Doctor’s appointment scheduled at 9:00am, still waiting almost an hour later

[u/transfatpikachu]

I have a lot of doctor’s appointments, and I know how busy and hard these people work. I’m not mad at them and I’d never be rude. I know it’s not on purpose. Nevertheless, it’s still a bit infuriating to make time for a scheduled appointment, arrive 15 minutes early (required), and then wait this long with not even an acknowledgment of the delay from anyone. Sigh. 9:55 now, still waiting.

Edit: I really appreciate all the comments! The doctor ended up coming in shortly after 10. This was a specialist ortho appointment for my shoulder. Still no acknowledgement of the delay, which would’ve been nice, but I’m more annoyed that my concerns were pretty much brushed off again during the whole 3ish minutes he spent with me. I know waits can get long, I wouldn’t care as much if the doctor had at least seemed somewhat concerned with my issue. Sigh… gotta love American healthcare!

[u/ChaoticCamryn]

I once had to get a TB test read (not done, just the glance at my arm one week later to see if there was a bump or not) and waited, no joke, over two hours. I went out to ask multiple times if a nurse could get to me yet, and was told it would just be a moment longer. Until I finally lost it, grabbed my form for them to sign, and marched to nurse’s station and went “I just need someone to confirm my forearm is flat as a pancake!” and they finally went “oooooh that’s all you need?” And signed my work form and I was on my way. Something that took less than 10 seconds, I waited almost 2 and a half hours for.

[u/moonfaerie24 → u/ChaoticCamryn]

I had something similar at the dentist. A week or so after getting my wisdom teeth out they just needed to glance at the stitches and make sure everything was good.

I waited over two hours, kept asking if they had forgotten about me, etc. Dr. finally came in, said everything's fine, and left. Literally took less than 20 seconds.

I was freaking pissed.