Going to the doctor is not the part that bothers me, it’s the waiting part, and the waiting part…..

I just wonder how the doctor sets his schedule every day, maybe it goes like this :

Jennifer, let’s work on the schedule for tomorrow, I’ll be here at 9, I have to take my daughter to practice first and she can’t be late. Schedule the first patient at 8.

Now, at noon I have an appointment with my stockbroker, so let’s not schedule more than 40 people in the morning, I should be done by 2 pm so schedule the first person in the afternoon at 12:30. Since tomorrow is Friday and we close at 4 let’s cancel all previous appointments and move them for Monday, if we have any walk-ins, walk them out.

Let’s set up waiting rooms 1,2,3,4, 5, and 6, if they have been waiting outside more than an hour send them into one of the waiting rooms after twenty minutes ask the assistant to go in and check their weight and blood pressure, don’t want the pressure to get too high while they wait.

I’ll will start with patients in room one if it looks like I’m getting hold by a person asking too many questions and I have been in a room for more than 5 minutes interrupt me and tell me there is an emergency call for me.

Once I seen a patient, send them to the receptionist to pay their bill, make sure we have all their insurance papers on file beforehand, any patient without insurance, charge them half, all others charge them double and add couple aspirins to take home at $100 each and send it to the insurance.

Any questions?

Yes doctor, is the doctor’s aide coming tomorrow?

She said she would, if she comes-in has her see the patients, and only call me if someone specifically asks to speak with me, this will free some of my time to check the Golf Review.

Very well sir, I’ll see you tomorrow sometime.