I spend a lot of time in observation of people.
I have a lot of time available for observing as a significant amount of my observing lately has been done in waiting rooms.
Being sick is a full time job for some of us. Waiting is part of that job.
Now that I have qualified for Platinum Waiter status (obtained after waiting in over 100 different offices in less than 3 years, or waiting for over 250 hours in two years or less) I feel qualified to comment on some of my observations.
1) Being a waiter does not come naturally to anyone. Being a waiter with patience is not only unnatural it has never been observed on this planet.
2) Women prepare for waiting and bring things such as books or needlework to keep them busy. They have even been known to chat with other waiters while in waiting rooms.
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3) Men sleep. For them the sleeping begins within 2 minutes of entering any waiting room. (This happens whether they are the waiter or accompanying a waiter.)
4) There are no new magazines (dated within one year of your appointment) in any waiting room in the continental United States. Stop wasting your time looking. New magazines and waiting rooms are a non-existent combination.
5) Those waiting in waiting rooms will be happy to discuss all the details with you of whatever brought them to the waiting room, and they know every single detail. They will share these details whether you want to hear them or not.
6) Waiters will discuss, in detail, the horrendous, unbelievable attributes of every physician, hospital, emergency room, pharmacy, and procedure, they have dealt with in the past.
7) Only after listening to the litany of do-badders will they tell you which physicians are good, which prescription plan is the best, and how to save $ .32 on your next prescription refill. In case you missed it, they are experts in this area. According to them you would be wise to listen to what they have to say.
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hahaha – so true, all of it. Hope you feel better soon.
Recently spent 5 hours in ER with Dr. Hubby. Thought it was going to derail my trip to the Land of Confusion but all is well.
Yep, too much waiting room time. It might be cheaper to rent a doctor (or threaten to write a book about waiting rooms.)
Love the cartoon.
Glad I don’t get sick more than once every two or three decades.
I’m so sorry(4) ! That’s where we get our reading materials.We are in the doctors office every week or so ,so we try to get the current issue of Inc, Entrepreneur, Time,Newsweek,Business Week,Science,and Discover if in my doctors office.If in HERS we try to get the current Woman,Woman’s Day,Cosmo,Country Living,and Coastal Living,not that we can afford to live at the coast,but just to keep up with what we are missing.
We don’t read People ’cause we don’t give a hoot about Hollywood,but apparently someone does ’cause every issue is dog-eared ragged.
Youre right, Wanda. I once removed my prosthetic penis in a waiting room, and no one blinked.
Love your observational humor. Awesome-sauce.