So I'm at my desk at work (I work for a small chiropractic office) doing my usual rountine when one of our newer patients comes in. She brought her son who is about 4 who looked just awful and I mean awful...he was all pale and overall just look miserable. I asked her if he was ok and she told me that he has a stomach virus. Ok, well if it was me I would have left my kid with someone or stayed home until he was better, but what can you do? So anyway she goes in for some treatment while the kid waits in the waiting room. about 15 minutes later she was done. She then decides that since our massage therapist is here she wanted to have a massage since she hadn't had one in awhile. Again, what can you do? Well she wasn't in the massage room for 10 minutes when her son threw up all over my waiting room! And I mean all over. I felt so bad for the poor kid. Luckily there was only one other patient in the waiting room who was good about the situation. So my boss went to get the mother and she was actually annoyed that her massage had to be cut short! Could you believe this?? I mean I know accidents happen especially with small children but really...this woman is nuts.
So now here I sit on my break at my desk in a smelly office, unable to eat my lunch because I feel like gagging. Boo! ![]()
Re: Gross Gross Gross!!!
Because getting a massage is so much more important than taking care of your poor sick DS. Ugh...some people should not be parents!
Question - did you make her clean it up? I would've! Teach her a lesson to be selfish!
I'm telling you she didn't even say anything when she left! She stormed out of the massage room, threw her copay on my desk and practically dragged the kid out of our office in a huff. I still can't believe it!!
She didn't make an attempt to clean anything up. She just stormed out! My boss took care of the waiting room...I couldn't do it. I almost gagged while trying to help the kid...I felt so bad!
seriously! ?i would never! ?i would paranoid about leaving him unattended. ?i mean, he probably shouldn't even have left the house... poor little guy.?
I guess it may sound a bit odd but again I work in a very small office. Its usually just the doctor and myself or someone else here at all times. We have a few patients that bring their kids and I usually set them up with some coloring books or little games if they don't go into the room while the parent is treating. I have full view of the waiting room so I've always just kept an eye on them.
I've never had a problem before I usually enjoy when people bring their kids. Also whenever there are kids in the waiting room I always stop what I'm doing to keep an eye on them. But after today, I just may have to agree with this. I guess I should talk to my boss about it.
Now that's a sad excuse for a mother. Poor little guy.