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.