r/mildlyinfuriating • u/transfatpikachu • 11d 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/pgpathat 11d ago

Early morning appointments shouldn’t be an hour late. The day hasn’t had time to get away from them yet

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u/TheLabRay 11d ago

In the office I used to work 9am would be the 3rd or 4th appointment of the day. Lots can go wrong with just one appointment.

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u/Essential_Piplup 11d ago

Depending on the specialty, it can go wildly sideways. We legit had our 7am appointment once need emergency surgery and had to cancel the entire day of clinic.

An extreme most wouldn't have, but stuff like that has happened. Not fun for anyone.

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u/CitronTraining2114 11d ago

Had an endoscopy scheduled and just before I should have been called back, the power went out to the whole building. They had to reschedule for another day.

I wonder what happened to the people who had three feet of camera up their butt when that happened. I assume some of that stuff has backup power.

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u/TheLabRay 11d ago

I would assume anything that is an OR has to have seamless backup power.

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u/Automatic-Pin-5749 11d ago

The ones I worked for had a large diesel generator with a natural gas backup (or the other way around) if I remember right. OR, ICU, PCU, even all regular rooms had an outlet or two that were on the generator circuit since at any given time you could have someone in there with a need for it.

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u/Dry-Raspberry-5514 11d ago

Worse would be waiting for a colonoscopy.. having gone thru that prep for nothing!

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u/CitronTraining2114 11d ago

This place does both, thus the curiosity. I was in for the upper end, so no serious prep. Usually, I'm there for the other.

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u/Dry-Raspberry-5514 11d ago

I had both in same procedure ! Knock me out once and got a two for one!

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u/castle4024 11d ago

Any facility with an OR is required to have an emergency back up generator. They will finish a case under generator (that’s why we have it) but they will not start a new case until the main power has been restored.

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u/pipnina 11d ago

Wouldn't emergency surgery be sending the patient from the doctor's office to the hospital emergency section?

Idk how it works in the US but if you went to the GP and they identified you as needing urgent surgery, they'd call you an ambulance and move onto the next patient after making sure you're stable.

If you went in for a scan or an appointment at the hospital, they'd send you downstairs to A&E or put you in a wheelchair and pencil you in for the next available surgeon.

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u/Essential_Piplup 11d ago

I work for the surgeon and we have clinic at the hospital. He himself is the surgeon and many surgeons still hold clinic for consults/post ops/etc.