casino.
I take the Dennis Reynolds approach:
“I will come down on this hospital like the hammer of Thor! The thunder of my vengeance will echo through these corridors like the gust of a thousand winds!”
At least an hour and 45 minutes... cause that's the longest I've been forgotten in the exam room. But I never peeked my head out or asked, I just kinda waited.
I don't know how much longer I would've waited without finally saying something... so yeah, seven hours seems reasonable to me
I feel like after 15 minutes, I'd lose it and start eating the cotton balls Elf-style and develop a worse condition than I came in with.
Had this just over a month ago. I went down to accident and emergency just before 12 am on a Saturday (also know as the emergency department) as I was having really bad cramps because of my IBD (ulcerative colitis) I got triaged within an hour and had blood tests done within an hour after. Only saw a Dr after 7 or 8 in the morning and then was with her an hour at most, went for an X-ray and then had to sit for maybe another 5-6 hours to find out the results of a blood test that they do at the hospital. They were thinking of admitting me to hospital but we're waiting on the blood results so it's not as if me just going home was going to help myself.
While I sat waiting on the Dr the last time, I went and asked twice because I hadn't had word for hours. I also didn't have anything to eat for 24 hours as I didn't have an evening meal and I couldn't use a vending machine as I had no cash or card as I don't think I would be there 16 hours.
What country was this? Just out of curiosity. I can’t tell from the way you write
Sounds like the UK to me. Waits like this are not uncommon here in A&E when you are in a stable condition. The NHS has been underfunded for years and it is just getting worse.
That sounds awful =(
It was and I'm still suffering a flare up 5 weeks later. The only thing that's actually changed is I don't have constant cramps all day.
Had this happen once. I arrived without an appointment about an hour before the office closed. They allowed me in and took me into an exam room to wait for the doctor. After nearly an hour, I went to look and see what was happening. The staff were in the process of closing up for the day. They had literally forgotten I was in there.
At what point do you start filling pockets with random things?
A pen, a notebook, a handful of syringes and lots of post-it notes, the multi colored ones
~~Popsicle sticks~~ tongue depressors.
If I'm just there for a checkup I'm walking out after an hour. If I'm legitimately sick I'll probably sit there all day until someone gives me medicine lol
Unless you're Abed Nadir
Damn you, you outlying piece of datum!