Went to the doctor today.

[conuly]

We'd called ahead to let them know we might be a few minutes late, and showed up at 11:09 for an 11am appointment. And boy, the waiting room was crowded, but actually the wait wasn't too bad at all. By doctor time it was almost non-existent!

Anyway, as we're sitting and waiting some woman comes in and says that she has an 11:30 appointment for an echo, but the car won't wait, can she be seen now?

I checked my phone discreetly at this time, it was 11:15.

And the receptionist said that all appointments are actually running on time today, so no.

"But he won't wait!"

"Well, it's a half hour appointment anyway, so...."

I get that sometimes you're a bit strapped, but I can't quite work out what this woman was thinking.

Comments

[agoodwinsmith]

She might have thought it was like an exray - flash, flash - you're done?

[conuly]

It still takes time.

[mindstalk]

how was the masking?

[conuly]

Wouldn't you guess, the only person to take theirs off for any length of time was this lady? "I wasn't sure if you could understand me with it on".

[mindstalk]

I am shocked, shocked.

[lilysea]

Let me guess, she was a middle-class white woman between 40 and 60. :(

[conuly]

Do you know what? I didn't actually look!

Though, given that this is the cardiologist, I suspect she was older than 40 for sure, at least in her mid-50s.

[wpadmirer]

It makes no sense to arrange for transportation for an appointment and not make sure they'll either wait or have a return trip booked with someone else.

[cellio]

Yeah, this makes no sense. Even if it were a quick procedure, this isn't "wait while I drop this letter in the mailbox"-class transport-pausing. Sheesh.

[archersangel]

this reminds me that today that some guy on the bus wanted to go see if he friend was home near where i got dropped off. he said he'd "only be 2-3 minutes." but the bus driver was very firm with "i have a schedule to keep."
he was on the bus for 10 minuets before that listening to music on his phone, he could've been calling him that whole time.