- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
re: How long do you wait in the Doctor's office before you leave?
Posted on 10/7/15 at 12:57 pm to whoisnickdoobs
Posted on 10/7/15 at 12:57 pm to whoisnickdoobs
quote:
Dr's & Dentists are the only profession who do this.
I know lawyers who make people wait while they are just dicking off. Their thought is the client needs to know how busy they are.
1
Posted on 10/7/15 at 12:58 pm to roadGator
I never wait at the urgent care longer than 10 mins before I'm seen
Posted on 10/7/15 at 12:59 pm to Paige
quote:
I never leave
You've wasted your time going up there if you leave and then have to go again
It's a bigger inconvenience for yourself but if enough people would leave after 20 minutes Doctors might actually treat their patients with a little more courtesy. buuuutttt... that will never happen.
Posted on 10/7/15 at 1:02 pm to whoisnickdoobs
You guys have no idea how a dr's office works
They schedule you for probably 15 minutes or whatever their policy is for your reason for visit. Some people go over their allotted time because they're talking about everything under the sun. Some people run late. Sometimes there are hospital emergencies.
Op, turning in your paperwork at the time of your appointment was your bad. You know they have to do something with all that paperwork right? Put it in the computer, make a chart, etc.
Sure, doctors could schedule longer appointment times, but then people would bitch because it would take much longer to get an appointment
They schedule you for probably 15 minutes or whatever their policy is for your reason for visit. Some people go over their allotted time because they're talking about everything under the sun. Some people run late. Sometimes there are hospital emergencies.
Op, turning in your paperwork at the time of your appointment was your bad. You know they have to do something with all that paperwork right? Put it in the computer, make a chart, etc.
Sure, doctors could schedule longer appointment times, but then people would bitch because it would take much longer to get an appointment
Posted on 10/7/15 at 1:02 pm to Artie Rome
The few times I had to go see lawyers there was no wait.
Posted on 10/7/15 at 1:03 pm to ILikeLSUToo
quote:
Our pediatrician is notorious for long wait times, so I always request first appointment of the morning on whatever day is available.
Can't really do that if your kid wakes up sick and needs to go that day.
Urgent care/walk-in clinics are much better than traditional doctor's offices in those situations.
Posted on 10/7/15 at 1:04 pm to roadGator
Sorry you had to wait. I was in the back banging some pharma slut.
Posted on 10/7/15 at 1:05 pm to Paige
I'd rather wait longer to get an appointment and actually be seen on time than spend extra time in the waiting room.
edit: I know how a Doctors office works. Good ones don't overbook so their patients don't have to wait.
edit: I know how a Doctors office works. Good ones don't overbook so their patients don't have to wait.
This post was edited on 10/7/15 at 1:09 pm
Posted on 10/7/15 at 1:05 pm to roadGator
Posted on 10/7/15 at 1:07 pm to roadGator
This morning for my son's basic eye appointment we waited 40 minutes. Then we were "pre-examined" by a tech, shuffled to an inner waiting room, back to another room for another type of test, then dilation eye drops, back to the inner waiting area two more times before finally seeing the doctor (who spent all of 5 minutes with us).
We left two hours later with a paper prescription but no new glasses even ordered because the crabby, hungry kid wasn't being very cooperative after that. We'll be heading to Lenscrafters later.
I tend to be more patient at our pediatrician's office because I know sometimes he has urgent visits without much notice (and he's let us come in on short notice too), but it usually doesn't take more than 15-20 minutes.
We left two hours later with a paper prescription but no new glasses even ordered because the crabby, hungry kid wasn't being very cooperative after that. We'll be heading to Lenscrafters later.
I tend to be more patient at our pediatrician's office because I know sometimes he has urgent visits without much notice (and he's let us come in on short notice too), but it usually doesn't take more than 15-20 minutes.
Posted on 10/7/15 at 1:08 pm to oldcharlie8
quote:
I ALWAYS schedule my dr's appts at 430pm. I know that I won't have to wait long as I know that they want to get their asses out of there at 5
This is the only answer. I've gone in at 9:30 and not seen the Dr. til almost 12, but I leave at 5 every time.
Posted on 10/7/15 at 1:15 pm to Rhio
I made an appointment last Friday to get a cyst taken out of my shoulder. Appt was at 10:30, they took me to the back at 11:15. Dr comes in, she looks at and says..... You going to have to make an appointment to come in and have it removed. No sit huh, I'll have another Dr. Visit, miss work, drive 30 minutes there and pay another co-pay because your enept secretary making the Appointment didn't allow time for this the first time.
Posted on 10/7/15 at 1:20 pm to whoisnickdoobs
My dentist is always on time.
Longest I've waited at a doctor's office was 1.5 hours which was absurd.
Longest I've waited at a doctor's office was 1.5 hours which was absurd.
Posted on 10/7/15 at 1:27 pm to ladytiger118
Yeah, Dentists aren't as bad as doctors. My current one is usually on time.
Posted on 10/7/15 at 1:28 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
quote:
I always schedule the first appointment in the morning.
This.
If somehow I have a later one I'm almost always staying. Unless we're talking an hour plus, the time I've already wasted is a sunk cost. I might not go back, but I'm probably not gonna leave after already wasting the time.
Posted on 10/7/15 at 1:29 pm to Paige
quote:
Put it in the computer, make a chart, etc.
All done electronically and was just updates. I've been seen there before.
It wasn't an urgent matter. They already lied once about you'll be right in. They hadn't even taken me back to do the BP check yet. There would have been another 10-15 wait for the doctor to come in.
When I got there, she said that they weren't busy and not running behind.
20 minutes is enough to wait. If they hadn't pulled their standard lies I may have waited a bit longer.
Posted on 10/7/15 at 1:31 pm to whoisnickdoobs
quote:Yeh no idea how this became acceptable. I am a CPA and if I made clients wait like that I would no longer have clients. In emergency settings it is completely understandable, but not a clinic
Cheers to you OP. More people need to do this. Dr's & Dentists are the only profession who do this. I would never make an appointment for a paying customer and make them sit in a waiting room and think it's acceptable. Maybe 5 minutes max. Even that I would feel bad about.
Posted on 10/7/15 at 1:31 pm to whoisnickdoobs
quote:
Yeah, Dentists aren't as bad as doctors. My current one is usually on time.
Because there are 2 dentists for every potential patient in Baton Rouge. They can't frick around.
Posted on 10/7/15 at 1:34 pm to lsupride87
quote:
In emergency settings it is completely understandable, but not a clinic
urgent matters are a matter of routine in primary care clinics
you people are not reading the link i posted damn it
Page 2 of 4
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News