Mary returned from lunch to find an older fellow sitting in the lobby, quietly reading. We didn't have any patients scheduled for that time.
Mary: "Hi, can I help you, sir?"
Mr. Natgeo: (turns a page, doesn't look up) "Thank you, I have an appointment with Dr. Intouch."
Mary: "Her office is right across the hall, this is Drs. Grumpy & Pissy's office."
Mr. Natgeo: "I know, I told them I'm in here, they said they'll come get me when they're ready to take me back."
Mary: "Oh, okay. Her lobby must be packed today."
Mr. Natgeo: "No, it's just that you guys have much better magazines."
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So how did he know what magazines you have? Does he just randomly wander into surrounding areas looking for magazines before his appointments?
But if word gets around, you might be in line to score new patients :)
This side of the pond, magazines disappeared from doctor’s waiting rooms during covid and haven’t come back. Actually, a lot of the GPs (Family Docs) seem to have disappeared too when you try to get an appointment.
What'cha got? Mongolian Yaks Monthly?
"Honestly, who even reads the Paris Review anymore since George Plimpton died?"
"Not as good as the sex therapist on the third floor, but you can never find an open seat in THAT lobby."
"Before I started seeing Dr. Intouch, I didn't even know they published a Pashto edition of 'Field & Stream.'"
"I mean, it's nice to take pride in your educational background, but having a waiting room full of nothing but the Harvard alumni magazine is a little much."
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