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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op, I agree with you! Especially orthodontists who need to see kids regularly. I had to make an appt for my kid this past spring. The receptionist only gave me times smack in the middle of the day, when I told her that wouldn't work, her response was "oh, it will only take 5 minutes. " my response to that was "yeah, for you, but it will take me a half an hour to get from work to dd's school, 10 minutes to sign her out, 10 to get to your office and when the appt is done, 40 minutes to get back to work. We ended up only finding a time weeks later. Frustrating.[/quote]

In your example, it's not that the orthodontist doesn't have after school appointments available, it's that they were already taken by others who made the appointments before you. An office with, say, 2 orthodontists can only see so many people between the hours of 3-6. After they reach that many people, you either need to take a less popular time or schedule farther out. The only other option would be to hire more orthodontists, and that doesn't seem reasonable.[/quote]

Yes, but in this case the ortho told me to come back in 4 weeks. I had no idea he would say that. It turned out that I could only get a free time 7 weeks later. [/quote]

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