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People without appointments come in all the time, and they'll try to squeeze them in. Usually they give priority to patients with appointments, but I can imagine situations like, okay, we have 10 minutes downtime, send in Mr. Smith, and he unexpectedly takes 20 and it sums up over a day together with the regular appointments that run over allocated time. I could imagine they want you to come in early so they know you're there and don't give your slot to a walk-in patient. At least that's how, as not a medical worker of any sort, I guess it works where I live where medical care also works a little differently from the US.
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Inspector 34 posted:SA seems like a well rounded enough place that there has got to be a physician, general practitioner, or at least a doctor's office receptionist here to answer for some of this. I work at a skin care clinic. Everyone is pathologically late. On those magic days that everyone is on time, everyone is treated immediately. If you're lucky, people are only arriving 5 minutes late, it's normally close to 10. This takes up all the slack in the schedule. You advise arriving early to try to get people to come in on time. They still don't, but it's worth a shot.
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Inspector 34 posted:SA seems like a well rounded enough place that there has got to be a physician, general practitioner, or at least a doctor's office receptionist here to answer for some of this. One possible explanation is that some clinics may overbook to avoid losing money if someone doesn't show up. If they're tightly scheduled and someone doesn't show up, then they basically don't have a client during that time slot. (This isn't excusing it, but it's a likely explanation, at least in some cases.)
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The last time I went to the local doctor, I took time off work and rearranged to get a split shift so I could go during his office hours. Got to the exam room, stripped down to that stupid paper/cloth gown and waited. And waited. I thought I heard voices out in the hallway but figured it was nurses. After 40 loving minutes I finally left the room, to find the dr and all the staff in their break room, with a birthday cake and streamers and everyone having a great time with a little party. They were shocked I was even there. The dr insisted he'd be in in about 10-15 minutes (I guess he had to finish his cake?) and he just totally forgot I was there. Really? I know you're a year from retirement dude, but seriously, you loving forget you just saw me almost an hour ago? I got dressed and went back to work. At least I didn't have to contest the loving office visit fee. Now the peeve is trying to find a new loving doctor. That last time was about 8 years ago. I probably need at least a check-up in between that time.
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Aug 24, 2016 04:38
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STOMP STOMP STOMP BANG STOMP It is 1:45 AM on a work night you stupid oval office
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Aug 24, 2016 07:45
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Poorly timed stoplights. There's one in particular near my house that's especially bad. There's a main road and a small little crossroad that has a stoplight. It has no sensors and just works on time. Now, based on my observations, at least 95%of the traffic on this intersection, maybe more, comes from the main road. But this light gives equal time to both directions. And it's green for 40 seconds (I've timed it.) So when traveling the main road, you have to stop at this light pretty often, and most of the time not one single car goes through on the crossroad, unless it's peak traffic times. I get home late one a week and go through this intersection every time, and due to its timing with another light, I stop at it most times and not once has a car come through on the crossroad at this time.
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Aug 24, 2016 18:00
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I always figured that the "be there 15 minutes early" thing meant that they need you to do some paperwork before your appointment, and 15 minutes is a reasonable Time To Do Paperwork block of time.
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Aug 24, 2016 18:37
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We're always really early for doctor's appointments, but that's because the bus either arrives there 20 minutes before the appointment, or 30 minutes after, and it's also never on time. I always try to be early, though, and 90% of the time it just adds to the 'sorry we're running behind' delays. I try to be understanding but at the same time, I wonder why they even bother letting people make appointments during their lunch hour.Digirat posted:STOMP STOMP STOMP 
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Aug 24, 2016 18:50
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Mu Zeta posted:Every other time I get a flu shot my arm hurts a lot the next day like I have a massive bruise. Other times I feel nothing. What's with that. The last two years were fine but I get nervous every time I come in to get it. My pharmacist said that if you tense your muscles while you're getting the shot that's what makes your arm hurt.
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Aug 24, 2016 18:56
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Animated gifs of someone saying a whole line but the animation is only of the last few words. I know they do it to save space, but man.
