cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/13026188
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this post was submitted on 04 Sep 2024
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I once walked out after waiting for the doctor to show up for the appt for an hour.
Next time I called, some eight months later, he no longer worked there, which was helpful as I was going to request someone new anyway.
I like to think he was fired in part because of me, and I did tell the front desk why I was leaving at the time.
I don't know if that's fair. Scheduling is not left up to the doctors, for the most part. Being an hour late is terrible and I would also be very frustrated by it, but that could be because he had a patient or two before you whose issues were much more serious or complicated than they seemed to be during scheduling.
I don't know. I see this from both perspectives, having been a patient of dozens of doctors at this point. It's not always their fault. It's not even usually their fault.
Depending on the practice, doctors absolutely can have input on their schedules. And they often overbook themselves even when they are on call.
That is why I said "for the most part".