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Old 11-08-2014, 07:55 AM
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Originally Posted by CFrance View Post
Patients unite! If enough people complain about these things, something will change. If the doctor was texting something that had nothing to do with me, I would be mad enough to walk out. I would certainly ask him what and to whom he's texting, and why.

So good for the posters who have said they will not wait past a certain amount of time, and for the ones who tell that to the office when they make the appointment. We have to look at ourselves as consumers and demand fair treatment, or we'll take our business elsewhere.
YES!!!! Let's vote with our feet just like we would do at a bad restaurant or any other business. WE are being taken advantage of by the medical profession. The treat us like cash cow cattle. At my next doctor appoint I will tell the receptionist that I have another appointment that day (or some other lie) and I can only wait 15 minutes past my scheduled time.
Also, when I wait too long my bp goes up and the doc gets a false reading. Last week the doc asked if I had "white coat syndrome" I said no, I had "wait too long syndrome". Of course he laughed it off then told me it was his staff's fault.

What was that movie where everyone was yelling out of their windows, "I'm mad as hell and I'm not gonna take it anymore"?