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This last week I have been sick, and miserable, and could barely talk because my throat hurt so much.
So yesterday I finally broke down and went to urgent care (not a cheap prospect without insurance, but by that point, I couldn't keep going how I was... after all, I didn't want to risk that it was strep throat, that shit can be deadly if you don't treat it, and $150 out of pocket for a clinic visit and generic prescription is preferable to death... and no, that isn't as much hyperbole as it sounds, I'm particularly vulnerable to strep because of a bad strep infection I had when I was younger).
I show up, there is one person in line before me to check in, and a few other people already in the waiting room. The receptionist tells the guy in front of me that it will be about 40 minutes wait, he says okay, signs in, and goes to wait, I check in, she tells me about 50 minutes, I say fine, and I sign in.
Well, 20 minutes later, the guy asks why it is taking so long, the receptionist explains that there is one doctor (which isn't much of a surprise, the entirety of the clinic was the waiting room, three exam rooms, a lab, and a storage room), and that she is moving through people as quickly as possible. Well, this was not the right answer. So he says, I can't wait this long, is it okay if I sign out and try to find somewhere else with less of a wait. The receptionist says, of course you can. He wanders off and starts yelling into his phone trying to get someone to get him in immediately. Well, about 15 minutes later, they call my name, and our impatient man goes ballistic, how dare I get seen first when he signed in first, and the receptionist just very calmly told him "Sir, you asked to be signed out so you could find somewhere else to go"
Hey, as far as I'm concerned, everything ended well, I got in 15 minutes earlier than I thought I would be, and the impatient jack ass got served a dose of karma.
eta- oh, and just to reassure, it wasn't strep
merely a sinus infection that was draining overnight and irritating the throat, the doctor put me on a 6 day z-tab to clear up the sinus infection.
So yesterday I finally broke down and went to urgent care (not a cheap prospect without insurance, but by that point, I couldn't keep going how I was... after all, I didn't want to risk that it was strep throat, that shit can be deadly if you don't treat it, and $150 out of pocket for a clinic visit and generic prescription is preferable to death... and no, that isn't as much hyperbole as it sounds, I'm particularly vulnerable to strep because of a bad strep infection I had when I was younger).
I show up, there is one person in line before me to check in, and a few other people already in the waiting room. The receptionist tells the guy in front of me that it will be about 40 minutes wait, he says okay, signs in, and goes to wait, I check in, she tells me about 50 minutes, I say fine, and I sign in.
Well, 20 minutes later, the guy asks why it is taking so long, the receptionist explains that there is one doctor (which isn't much of a surprise, the entirety of the clinic was the waiting room, three exam rooms, a lab, and a storage room), and that she is moving through people as quickly as possible. Well, this was not the right answer. So he says, I can't wait this long, is it okay if I sign out and try to find somewhere else with less of a wait. The receptionist says, of course you can. He wanders off and starts yelling into his phone trying to get someone to get him in immediately. Well, about 15 minutes later, they call my name, and our impatient man goes ballistic, how dare I get seen first when he signed in first, and the receptionist just very calmly told him "Sir, you asked to be signed out so you could find somewhere else to go"
Hey, as far as I'm concerned, everything ended well, I got in 15 minutes earlier than I thought I would be, and the impatient jack ass got served a dose of karma.
eta- oh, and just to reassure, it wasn't strep
merely a sinus infection that was draining overnight and irritating the throat, the doctor put me on a 6 day z-tab to clear up the sinus infection.
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