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Aug 24, 2016 19:15
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Thin Privilege posted:My pharmacist said that if you tense your muscles while you're getting the shot that's what makes your arm hurt. It's not caused by the tensing, it's just that the tensing might make it worse. Inflammation caused by the injection itself causes the soreness.
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Aug 24, 2016 22:57
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Digirat posted:STOMP STOMP STOMP Get out of my apartment, you aren't on the lease, I don't care how invisible you are.
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Aug 25, 2016 05:03
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MisterBibs posted:Animated gifs of someone saying a whole line but the animation is only of the last few words. THat always throws me off because my brain tries to read the lips moving in the Gif and attempts to match them to the line so if it doesn't I feel really uncomfortable.
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Aug 25, 2016 05:50
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MisterBibs posted:Animated gifs of someone saying a whole line but the animation is only of the last few words. I agree with this but just gifs of people saying things in general, especially if it's something really long and they make like 6 panels in an album or something of them saying it. Just loving link a youtube of it or something.
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Aug 25, 2016 05:57
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Max posted:I have asthma, so my doctors always recommend I get one since catching full blown flu can cause some serious breathing issues. THIS Between us we have a dozen serious health issues. That flu shot is a must. Last year I missed out because I was too sick all season to get one. Bully for you, Mr I Never Get Sick Guy. No, you just haul all sort of viruses and crap around with your useless rear end, and get people like me in serious medical distress.
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Aug 25, 2016 07:58
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My friends on Facebook are loving idiots. I can't remember the last time any of them had anything to say that was said in text. I wonder what they do if they want to express something but there isn't already a loving image of Patrick Stewart with that caption on it? whisper
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Aug 25, 2016 09:41
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I get that it's hard to modulate your voice but how do you not understand that you are literally at least three times louder then a regular person Like Jesus Christ. You're shouting. There is no loving way this is not registering to you Why are these people like this
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Aug 25, 2016 13:33
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Aug 25, 2016 13:42
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Khazar-khum posted:Bully for you, Mr I Never Get Sick Guy. No, you just haul all sort of viruses and crap around with your useless rear end, and get people like me in serious medical distress. Never said I never get sick, just that I haven't gotten the flu, specifically, in a very long time. Call me a dick all you want if it makes you feel any better, but until common misconceptions like "it can give you the flu!" or autism or whatever get beaten out of the public's head, if it weren't me making you sick it'd probably be the guy next to me. There's also unfortunately no way (that I'm aware of) to prove that person X got person Y sick - if there were, there'd at least be something to guilt apathetic people into doing it. And for the record, when I even feel a little sick I don't go into work or out in general, when possible (although to be perfectly honest it's more out of laziness than altruism). Anyway, on a more lighthearted note: phones auto-connecting to weak wifi signals instead of using mobile data. Every time I forget to turn it off on the way to work I always end up connecting to random eduroam networks with like 0.25 bars of strength and it always fucks up my pokemon go playing.
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Aug 25, 2016 15:06
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teenytinymouse posted:My hearing is frequently hosed and I am so so paranoid about being a Shouty Person People with hearing problems get a pass I mean I am seriously considering getting ear plugs for my next talk with my ancient neighbor but it's not really her fault However I don't think every loud person has hearing problems. Another pet peeve, people who think that giving them money or buying a drink when they ask for it is an invitation to talk with me. I'm human enough to understand that you are going to get a lot more fun out of 5 euros then I am...but not enough to listen to your essay about how the Bilderberg Group are lizard people who secretly control the world.
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Aug 25, 2016 15:40
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Inspector 34 posted:SA seems like a well rounded enough place that there has got to be a physician, general practitioner, or at least a doctor's office receptionist here to answer for some of this. Entitled idiots and dumbass people who wait way too long to come in for treatment. I went to an urgent care for a sinus infection a year ago and there was an elderly lady who was wheezing and looked like she was on the brink of death. She'd been having breathing problems for TWO MONTHS before going to an urgent care because a family member dragged her there out of frustration/worry. Those same people routinely hold everything up by being argumentative or uncooperative or generally asking the same stupid question 843 times interspersed with "did I leave the oven on" or "why am I wearing 2 different shoes"
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DarkCrawler posted:I get that it's hard to modulate your voice but how do you not understand that you are literally at least three times louder then a regular person My voice is naturally very loud (not just in volume, but in the sense that it seems to "cut through" other sounds), and I have to be very careful to avoid speaking too loud. Frequently what happens is that I'll be speaking at a normal volume and unknowingly gradually increase the volume until it gets way too loud. This is mostly an issue in restaurants. I have to make a conscious effort to always concentrate on how loud I'm talking.
