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Tuesday, June 23, 2015
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Mrs. Complain, I'm sorry You don't like our lobby magazine selection. Maybe you should hang out at this doc's office instead:
Thank you, K!
A Blog detailing the insanity of my medical practice and the stupidity of everyday life.
Thank you, K!
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Cast of Characters:
Annie: My Phenomenal MA
Mary: My Awesome Secretary
Ed: The office fish
Dr. Pissy: The guy I share an office with
Mrs. Grumpy: My Boss (also the world's greatest school nurse)
Frank, Craig, and Marie: The Grumpy Tribe
Garlic and Riley: The Grumpy Dogs
Questions? Comments? Biting sarcasm? Write to: pagingdrgrumpy [at] gmail [dot] com
Note: I do not answer medical questions. If you are having a medical issue, see your own doctor. For all you know I'm really a Mongolian yak herder and have no medical training at all except in issues regarding the care and feeding of Mongolian yaks.
11 comments:
I'm female. I'd rather read Fine Homebuilding than People magazine, or Good Housekeeping.
Pediatrician?
Proctologist? Oh, there's a "B" in there. Never mind.
No lie, I went for a CT SCan at an imaging center , where all manner of cancer patients were being scanned.
The magazine rack was full of Cancer Today issues.
Pretty dang stupidly inconsiderate if you ask me. Cause some of those folks were going to hear that they had Cancer Today.
Magazines in a doctors office should be somewhat entertaining.
Ever since I was a child, I've always brought my own reading material to the doctor's office. That's what my parents did, although my taste in reading material tends towards Aviation Week and Ancient Warfare magazines...
I'll be honest, though; I don't like having to put up with a loud TV set to a gameshow channel, or some other such nonsense, while I'm waiting to see the doctor. I won't say anything though; the staff has better things to do than listen to me yowl over trivia.
I don't touch the magazines in any waiting room 'cause I'm convinced they are all germ laden in addition to being boring.
When did the AMA decree that doctors' and dentists' offices must have TVs. Annoying, and do nothing to detract from the fact that something unpleasant is probably gonna happen to me.
Can't complain, though. We don't want to annoy folks who have sharp things and are willing to use them.
sometimes the TV is there to provide a little masking noise - so that you cannot clearly hear what is being said at the front desk
Really, these look like what I'd imagine would be in the waiting room of an auto shop where women and men wait to have their carburetors replaced or adjusted or whatever people have to take their cars to the shop for.
I just went to my doc's office for an annual, to catch up on People from May last year and review Christmas decorations for next year (no one can state with any certainty that I am trendy!) It was funny about the T.V. though. It was blaring away and I recognized the same show that was on last year. I looked at it last year, but I'm sure no one other than me did--last year. And, I definitely wasn't looking at it this year.
One time, though, I was waiting in a hospital waiting room, and the T.V. controls were within reach, so I changed the channel from something noisy and frivolous ...to something about turkey farming. Made me not want to eat turkeys anytime soon.
By the end of the 45 minutes that I waited, there was a roomful of people staring at the interesting turkey-raising show. I left thinking, "well, we all learned a little something today, eh?" (Instead of leaving with a headache and sound of fake laughter and canned studio soundtrack ringing in my ears.)
That's some of the more genre-specific porn I've seen lately.
a little fishy, if you ask me!
I've been known to ask if the volume on the TV can be turned down...especially if no one is looking at it with interest....
I think health specific TV programs end up being preachy/making folks feel guilty or defensive...and the canned TV/cartoon stuff is just foolish.....
I don't worry too much about germs, unless it is pediatrics or cold/flu season....tho if i were immune suppressed i think i'd wear gloves the whole time i was in a public place!
I asked my doc about tithing down the volume...I guess they were getting paid to run the med ads. I unplugged the tv. Totally on accident, of course.
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