silverwhisper
just this guy, you know?
- Joined
- Mar 30, 2005
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phoenix: i envy you your sore throat right now.
nightbird: yikes, that's gotta be miserable.
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nightbird: yikes, that's gotta be miserable.
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i couldn't agree with you more.Denae said:Being a friend to someone in need (on several occasions) and yet they become invisible when you need them for a change.
EJFan said:i couldn't agree with you more.
eilan once used the term "foul weather friends" in a PM. she was actually referring to someone who only came into your life when you needed someone but ignored you the rest of the time when life was good (a sort of co-dependency thing). it's not quite the same as what you're saying but i think the term still applies if you contort the definition a bit.
Turn your phone off till you get up..pleasteasme said:People have an uncanny way of knowing when my weekends off are...and proceed to call me well before I am out of bed!Damn, can't I sleep in for once????
Ooh, that sucks.hdlynnette said:I've had this Dr's appointment for 3 months. It was this past Monday and my appointment was at 3:00pm. I arrive 15 minutes early. The 3 people that were already there when I got there were called back. Finally I was called back, but it was 4 fuckin 30 before the doctor came in to see me. This is not the first time this has happened. This doctor is also my parents doctor and they have had the same problem. My time is just as important as hers!
ARGH! It's time to start looking for another doctor.![]()
Unfortunately, this is far too common. It's no wonder that people feel that health care costs are too high - the perceived value of the "customer service" is negative and can't overcome the added value of new procedures and treatments.Eilan said:Ooh, that sucks.
The doctors that my hubby, kids, and I see are part of a huge 100+ physician multi-specialty mega practice, and they're under a lot of pressure to overbook themselves and rake in as much money as possible. Kinda makes it difficult for them to spend a lot of time with each patient and remain on a schedule. That's why some of them get fed up and go into private practice.
Last night I had to take my 8-year-old to the so-called Express Care because of an earache. We waited an hour and 15 minutes in the waiting room, and the on-site pharmacy had a 45-minute wait. Because we live less than 10 minutes from the clinic, I took my little one home so she could get ready for bed, then went back to the pharmacy, where I waited another 45 minutes for the pharmacist and his staff to straighten out an issue with our insurance.
hdlynnette said:I've had this Dr's appointment for 3 months. It was this past Monday and my appointment was at 3:00pm. I arrive 15 minutes early. The 3 people that were already there when I got there were called back. Finally I was called back, but it was 4 fuckin 30 before the doctor came in to see me. This is not the first time this has happened. This doctor is also my parents doctor and they have had the same problem. My time is just as important as hers!
ARGH! It's time to start looking for another doctor.![]()
About four years ago, my mother had a complete hysterectomy/lymph node biopsy because of endometrial cancer. When she returned to have the staples removed, the incision burst open (gross, I know, but that's the best way to describe it). The resident who removed the staples said to her, "I don't have time for this. I have other patients." How's that for "customer service"?midwestyankee said:Unfortunately, this is far too common. It's no wonder that people feel that health care costs are too high - the perceived value of the "customer service" is negative and can't overcome the added value of new procedures and treatments.
When I was pregnant, there were times that my obstetrician was on call at the hospital while seeing his regularly scheduled patients in the adjoining clinic. I had to wait for him a few times, but I was sympathetic to that because, if I were on the Labor and Delivery Floor, I'd want him to be up there caring for me.pleasteasme said:I have been to his office, waited around and at 5 pm (yes, two hours later than my appointment) and had to frickin' reschedule my appointment.
Eilan said:When I was pregnant, there were times that my obstetrician was on call at the hospital while seeing his regularly scheduled patients in the adjoining clinic. I had to wait for him a few times, but I was sympathetic to that because, if I were on the Labor and Delivery Floor, I'd want him to be up there caring for me.
It's frustrating, though, when you have to rearrange your whole schedule for a doctor's appointment that should take only 15 minutes.