re: To all Doctors out There

The reason I’m replying to your half-wit rant is because you ain’t getting the point. You need the remedial explanation.

This isn’t my first career. People no-show all kinds of appointments, clearly. Do you sit at the auto-mechanic for the entirety of the time your mechanic is servicing you car? Do you have to take off work to drop off your car? Are there 800 people who are gonna need to drop their car off with your mechanic and sit there throughout the service appointment?

I generally give people a one-time no-charge no-show, unless they went out of their way not to show up. I know that shite comes up and things change. But the next time I see that patient, I make it a point to say that was a one-time thing. I also remember who cancels on me. The second time you’re paying because you didn’t get the message. If you call me and tell me something came up, then I can work with that and I’ll move you to later time or the next day, if I can. But every time I make an change to accommodate one patient’s schedule change, it affects every other patient negatively.

The world doesn’t revolve around you.