r/mildlyinfuriating • u/transfatpikachu • 1d ago

I just wanted a hot dog Doctor’s appointment scheduled at 9:00am, still waiting almost an hour later

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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!

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u/RougeOne23456 1d ago

My GYN was never late when I saw her at her old practice. Then she moved to a different practice (I followed her) and she was never on time after that.

I once had an 8am appointment (1st one of the day). They took me to the exam room. I'm sitting there waiting and waiting. An hour goes by and I step out the door and a nurse was like "oh, doctor is coming in late today but she should be here soon." Apparently, she had her own doctors appointment that morning and had let the staff know to reschedule everyone and instead of rescheduling her patients, they just kept them all the same. She was so apologetic when she arrived about 15 minutes later.

She didn't stay long at that practice and I ended up moving back to the old practice seeing a different doctor.

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u/civilwar142pa 1d ago

A lot of practices double or even triple book now. I've had the same primary care doc for my entire adult life. Early on, I'd have 15 maybe 20 minutes wait time after checking in. Totally fine. Now when I go, I can expect 45 minutes to an hour. The practice was bought out a few years ago. New management sucks.

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u/Hydroborator 11h ago

She was probably double booked and also had zero autonomy on her schedule so admin was basically like 'fk your own healthcare, come back and see these patients'. It was a BATTLE for me to control my schedule. Basically they let me do whatever now since I am productive and cursed them out once when I was told I was not allowed to take a day off to take my kid to the doctor.