[Ken Y.]

The next time you are 15 minutes late to a doctor’s appointment remember this: I’m guessing that the average doctor probably sees about 16 to 20 patients per 8-hour work day. If only 4 of those patients show up 15 minutes late, the doctor will be 1 hour behind schedule for everybody. You can imagine how easily this can happen since most people regard 5 to 15 minutes late as ‘acceptable’ lateness without realizing how it can add up and impacts others. So when you show up late, you’re not just inconveniencing the doctor, you’re inconveniencing everyone after you. Can you blame the doctor and all of his other patients for wanting you to reschedule? And the next time the doctor is one hour late to your appointment, know that it’s probably not because he wanted to get one exta hole in at the country club. He is probably at least as irritated as you are with being behind schedule. However, not only does he not get to vent his frustration to someone, like you can, but he has to smile and take abuse from every other patient he sees that day. So when you see the doctor after waiting for an hour, why not surprise him by showing just a tiny bit of understanding? Let him know that you understand he is behind schedule and try to keep your appointment brief and to the point.

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Name : Ken Y., Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Asian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 37, City : Sutton, State : MA, Country : United States, Occupation : Engineer, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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