Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Mary's desk, August 9, 2011

Guy walks in, stands up front.

Mary: "Hi, can I help you?"

Mr. Papers: "I have an appointment with Dr. Grumpy."

Mary: "Oh, yes. I mailed you our new-patient registration forms last week."

Mr. Papers: "I have them right here." (hands papers across counter)

Mary: "Thank you... Um, sir, these are completely blank."

Mr. Papers: "Was I supposed to fill them out?"
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14 comments:

  1. CholeraJoeAugust 10, 2011 at 8:30 AM

    There is a finite limit to human intelligence, but stupidity knows no bounds.

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  2. ER's MomAugust 10, 2011 at 9:10 AM

    And that was why we quit mailing out the forms...waste of postage for either forgotten forms or not filled out forms.

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  3. PA HoneybeeAugust 10, 2011 at 11:45 AM

    I'm with CholeraJoe, unbelievable!

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  4. RoblolAugust 10, 2011 at 11:56 AM

    I can understand why people take an ignorant and uneducated stance with their personal health... I mean who want's to follow directions? pfft.

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  5. ndenunzAugust 10, 2011 at 12:11 PM

    Strike one.

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  6. Li'l AzathothAugust 10, 2011 at 12:17 PM

    "But I brought a stool sample, just in case you need one."

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  7. AnonymousAugust 10, 2011 at 12:43 PM

    I've had it in reverse. Fill out forms and mail them back to , then show up and "lets just review these for correctness and then we'll submit them to the department that needs them". Why did I send them ahead then?

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  8. AnonymousAugust 10, 2011 at 1:53 PM

    lets see.....Scarlet fever @9 yrs; adnoid removed @ 11............you have seen me for over 20 yrs I'm in my 70's and nobody reads this crap anyway and I filled this out three days ago......aaargh

    oh wait it's a rule

    OF

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  9. AnonymousAugust 10, 2011 at 5:33 PM

    Anon 12:53, and then they won't bill your insurance until a year later even though you wrote it down and showed them your card.
    After a year that's just too bad.

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  10. Doctor BlondieAugust 10, 2011 at 5:40 PM

    Ah, I see why he needs a neurologist. Frontal lobe damage.

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  11. The Evil ReceptionistAugust 10, 2011 at 9:05 PM

    ER's Mom, I've made that same argument for a long time, and I *always* get outvoted, and I've never understood it.

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  12. KatAugust 10, 2011 at 11:29 PM

    I've dutifully mailed my forms back only to my GP to have to re-fill them out when I got there because my forms had not yet been scanned by central records... niether copy of them seems to have made it to my records at all(2.5 yrs later)... super awesome... we go over the same stuff that was covered in the form every apointment. The Allergist has forms online to print and bring with you... BEST THING since online refill requests :).

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  13. pharmacy chickAugust 10, 2011 at 11:42 PM

    And now we see why he is seeing a neuro...

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  14. AnonymousAugust 12, 2011 at 2:10 AM

    On the other hand, I remember one doctor's Desk Dragon getting very nasty with me because I declined to write a cheque and insisted that she wait until my husband arrived to pick me up, at which time he would write the cheque. The fact that I am right-handed and had just had surgery on my right wrist escaped her completely.

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So wadda you think?