I had taken a friend of mine who is a paraplegic from post polio syndrome, to see her doctor. Someone she had seen once a quarter for the last 9 years. We got to the office 45 minutes early. got situated in the waiting room and checked in. Come time for the appointment we get called to the counter, at which time we are informed that the DR is not taking new patients..
yeah go fig.
The Ever so saccharine sweet receptionist then tells us "You need to go to the Buisiness office" and hands us a small slip of paper..
we went to the business office, followed mind you, by the Business Manager!. as we were going to the office my friend and I were talking saying what could this be? you had seen him 4 months ago. what does it mean no new patients.... to which the business manager says. We are no longer taking new medicaid patients... as she opened the door for us.... So without thinking I asked the business manager "are you always this much of a bitch or did you just wake up this way today?????!!!" Apparently she has never been spoken to this way before because her jaw dropped. I told her we are not new patients that this doctor had seen my friend 4 months ago. Where did she get that we were new patients???
I told the woman all we need is to renew perscriptions! produced the script bottles with that docs name on them btw...
I now realize I should have said something to that vapid swiveled hipped heifer at the desk.. so please help me know what I should say next time this should happen.
Tatt.
yeah go fig.
The Ever so saccharine sweet receptionist then tells us "You need to go to the Buisiness office" and hands us a small slip of paper..
we went to the business office, followed mind you, by the Business Manager!. as we were going to the office my friend and I were talking saying what could this be? you had seen him 4 months ago. what does it mean no new patients.... to which the business manager says. We are no longer taking new medicaid patients... as she opened the door for us.... So without thinking I asked the business manager "are you always this much of a bitch or did you just wake up this way today?????!!!" Apparently she has never been spoken to this way before because her jaw dropped. I told her we are not new patients that this doctor had seen my friend 4 months ago. Where did she get that we were new patients???
I told the woman all we need is to renew perscriptions! produced the script bottles with that docs name on them btw...
I now realize I should have said something to that vapid swiveled hipped heifer at the desk.. so please help me know what I should say next time this should happen.
Tatt.
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Tue, October 9, 2007 - 8:04 PMfabulous, especially since it comes to medical care, it gets abused so easily... sorry blah blah blah you need to travel 45 min. away to see your new practitioner... as in my case.. -
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Tue, October 9, 2007 - 8:18 PMSame here. I live 45 miles from town.
Not to mention that this wench became completely "OFFICIOUS" You know the kind. They will not let you speak directly to the doc. they will not let you write a note anymore. You have to give all your information Even if its personal. They get condescending and rude because they can. Its so frustrating.
Its a wonder you do not seen people on top of buildings with multiple round long range rifles!
and they get that NASAL tone like they are sniffing a fart while having to deign to talk to you.....
IF my doctor was not just the best that I have found thus far I would consider changing docs just to get away from these idgits! -
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Tue, October 9, 2007 - 8:30 PM45 mi. from town even worse, what happened to common courtesy? They are getting paid how much?
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Tue, October 9, 2007 - 9:10 PMI go to a University hospital that specializes in High Risk Pregnancies and is also a student centered practice. I have found that Medicaid patience get treated like shit where as I get treated fairly well. I still have the same wait time and occassionally a "too busy" doctor attending to me but on the other hand..my friend Dottie never got even poor attention. They say that they have no idea who has what type of insurance but I think that is bullshit. I've seen it. -
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Tue, October 9, 2007 - 11:11 PMIt is truly sad isn't it? how they treat poor people so poorly!
In order for my friend to get a new primary care physician, I had to make an appointment to see my doctor, and invite my friend along once they met she was considered no longer a new patient.
its that not some SHIT!
now she has a doc that actually listens to her and she is getting some decent care for a change.
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Tue, October 9, 2007 - 11:20 PMHere is one more aspect, I take 3 count them 3! narcotics... All of which have to have a WRITTEN PAPER PERSCRIPTION! so I either make an appointment every month to see my doc or deal with the Trolls at the counter. what I do at the moment is schedule an appointment every other month, and the doc and I have a known habit. I come in on a specific day and get the prescriptions for the odd months. Even then I get such crap from the ogres. I go in and ask for a prescription and I get the ubiquitous "The way it usually works, You put in a request and the doctor fills it and you can pick it up 3 days later" Even following the I pick the prescription up on the same day every month. Then I ask them to please look for it in the usual place etc etc ad nauseum. It goes this way for the last 2 years now. I am at my wits end and frankly not willing to be nice about this any more. It just is not in me now. Im ready to tell these Bitches to get their heads out of their asses and remember that even something as lowly as getting my fricking prescriptions is job security that they really should be a little more willing to help instead of stonewalling and hindering their patients. I have started writing letters every time I meet with this resistance. Since I have nothing better to do and lots of time to do it... Im sure they think Im a crackpot by now.
