Mary: "Dr. Grumpy's office, this is Mary."
Mrs. Frantic: "Hi, I have an urgent issue and need to get in RIGHT AWAY!"
Mary: "Hang on... Okay, the doctor can see you this afternoon, at 4:30... we also have an opening at 8:15 tomorrow morning, or..."
Mrs. Frantic: "Those won't work, um, I, uh, I'm actually out-of-town, on vacation, for another 2 weeks."
Pause
Mary: "Okay, when will you be back?"
Mrs. Frantic: "I don't have my work schedule here. Can I just call you after I get home?"
From an internist who apparently believes in "brevity is the soul of wit."
You just know he billed this as a high-level visit, too.
Thank you, L!
Dr. Grumpy: "Okay, then let's try increasing the dose of Flurpizol to 2 pills each night."
Mr. Martin: "That's what Annie had told me to do when I called last month, "
Dr. Grumpy: "I was wondering about that, because I see the phone call listed..."
Mr. Martin: "You're not angry at me, are you? I just wasn't sure."
Dr. Grumpy: "No, of course not. Let's just try the increase now and we'll see..."
Mr. Martin: "You're not going to tell Annie, are you? I don't want her to be angry at me, either."
Dr. Grumpy: "She won't be. Don't worry about it."
Mr. Martin: "Do you promise? Isn't she your boss?"
Saw this ad in a journal a while back.
It was, I believe, for a back pain treatment. Though I can also see it being used for a martial arts movie. It it were in black & white it could even be something by Robert Mapplethorpe.
But what I really love is the obligatory "Not an actual patient" disclaimer, as if it were common for patients with a metal clamp on their low back and jagged metal protruding from their skin to come in for an appointment (my colleagues in ER may feel differently).
If they did, I'd probably have to turn them away. I couldn't afford the upholstery damage.