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Ytlaya posted:My voice is naturally very loud (not just in volume, but in the sense that it seems to "cut through" other sounds), and I have to be very careful to avoid speaking too loud. Frequently what happens is that I'll be speaking at a normal volume and unknowingly gradually increase the volume until it gets way too loud. This is mostly an issue in restaurants. I have to make a conscious effort to always concentrate on how loud I'm talking. I've always had that problem as well. It can get really annoying but working in call centres has helped me modulate it a lot better, even if it still creeps when I get excited.
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The worst people in the world are the randoms at a bar or concert or w/e that bum a cigarette from you and don't pay you the courtesy of a conversation in return. Rude as gently caress.
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Every period movie with Emma Stone just looks like Emma Stone dressing up in stupid costumes. I never believe that it's a character for a second.
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Mu Zeta posted:Every period movie with Emma Stone just looks like Emma Stone dressing up in stupid costumes. I never believe that it's a character for a second. I think part of it is that she has a very...distinct/unique looking face, so it's hard to not think "Emma Stone the actress" when seeing her in a movie.
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BioEnchanted posted:THat always throws me off because my brain tries to read the lips moving in the Gif and attempts to match them to the line so if it doesn't I feel really uncomfortable. You and I are as one.
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Ytlaya posted:My voice is naturally very loud (not just in volume, but in the sense that it seems to "cut through" other sounds), and I have to be very careful to avoid speaking too loud. Frequently what happens is that I'll be speaking at a normal volume and unknowingly gradually increase the volume until it gets way too loud. This is mostly an issue in restaurants. I have to make a conscious effort to always concentrate on how loud I'm talking. Same here. I have a "carrying voice" It's just the right pitch and volume that you can hear me anywhere in the house. My brother is the same. It's irritating as people are always telling me that I'm too loud even when I'm actively trying to be quiet.
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Ytlaya posted:I think part of it is that she has a very...distinct/unique looking face, so it's hard to not think "Emma Stone the actress" when seeing her in a movie. This, but with Leonardo DiCaprio.
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Master Twig posted:This, but with Leonardo DiCaprio. I thought he was alright in Great Gatsby in terms of being convincingly in that "period", but I think the most glaring example is man in the iron mask. That movie sucked rear end largely because of him. It was likely he (or any of t he other main characters really) weren't even trying to sound french. re: voice chat - I don't mind a loud/carrying voice as much as I hate an annoying+overly loud laugh. Like everyone else is chuckling in a normal volume but there's this one guy braying like a donkey and making a big scene.
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BioEnchanted posted:I've always had that problem as well. It can get really annoying but working in call centres has helped me modulate it a lot better, even if it still creeps when I get excited. Same here, I've had the issue since high school and people are usually polite about pointing it out. My voice is by no means deep or booming but it definitely carries and can drown out other people. Working on phones in close quarters with others definitely made me more aware of it and helped me control and quiet down. Like a few others here I also have some hearing issues so that's probably part of it (tinnitus and "glue ear" on the right side) but I at least try to be mindful of it.
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Murphy Brownback posted:I thought he was alright in Great Gatsby in terms of being convincingly in that "period", but I think the most glaring example is man in the iron mask. That movie sucked rear end largely because of him. It was likely he (or any of t he other main characters really) weren't even trying to sound french. They were all doing British accents. Except for Gerard Depardiueueueu since he can't do a British accent.
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Murphy Brownback posted:re: voice chat - I don't mind a loud/carrying voice as much as I hate an annoying+overly loud laugh. Like everyone else is chuckling in a normal volume but there's this one guy braying like a donkey and making a big scene. I like Jimmy Carr.
