Some medical staff have no compassion
@1creekgirl (40604)
United States
September 13, 2022 10:46pm CST
Yesterday Dale drove me to my foot doctor's office to drop off the form I need the doctor to fill out. We took out travel insurance so I hope to be reimbursed by the insurance company for the cost of the cruise that we had to cancel.
Dale dropped me off at the door so I wouldn't have to walk so far with my cane. He drove around to the parking lot in the back.
I went in and realized I forgot a mask and couldn't call Dale since I also forgot my cell phone at home.
The two women who work at the front desk wouldn't even open the sliding window and were in such a panic because I didn't have on a mask. Although they weren't wearing masks.
I tried to tell them I forgot my mask and couldn't call my husband to bring one. And all I needed to do was give them a form. They just shrugged. One said I could buy a mask for a dollar.
You'd have thought I had the Bubonic plague. So, they watched me as I turned around, preparing to walk all the way to the parking lot when a lady who was waiting to see the doctor insisted I take a dollar to buy a mask.
That was such a kind and thoughtful thing to do.
I paid for the mask and gave the women at the desk the form.
I really wanted to tell my doctor (who is really nice) what happened, but those witches have the power to schedule when or if I see the doctor.
I really really wanted to tell them I have Covid and then cough on them.
Of course I wouldn't, but they have no manners and certainly no compassion.
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
14 Sep 22
The nurses in my doctor's office keep masks available, for free, for anyone who wants one or forgot their own. We aren't required to wear masks at the doctor's office anymore but Pretty and I always wear ours, any time we're out of our house.
Go online to your doctor's web site. There is always a form you can fill out to make complaints or congratulations for a job well done. Fill the form out, telling the doctor about his rude nurses. The nurses MIGHT see the completed form, but so will the doctor. Fill one out every time you have any problems seeing your doctor. I bet your doctor will be HAPPY to talk to the nurses on your behalf.
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@1creekgirl (40604)
• United States
14 Sep 22
I'll consider it. I just know they have the power to decide how soon you can see the doctor.
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
14 Sep 22
@1creekgirl I'd bet the doctor wouldn't let them put your appointments off without a good reason. After all, you can always keep filling out those "report cards" if you think something hinky is going on.
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@1creekgirl (40604)
• United States
14 Sep 22
@DaddyEvil This is kind of strange in a way. When our son was little, the old ladies who were the receptionists at his Pediatrician's office were really rude to the patients. I remember telling myself that if I ever worked there, I would be kinder to the patients.
About nine years later, that building was our local Health depth and I got a job at the front registration desk, exactly where those women sat. Needless to say, I tried to be kind to our patients.
I wish someone would replace the women at my foot doctor's office. Not me, though!
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@1creekgirl (40604)
• United States
15 Sep 22
@Ronrybs I'm sorry, but I don't know the meaning of that expression.
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@1creekgirl (40604)
• United States
14 Sep 22
No, it was their rule and they didn't care that I was in pain. They willingly watched me head to the door using my cane.
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@RebeccasFarm (86838)
• United States
15 Sep 22
@1creekgirl I am so sorry you have to go through that..they ought to be ashamed of themselves
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@1creekgirl (40604)
• United States
15 Sep 22
@RebeccasFarm I'm still debating whether to tell the doctor.
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@1creekgirl (40604)
• United States
14 Sep 22
I don't know why they're like that. They've had an attitude ever since I've been going there. The doctor is really nice, though.
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@1creekgirl (40604)
• United States
14 Sep 22
It would be satisfying, but I'd never get an appointment again!
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@1creekgirl (40604)
• United States
15 Sep 22
@JudyEv In this Covid era, I'd probably get arrested!
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@JudyEv (326098)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Sep 22
@1creekgirl Some things are best left unsaid - and undone! 
Coughing over people is one of them.
Coughing over people is one of them.1 person likes this
@LindaOHio (156989)
• United States
14 Sep 22
They give out masks for nothing at the hospital and all the doctors' offices here. They were very rude!
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@1creekgirl (40604)
• United States
14 Sep 22
@LindaOHio I'm still considering it.
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@1creekgirl (40604)
• United States
14 Sep 22
They've had an attitude ever since I've been going there. But this astounded me.
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@LindaOHio (156989)
• United States
14 Sep 22
@1creekgirl I would have to complain.
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@Nakitakona (56302)
• Philippines
26 Sep 22
Well it takes a simple respect in your part. By the way in fairness to them, they're protecting themselves since you're not wearing a facemask though they don't.
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@1creekgirl (40604)
• United States
26 Sep 22
Hardly anyone wears a mask here now. I can understand their paranoia, but I will never accept their lack of compassion.
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@Nakitakona (56302)
• Philippines
28 Sep 22
@1creekgirl Our President has recently issued an executive order that face mask is no longer required for people to wear.
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@FourWalls (62386)
• United States
14 Sep 22
You can always get online and leave a review. Or, you can tell the doctor when you see him/her.
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@1creekgirl (40604)
• United States
14 Sep 22
He's the only foot doctor in the small town next to us and I really like him. I don't want to lose him as a doctor.
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@LadyDuck (458867)
• Switzerland
14 Sep 22
@1creekgirl I wonder why some nurses are so disrespectful and rude.
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@Marilynda1225 (79934)
• United States
14 Sep 22
Having to pay a dollar for a mask seems absurd and they should have some available for anyone who shows up without one.
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@vickyrose (2235)
• Cooma, Australia
15 Sep 22
They were not very helpful, their behaviour shows that they aren’t suitable for the job. If it’s just a form, they should have just accepted it. I would provide a feedback to the administrator of the clinic. That is unacceptable.
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@1creekgirl (40604)
• United States
15 Sep 22
It's a very small clinic and I think they're the only two beside the doctor.
@Dena91 (15907)
• United States
15 Sep 22
I'm a strong believer in you reap what you sow. One day they will be the patient and will have to deal with someone with no compassion towards them.
Sorry that you had to go through all of that. I think perhaps you ought to let the doctor know what kind of people he has working for him, so that it doesn't reflect poorly on him.
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@aninditasen (15746)
• Raurkela, India
14 Sep 22
Medical staff these days in India too are very rude and devoid of compassion.
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@porwest (78759)
• United States
14 Sep 22
I can't believe people are still acting so ridiculous about this, even at a doctor's office. I am not sure how I may have handled the situation, but I am sure it would not have been good. At least you got what you needed.
I think charging for the mask is ridiculous too.
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@1creekgirl (40604)
• United States
14 Sep 22
Every medical office here still requires masks, but to knowingly watch me hobble out to the parking lot for a stupid mask and one dollar was infuriating.
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@porwest (78759)
• United States
15 Sep 22
@1creekgirl Understandable. I don't understand why they could not simply offer you a mask—without having to pay for it of course.
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@1creekgirl (40604)
• United States
14 Sep 22
I want to, but it's a very small practice in a small town and I'm afraid they'll punish me by making sure I have to wait a long time for an appointment.
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@CarolDM (203451)
• Nashville, Tennessee
14 Sep 22
@1creekgirl There is no excuse for this behavior.
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@snowy22315 (170349)
• United States
14 Sep 22
Most medical establishments have masks free for patients. I would suggest that to the doctor. Where I have gone for the clinical trial isn't even requiring masks..yay, of course the people that come in there are not sick anyway.
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@1creekgirl (40604)
• United States
14 Sep 22
If I had carried my purse in, I'd have had a mask. I think it was very unkind to make me hobble out to the parking lot. I pray God will bless that dear woman who gave me a dollar.
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