Herding Cattle
Aug 14
Why do doctors and beauticians schedule a group of patients and clients for the same appointment time? This morning I had an appointment to see my orthopedic surgeon at the sports medicine clinc in regards to my fractured right ankle. My appointment time was for 7:45am. I signed in and sat in the waiting area until the nurse called my name to see the doctor.
But not only was my name called. The nurse called the names of 5 other patients to see this same doctor as well. This is the part that I hate. Why call me back to see the doctor if the doctor isn’t going to see me at my appointed time?
So the nurse places me in a room to wait some more until the doctor is ready to see me. Now I’m sitting in that room while the doctor is probably seeing 4 other patients before she gets to me. Look, don’t schedule me if you’re not going to see me on time. I know you want to make that money and attend to each and every patient, but don’t rush over that patient to get to me and vice versa.
Many time the doctor doesn’t even touch you, yet you still have to pay an astronomical amount of money for the office visit. I mean damn, at least violate me or something if you’re gonna charge me that much money. It’s like herding cattle. Get them in, hold them in a pen, then let them go.
The same thing goes for beauty salons. I’ve seen beauticians stack customers in their appointment books for the same appointment time, then when the client comes in, they are not waited on until maybe an hour later. Or either the beautician slaps some perm on the clients hair to keep them quite while they work on another client’s hair.
Look, work on my damn head and complete it before you start on someone else’s hair. At least put me under the dryer and then start on someone else. Don’t scald my scalp with perm because you wanna wash and set some other person at the same time.
That is why hairdressers in NYC are having issues. They stack their clients up and then you are in the shop until Jesus comes again.
I say, all hail to the Dominicans. They open their shop at a certain time and they get you out of there. They want to go home and tend to their families like we do.
My people…my people.
true that! had the same experience at the doctors last week. the part where the nurse calls you then you’re sitting in a room for another 15 minutes or 1/2 hr waiting annoys me to no end. its like they give you a glimpse of the promise land but you cant cross that river yet.
I’m feeling you on both levels.
I was just talking to my wife about how I haven’t been to a barber in about 10 years or so and that I began just shaving my own head because of my barber would say he would get there at one time but get there about 30min-1hr later. Then if I didn’t give him money like the high rollers sometime my haircut would be good and then at time shabby so I decided to give the shaven head a try and have not looked back.
Like I tell my wife…thank God I was born a guy because women have it hard.
With the doctor thing I think they bank that they will receive cancellations [which still does not make it right]. I feel when doctors do that they cheapen their practice.
Oh don’t get me started on hair salons! I understand the importance of feeling beautiful too but I don’t think that it should occupy my whole entire day just because they want more mone in their pockets and are willing to rotate their customer’s around. I guess that’s why I truly value the salon I go to. I’m not sure if this is true in every situation but I find that whenever I go to a Dominican hair salon, they always get me in and out in a reasonable amount of time.
I also have a dentist that schedules so well that they pad every appointment by 10 minutes. They are so serious about their schedule that if someone show sup more than 10 minutes late then they make them reschedule. It’s getting to the point where I’m not only choosing the places I will patron based upon everything I’m supposed to but I also have to consider whether they will get me in and out within a reasonable amount of time!
Amen and Amen. I had a doctor who was so dedicated to her patients she’d take her time with each one, answering every question and addressing every concern. Problem was I’d wait in the sitting room for at least 2 hours. One day I had a 2:30 appointment and didn’t leave her office until almost 6pm. When I got home I got my provider directory out and selected a new PCP.
My new doctor gets me in and out in record time but I don’t get the same attention I did when I was with the other. I’m thinking about going back, I’d rather get really slow great care than speedy mediocre care.
I miss my stylist when I lived in NY. I lived in the Bronx and went to a salon in Brooklyn, by train. What I loved most about them was the fact that your appointment was YOUR appointment. They worked on you and you only, the down side was you better not be late or else you get bumped and the next client would be in that chair.
I hate when the Doctor, the Hairdresser and the Nail Tech do that. The Nail Tech normally, jacks your nails up so bad that they know you’re not gonna leave without them finishing the job.
The Hairdresser will dabble in yours, run back to the other girl, throw your behind under the dryer until your contacts dry out…at least at the Doctors, I can curl up on the examining table and take a nap…unless it’s freezing in there.
The hairdresser I have now…*sigh* I guarandamntee that if you walk in there at 9:30, you’re not leaving until 1:30. She does great work, but she’s history if my old one moves back here.
Probably because folks are notorious for being late or not showing up. Sadly.
I’m willing to wait for a good doctor and I’m willing to wait for a good beautician, but uh, not all day. LOLOL.
this is why i schedule all my appointments in the afternoons. i can take the rest of the day off . once i went to my ob and didn’t leave until almost 6. my appointment was at 2:30. he had an emergency delivery. i forgive him because he’s usually on point. let’s see what happens this thusday
one word. greedy.