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Tiggum posted:I like Jimmy Carr. I feel like I'm missing a joke here, but then again it is you so...I don't know.
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Murphy Brownback posted:I feel like I'm missing a joke here, but then again it is you so...I don't know. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xGpnoQSLS4
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Noctone posted:The worst people in the world are the randoms at a bar or concert or w/e that bum a cigarette from you and don't pay you the courtesy of a conversation in return. Rude as gently caress. The worst people in the world are smokers, sorry.
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A White Guy posted:The worst people in the world are smokers, sorry. This. I'm sure most of you can relate to this one--people who, when you're covering for someone temporarily, won't stop CCing you on their emails even after the primary has returned from leave. I'm not on your project! Please stop emailing me! I get that "reply all" is way too heavily used, but just once, I'd love to see someone use their noggin when answering emails. Further, I'm in Legal, so we have to scour every email recipient line to make sure confidential information doesn't leave the company. I'm just as busy as you are; if I can remove people who don't need this information from the reply line, surely you can too. It's two clicks! Not that hard! More specifically, people who demand constant updates. We have an electronic database where everyone's documents are kept. It's not perfect, but it'll tell you when your document has started and if it's with Legal or Finance, and when it's done. We keep meticulous notes and drop every version of every document into this database when we receive it. We also CC the client when communicating with the external party, so they have exactly the same information we have (barring very confidential legal issues that would be constituted attorney work product, which they don't care about anyway). In addition, we communicate closely with a set of admins within each department and those admins ALWAYS know where their documents are in the process. Still, we get dozens of emails daily saying "WHERE IS XYZ CONTRACT?!" And of course they don't use the reference number they're assigned, they say "where is Dr. Bob's contract it's been a month" despite the fact that Dr. Bob is out of the country and not responding to emails. That, or the database will clearly say "IN FINANCE REVIEW" and instead of going to Finance, or their own admins, they come straight to Legal, knowing we can't do anything to help them. I am a lawyer but I'm not god--I can't make the guy sign your poo poo faster, and I can't fix your hosed-up math. I've just stopped answering. Eventually they'll learn. Right?
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At least in my line of work, if I'm sending an email asking if there are any updates on (whatever), it's a very, very thinly veiled way of saying "why the gently caress is this taking so long?". It doesn't sound like it in your case but there definitely are people who drag their feet and need to be constantly prodded with emails asking for updates. Like if I tell a student I'll be at a conference for a week and won't have a lot of time to talk, that doesn't mean you get a week break. I always have to send an email every couple days asking them what's up otherwise they won't do poo poo.
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My own favorite (mostly but not exclusively) workplace peeve reared up again. Manager: "Will you do X?" Me: "Sure." Manager: "So here's what's going on, and why it would be really helpful for you to do X." Me: "I can totally do X." Manager: "Here is the story of my whole entire life leading up to the point where X became necessary. Here is that story again in Aramaic. Here is that story again from the point of view of the clown monster from IT. Also, it would be really helpful if you could do X." My grandchildren: "Granddad's dying words were 'Yes, I can do X'."
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Murphy Brownback posted:At least in my line of work, if I'm sending an email asking if there are any updates on (whatever), it's a very, very thinly veiled way of saying "why the gently caress is this taking so long?". It doesn't sound like it in your case but there definitely are people who drag their feet and need to be constantly prodded with emails asking for updates. Like if I tell a student I'll be at a conference for a week and won't have a lot of time to talk, that doesn't mean you get a week break. I always have to send an email every couple days asking them what's up otherwise they won't do poo poo. That's exactly what they're doing. And in our company, Legal is always the problem, even when it's been sitting in Finance for a week because the client screwed up its own budget and can't do math. It's taking so long because you did your numbers wrong and refuse to log into the database or talk to your admins to find out where it's at. Sure, it's taking a long drat time, but it's with your people, not mine. They've been told this a hundred times: get updates from your admins or the database. Legal does not have your updates.
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