I know I'm to blame but I'm still upset

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Am I the only one who calls a doctors office if I'm going to be late? I will call if there is ANY chance I will be late, be it 5 minutes, 10 or 15.

If I am late for an appointment I would not be surprised at all if I was not able to be seen. It's because of all the people with "emergencies" that make an office run an hour behind schedule.

I'm not saying the OP didn't have a valid reason for being late, but maybe if she called the office and let them know she was running a few minutes late it would have been different. Maybe there was a patient there who was early that could have been seen first.

Just a different opinion I guess.

You have great doctors if they do this for you. I have an ENT AND a GP who even if you call to say you are running late they will ask you to reschedule.

[Anonymous]

I've had a lot of dr. appts over the years and I've never had a doctor's office tell me to reschedule when I've been ill and late. OP was 10 minutes late and she was ill. We're not talking about an hour...it was 10 minutes. I know when someone is late it throws off the schedule but I fail to believe 10 minutes will throw off the schedule by that much. I'm sure there was some way OP could have been worked in (doctor's offices do this all the time).

[Anonymous]

Doctors are arrogant assholes who are regularly 45 minutes late to appointments. How dare someone act offended that a patient is 10 minutes late. Then, when you get in there- they don't even listen! This God complex is annoying and I will call anyone- MD or not on their bullshit. As for the receptionist or office manager- please. Bitch, get me a cup of water before I slap the shit out of you.

[Anonymous]

This policy really depends on the doctor. I worked in an office where one out of the three doctors would never cancel on a patient. One patient was an hour late and the doc still fit her in. The problem is this throws off the schedule and the doc gets more and more behind. The other two doctors would cancel if patients were 30 minutes late because. They didn't want to screw the rest of the patients who showed up time. Doctors run on a tight schedule so fitting someone in means everyone else will have to wait atleast 15 to 20 minutes more in the room.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Doctors are arrogant assholes who are regularly 45 minutes late to appointments. How dare someone act offended that a patient is 10 minutes late. Then, when you get in there- they don't even listen! This God complex is annoying and I will call anyone- MD or not on their bullshit. As for the receptionist or office manager- please. Bitch, get me a cup of water before I slap the shit out of you.

You gave me a really good laugh. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've had a lot of dr. appts over the years and I've never had a doctor's office tell me to reschedule when I've been ill and late. OP was 10 minutes late and she was ill. We're not talking about an hour...it was 10 minutes. I know when someone is late it throws off the schedule but I fail to believe 10 minutes will throw off the schedule by that much. I'm sure there was some way OP could have been worked in (doctor's offices do this all the time).

Maybe it is location based but both in MD and VA I have had doctors with 10 and 15 minute rules. Do they not do this in D.C.?

[Anonymous]

Because so many people are constantly late to appointments many doctors now build in a fifteen meeting waiting period....so, they tell you your appt is at 9am, but it's really for 9:15...but they don't tell you that. I've discovered this at three practices in Montgomery county. They do this bc so many people show up late (that's what they told me when I complained about waiting an hour to see someone). And the receptionist at my kids' pediatrician tipped me off bc I am one of those people who always shows up fifteen minutes EARLY for apps (thus, arriving 30mins early unbeknownst to me).

Having said all this, I would have faked collapsing in the waiting room....then they would have had to see you, op.

Ps - the dr you named has been slammed before on a local listserv in olney fwiw.

[Anonymous]

Op I have no advice or recs but I just wanted to say I'm sorry this happened to you. Feel better soon. Your son needs you. Its tough enough being a mom.but a sick mom. Been there before and it sucks. Stay strong

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Doctors are arrogant assholes who are regularly 45 minutes late to appointments. How dare someone act offended that a patient is 10 minutes late. Then, when you get in there- they don't even listen! This God complex is annoying and I will call anyone- MD or not on their bullshit. As for the receptionist or office manager- please. Bitch, get me a cup of water before I slap the shit out of you.

Ahhhh, thanks for the laugh!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seriously. Who was the doctor? Call BS like this out.

I'd definitely get to the doctor face to face. I find it unlikely s/he would be happy to hear how staff behaved. You may need immediate treatment. S/he has a duty and those fools triggered his/ her liability.

[Anonymous]

I think 9 times out of 10 the staff is following the doc's lead. I'd report her to your insurance co. like a PP suggested.

By the way, I was once 2 hours late to a dr appt because I'd written the time down wrong. During the visit, she made a comment about me running late, but I thought she was commenting that I was 2 minutes late, not 2 hours. It wasn't until I got home and saw the right time written on my calendar that I realized what had happened.