My doc however loves it. he says I am a thorn in the business office side. Since the doc is not offended I guess Im still good for the moment.
I really just want to shove my fist down their throat and search for my own damned prescription!!!!!!!
Tatt.
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Wed, October 10, 2007 - 2:14 AMAre you taking the three narcotics for acute histrionics? -
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Wed, October 10, 2007 - 2:41 AMwell it appears that someone is using their word of the day calander they got for christmas. :D Not to mention that narcotics would undoubtedly have the alternative effect...
Call it a serious distaste in my mouth for having to do someone elses job, marked by an obstreperous bunch of apathetic employees.
and the narcs are taken for 2 fractured vertebrae, l4 and l5 and a subsequent severed nerve.
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Wed, October 10, 2007 - 3:14 AMNot to mention the taste in the author and audience? -
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Wed, October 10, 2007 - 11:51 AMIm losing you. Are you offering some kind of retort to use in the situation I have described or are you just proffering ad hominem attack?
If attacks are standard fare here I am more than capable of returning tit for tatt for sure.
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Wed, October 10, 2007 - 4:38 AMI'm so glad I can get my prescriptions filled at Publix. And, I haven't figured out why just yet..but they are free! I drive 45 minutes into a really crappy part of town to get to my appointments as well. Having to sit in a room and wait on my prescriptions at the hospital would just push me over the edge. I am by nature quite impatient. At times often the cause of my own problem because of it. I try to calm myself by remembering that and then taking into consideration how many times the nurses or staff had to deal with people like me. This usually helps..just a little. If I were on 3 narcotics I would either be comatosed or seriously unagreeable. I guess that would depend on which narcotic I had to take. I don't envy you Tatt.
I usually lose my mind when I have to see the lab technician for blood work of any kind. She has pushed all of my buttons one too many times. I wish I could remember what expletive I threw at her when she was outwardly rude to me one day. It was a classic. All the ladies in the waiting line literally applauded. I was waiting for my blood work as usual (because she randomly misplaces it and we all have to redonate), when she sticks her head out of her office and says "is anyone waiting to give their 1 hour test?'. I stand up and so does another woman. Out of courtesy, I wave for the other lady to proceed ahead of me. But we both walk to the office door. She looks me in the eye and says loudly, "I didn't ask for two". Then she roughly closses the door in my face. Close to a slam. Through the crack in the door I said something spontaneously like "How was I the fuck to know?". This was one of those days where I lodged a complaint as I turned on my heal and walked out of the hospital without waiting to do my test. Now I just have the nurse draw my blood work (warning them not to send me anywhere near the large cow whom I might rip into). It makes everyones day run smoothly. :) -
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Wed, October 10, 2007 - 11:47 AMI can only imagine having to deal with that kind of incompetence. At one time I had the patience to deal with it, but that is dissipating quickly.
When I go to the offices I always take something to do. Usually I am seen on time, I always arrive early. 45 miles can have a few opportunities for delays.
I am with you though, I really do not need to be received in stupidity on the other end. Having to give blood twice? that just screams incompetence. Like you I have also made small changes to circumvent the problem children.
Tatt.
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Wed, October 10, 2007 - 1:51 PMJesus.
Whiskey.
Tango.
Foxtrot...
You should say.
Hey, after you re-new YOUR meds... we need to renew some working ones.
KThxBai... -
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Wed, October 10, 2007 - 2:18 PMPop and Alka Selzer in your mouth while your talking to them. -
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Wed, October 10, 2007 - 2:42 PMNow thats funny, I was thinking I should fake tourettes syndrome. -
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Wed, October 10, 2007 - 2:48 PMthat would be awesome....
To the lab technician I could twitch and say "shitty wig" then twitch again. -
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Wed, October 10, 2007 - 2:52 PMWhen do you think she would catch on? when you are rolling on the ground laughing at her? hehehe.. Love it! shitty wig.... hahahahah! -
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Wed, October 10, 2007 - 3:00 PMYea, you're right, I doubt I could pull it off without cracking a smile.
I'm going to hell. -
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Wed, October 10, 2007 - 3:04 PMTwice.
Ill see you there... -
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Wed, October 10, 2007 - 3:15 PMIf you drop to the floor once you start foaming they will never notice the smile.....I usually throw in a couple of fish out of water jerks and flops, but with your back that would probably not ba a great idea. -
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Wed, October 10, 2007 - 4:10 PMI have friends, do you think it would be as effective though?
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Wed, October 10, 2007 - 4:16 PMyou have no fucking idea how glad I am to be in Canada right about now.... (sheilds eyes from attack)
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