4 hours after the appointment? My friend had a 1:00 appointment yesterday, & we were there for 4 hours until the doctor finally came in & saw her. & the electricity went out for 20 minutes on top of that.
2007-07-27 08:01:36 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
OMG. I would absolutely hate that. If a doctor keeps you waiting that long, you always have the option of rescheduling. However this does not help if you are seeing the doctor because you are in the middle of an illness. Rescheduling only works for check-ups or re-checks.
However, I managed a surgeon's office for five years and I can tell you that in most places, the office staff schedules properly and the doctor screws up the schedule. So you can complain to the office staff but the doctor does not usually listen to them. COMPLAIN TO YOUR DOCTOR unless there is a good reason. Sometimes someone comes, as a patient, who is much sicker than they have said and it does take the doctor longer.
2007-07-27 09:45:39 · answer #1 · answered by Patti C 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It makes me mad that you have to schedule an "appointment" to see a doctor and it takes that much longer to get in. Don't see why it can't just be on a walk-in basis. That's practically what it is anyway. I hate when they say if you're 10 minutes late for the appointment you'll be rescheduled but they're 4 hours late on getting you in to see the doctor. Makes me want to just slap everyone in the office :)
2007-07-27 15:34:45 · answer #2 · answered by Arcangel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do that hate! I work for an HMO currently and have figured out the trick. My lunch is from 1-2. The doctors/nurses go to lunch from 12-1, so I make my appointment at 1. I'm the first one to be seen, before it gets backed up!
2007-07-27 15:05:26 · answer #3 · answered by curvygal31 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would never wait that long. I get the first appointment of the day and if they make me wait I raise hell. I refuse to be treated like that. I would switch doctors in a heartbeat if that happened to me.
2007-07-27 15:05:44 · answer #4 · answered by wwhrd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I do hate it. My time is valuable to me. And you have to keep in mind that the doctor is in service to you. You are paying. I won't wait more than 1/2 hour.
2007-07-27 15:42:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never wait longer than an hour, and if they tell me it will take over 1 hour to see the Dr., I will leave, and reschedule. Never would I wait that long. No way.
2007-07-27 15:09:17 · answer #6 · answered by Ron 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i hate that too but often the thing you have to put up with if u wanna see a top doctor.
2007-07-27 15:13:57 · answer #7 · answered by olivia w 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh ya thats how it goes,, and if your running a couple minutes late you get cancelled
2007-07-27 15:06:44 · answer #8 · answered by Eric B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, that's why I take a thick book with me. And the office always stink of old-people.
2007-07-27 15:04:24 · answer #9 · answered by Jessica 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
god i know that is so annoying! like if he's planning on being busy, they should tell you to come at a later time....or atleast tell you to come back another time if they are really really held up....urgg that annoys me too!
2007-07-27 15:05:24 · answer #10 · answered by Ellen 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