"Would you rather see the nurse?"
Is often asked.

My response of "Can the nurse prescribe Diazepam and Tramadol?" (which I'm no longer allowed to get on repeat and they're fully aware of this) is generally met with a disgruntled "no".

Then I get "the next appointment is a week tomorrow at 0850, is that ok?". "Yup, as long as I can come in here to have my hips, knees, shoulders and wrists re-located when they pop out and I have no pills." I get a so-called 'emergency appointment' for later on the next day. It helps when I do the crunchy thing with one of the afore-mentioned joints too... :)

There's an email going about where a guy embarrasses a receptionist. I'll try to find it, it's funny! :)

EDIT:

Here's the email.

They always ask at the doctor's reception why you are there, and you have to answer in front of others what's wrong and sometimes it is embarrassing. There's nothing worse than a Doctor's Receptionist who insists you tell her what is wrong with you, in a room full of other patients. I know most of us have experienced this, and I love the way this old guy handled it.

A 75-year-old man walked into a crowded waiting room and approached the desk. The Receptionist said, 'Yes sir, what are you seeing the Doctor for today?'

'There's something wrong with my dick', he replied.

The receptionist became irritated and said, 'You shouldn't come into a crowded waiting room and say things like that. '

'Why not, you asked me what was wrong and I told you,' he said.

The Receptionist replied; 'Now you've caused some embarrassment in this room full of people. You should have said there is something wrong with your ear or something and discussed the problem further with the Doctor in private.'

The man replied, 'You shouldn't ask people questions in a roomful of strangers if the answer could embarrass anyone. The man walked out, waited several minutes, and then re-entered.

The Receptionist smiled smugly and asked, 'Yes??'

'There's something wrong with my ear,' he stated.

The Receptionist nodded approvingly and smiled, knowing he had taken her advice. 'And what is wrong with your ear, Sir?'

'I can't piss out of it,' he replied.

The waiting room erupted in laughter.
(WeeJen, Thu 27 May 2010, 21:36, 1 reply)

That's a good start to a friday after noon
thank you.:)
(waxdart hello., Fri 28 May 2010, 13:38, closed)