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Old 11-13-2010, 09:41 PM
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Among other positive and negative effects, perhaps doctors' offices would be more crowded and emergency rooms less. TH, I don't know if the specialist you visited had extenuating circumstances that day or always keeps people waiting long after their appointments. At any rate, staff behavior you described was rude and obnoxious. I cannot understand why merchants and service providers put up with staff treating customers poorly.

I hope your wife is doing well. I also hope you are able to find a specialist who values his or her patients and insists that they be treated with respect.
There were no extenuating circumstances. He never deals with emergencies. The last time we were there, we waited in the exam room for a long time. I finally went out in the hall and down to his office and he was standing staring out the window with his hands folded behind his back. I guess people could say he was contemplating a medical issue. I doubt it. I think he was staring out the window while we waited in a closed small room.