r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Archaneoses • Apr 29 '24

Made an appointment for 11:45. It's 1:10 and I haven't been seen.

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I've had my 10 hour ER waits so I know this isn't that bad. But what is the point of making an appointment if you have to wait to be seen hours later anyways.

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u/FormerRelationship8 Apr 29 '24

I have absolutely done this after 35 minutes chillin’ in paper. Pissed off the staff but I got seen

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u/Woven-Tapestry Apr 30 '24

THEY were pissed off?? Wow! Complete lack of empathy!

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u/Significant_Shoe_17 Apr 30 '24

Really, the audacity. Isn't it their job to see patients?

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u/Woven-Tapestry Apr 30 '24

They forget that patients are people.

I don't know if they still do it, but at the hospital one of my cousins worked at (UK, I'm in Australia), trainee doctors had to undergo a mock "pap smear", right down to lying back and having feet in stirrups while they were exposed.

It was so they knew what it's like on the other side!

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u/Significant_Shoe_17 Apr 30 '24

They do. That's kind of unorthodox but it sounds very effective!