Memo to patients
Apr. 15th, 2003 10:21 amTo patient #1: When I am in the middle of five thousand things and you can clearly see that, please do not engage me in pointless conversations.
To patient #2: Contrary to what you believe, a trip to the Cape this afternoon is not sufficient emergency to qualify you for immediate care for the tiny little chip you got in your tooth yesterday. Also, once you have forced yourself on us and completely disrupted our schedule, don't try to make up for it by constantly interrupting me to say that you used to work a job just like this and you know just how frustrating "patients like me" are. Because if you did know you wouldn't be one.
Sigh. Already I can tell this day is going to try my patience. No pun intended.
To patient #2: Contrary to what you believe, a trip to the Cape this afternoon is not sufficient emergency to qualify you for immediate care for the tiny little chip you got in your tooth yesterday. Also, once you have forced yourself on us and completely disrupted our schedule, don't try to make up for it by constantly interrupting me to say that you used to work a job just like this and you know just how frustrating "patients like me" are. Because if you did know you wouldn't be one.
Sigh. Already I can tell this day is going to try my patience. No pun intended.