Ugh. I have never been to a dr. who was on time

belle204

until today. I had to go in for a follow up about my anti-depressant. I  was running behind and got there five minutes late and apparently he is "keen on being on time." I can understand that but I signed in, the receptionist never bothered to tell me he couldn't see me and when I finally realized I was prob. out of luck he was about to go to a meeting.They called three people after me who weren't there and he had one lady come back this afternoon b/c she was in the bathroom when he called for her. I felt so bad for her. I know the receptionist thought I was a b*tch b/c I walked out while she was talking to me but I was in tears and about to explode even though it was my fault. I figured it was best to call back when I was calm and knew when I could reschedule. I'm not having a good day.

michaeltrish

That sucks, belle.  I didn't know that 5 minutes is such a big deal.  ((HUGS))

*Lu-Lu*

Oh man, that is so frustrating.  Doctors are never on time!  I'm sorry.  I would have cried, too.   Sorry, girl!

hopefulmom

I've worked for doctors for years (some on time and some were not).  How long was your appointment scheduled for?  If they schedule patients every 5 minutes then you would be SOL.  If it was supposed to be a 15 minute appointment then they had no business not allowing you to see the doctor (your appointment would have just been cut short).  That is BS and you need to tell the receptionist so.  I have never heard of that before...and to not tell you!!!!  That is EXTREMELY unprofessional.  Write a letter (or email) to the doctor.  We used to get complaints once in a while (not about that...more about the MA's (or one) that we had).  The doctor would always follow up on it.