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--- Greg Bullough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 01:35 PM 11/3/02 -0800, Georgia Trehey wrote: > > The basic problem is that when most modern doctor's > offices > advertise for office staff they place and ad that > says: > > Complete Unapologetic B**ch wanted. Good pay > and Benefits. > > Though docs may have a nice bedside manner, they > haven't > quite made the connection that patients=customers. > All the same, > they whine that they can't keep themselves in BMWs > and Jags > at the rates the HMOs pay. > > A couple of months back, while Couping along, a bug > smacked me right > in the eye. I managed to land one-eyed without > killing myself and to drive > myself to the local 'urgent care' clinic. Arriving > at the counter, I presented > myself as having a foreign object in my eye and > being a) in terrible pain and > b) continuing to scratch hell out of my cornea and > needing first-aid. > > 'Nurse Ratchet' came out and asked if the > contamination was chemical, and > 'Office Assistant Bimbette' informed that I should > wait in chairs and fill > out a > form. How I was to do this with one eye shut and the > other tearing violently > wasn't clear. > > After asking about sixteen times over the course of > 45 minutes 'WHEN CAN > I BE SEEN TO GET THE OBJECT OUT OF MY EYE?' I > finally got in to see > one of the dozen docs who were there. I think I > would have sat there for two > hours, scratching my cornea to smithereens had I not > been so obnoxious as > to be the 'squeaky wheel du jour.' > > These female curs wouldn't know the difference > between a sight-threatening > emergency and a case of the sniffles if it smacked > them in the face. > > I did make it clear to the very nice woman doc who > saw me that I didn't > appreciate their mal-practictioning head nurse's > notion of 'triage' and that I > wouldn't be patronizing their practice in future if > it was avoidable. She noted > that my blood pressure was a bit high. I told her > 'Duh...I've just had the > Wicked Witch of the East ignore my plight for 45 > minutes while kids with > cases of the sniffles waltzed in ahead of me.' > > Greg Greg, You described the group or should I say, coven, in Redding, CA perfectly. Exactly. Wow, this problem is more widespread that I feared! Then throw together in a mix control freak medical office, Ratchett clones with anal retentive FAA bureaucrats, and you have my idea of hell on earth. Come to think of it, the two groups have a lot in common with their basic motto being, "We're not happy 'til you're not happy." As for your experience, it is terrible but true that one needs to be seen as a nuisance and even a threat to get necessary emergency medical treatment. Otherwise, if you were quiet and meek you would probably sit there until you went blind. Spook __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/ ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
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