waiting rooms

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Anxiety

NerdGirlUSA @starflye78 (261) • Daytona Beach, Florida 23 Jan 19

So I'm sitting in the lobby at the mental health clinic, which is not an easy feat for some such as myself. The transit bus dropped me off 90 minutes before my noon appointment and it is now twenty after twelve and I still have...

A Kindle is easier than a book

41Combedale @41CombedaleRoad (5966) • Greece 10 Oct 12

For the last 6 months I have been using a Kindle for most of my reading material. It is a very convenient device. I no longer have to go to a bookshop to find a book, now I simply go on the Kindle Store. It takes no time at all,...

electronic books

reading for pleasure

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Will you read the old magazines in the waiting rooms now?

SomeCowgirl @SomeCowgirl (32189) • United States 24 Mar 12

With technology today, it makes me wonder who still reads those magazines. I'm sure more are in the waiting rooms getting on their phones and chatting with people then they are reading the magazines available. It used to be...

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Talking to people in waiting rooms

Wizzywig @Wizzywig (7847) 6 Apr 10

Today, I had a hospital appointment & I'd forgotten my book. A nervous looking man, probably late 60s/early 70s was the only other person in the waiting room so i smiled and commented on how much more cheerful the new building...

divulge information

talk to strangers

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Thank you for smoking I am a passive smoker now :(

bsa861 @bsa861 (339) • India 8 Oct 08

I see many people smoke in public areas like waiting rooms, parking lots, bus stations and even in trains !! Its really disgusting and uncomfortable to see them smoke and make me a passive smoker !! But how can I make them quit ??...

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What do yo do while waitng at the hospital while someone is having surgery

bdugas @bdugas (3577) • United States 7 Aug 08

Today I spent at the hospital waiting room while my son had gall bladder surgery, they said about an hour and a half, but that just for the surgery, I had other people there with me to wait, but I have had many times when I had to...

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What do you do in waiting rooms?

muscare @muscare (3068) • Australia 12 May 08

Apart from the obvious answer of 'wait', how do you pass the time. Do you read the tatty magazines that are on the table in the middle of the room, watch the re-runs showing on the telly or do you stare at your thumbs as they busy...

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The Question I Never Thought Anyone Would Ask Me

Amber @AmbiePam (120999) • United States 20 Aug 07

I think I've related some of my health problems. I see many doctors, although not as many as I did years ago. But today I was talking to my mom, and we started talking about one of the locations of my doctor's office. It's not in...

weird situations

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Waiting Rooms

dsstepp @dsstepp (28) • United States 2 Apr 07

Ok, I can't help but start this discussion. My son has a dentist appointment today and I am totally dreading it. Do you all know the kind of doctor that schedules somthing like 10 people all at the same time? Now, he can't...

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