Do you take the mags?

Only time I have taken a magazine was when I was at my Dentist. I was reading this gaming magazine for over an hour, then when it was time to leave I just asked the lady if I could take the magazine with me and she didn't mind. She got it for free anyways.

If I saw a great article that I really wanted, I would leave the magazine since it's not mine at all. Someone else there paid for all of the waiting room people to get to read as their entertainment. I already have my own stuff at home anyway and anyway, will get some paper or something and write it down of the address for the article if there is of that particular magazine. I tend to have my own entertainment by bringing my own magszines or books with me if I am still reading it. I am always into reading no matter what.

With experience I can say that the waiting time here in the US does not end once our name is called. We just have to go inside and wait another hour!! So, if I am reading something very interesting in the magazine, I will ask the attender if I can take it to the room with me. Most often, I also see magazines inside the attending room too, so I don't think this should be a problem. Since there would be other magazines in the waiting room, if I find this one very very interesting(this hasn't happened even once,... its' just a probability) then I would take it inside and replace it there when I come out.

If I have an appointment and I sit in the waiting room its very rare that I pick up a magazine,I usually just sit there looking around,watching everyone from a distance until they call my name,well in my surgerys case a number,the system works a little like the deli counter lol you get a number.But I agree they do have some very good magazines in the waiting areas,and I notice that lots of waiting patients have there noses stuck into them.Dont think that I would steal one ,but if it was something that I really really wanted to finish then I might consider just asking the receptionist if I could borrow it,and take it back with next time I was there.

i just leave it there the magazines are probably old anyways and you can find the article online... but i used to tear the pages out of the highlights magazines when i was little and take them with me to find all the hidden items..lol

I never take magazines from the doctors office for the obvious reasons, besides most of the magazines at my doctors office are out of date anyway hahaha.

Well certainly in our doctors waiting room for example all the magazines are aimed at the ladies and they are months and months old! Some even years! So I never bother with them, I am more of your boy scout sort, I like to come prepared, I bring my own suduko puzzles or crosswords to fill in, and boy I get through them, well I know how long I have to wait each time, I never get seen on time, so I can finish puzzles and puzzles, it's a great way of passing the time, I had sitting twiddling my thumbs and doing nothing, besides I get less stressed out from waiting!

I take the magazine with me because I know I will be waiting in the exam room for the Dr.

i can't take a mag, but sometimes you read great articles and really want to finish reading them but you can't. I would'nt take something that does'nt belong to me, not even a mag

i don't do that. i don't do that. i don't just take something something that does not belong to me. cause i believe it is very wrong and very disgusting to take somethings that does not belong to us. and i don't even tear a page from a mag if i like what i have read. i feel that we have to respect the property of other people. what ever belongs to them we should not attempt to get.

The only magazines I read in doctors offices are Readers Digest. If I start an article and don't get to finish it, I leave the magazine and go buy a copy of it when I leave. (That is, if the article intrigued me enough to want to finish it) I have took coupons out of magazines in offices, though!

No, I never did do that that if I will be called without finishing the magazine I would put it down so that others can also read it while they are also waiting and i guess it is not stealing unless you will not bring it home with you......

Very seldom do i grab the magazines but a newspaper yes indeed i will take the opportunity to get the latest news ..particularly sports..I take the newspaper with me and of course the magazines donot become a problem because i donot even get started checking them out ?? I did find a little humour that everyone will agree with what you said about sitting ... they do keep us waiting for our appointments and i just donot understand why visit after visit we end up waiting .When i am at the hospital getting chemotherapy i have a small 12inch DVD portable and watch dvds ..it sure makes the 3 hours pass quickly Good Luck Have a Great Day

In all the doctor's and dentist's waiting rooms i've ever been in (here in the UK), the only magazines they ever have are back issues of Good Housekeeping. So I tend to make sure I take a book with me too.

I usually just read them while I'm in the waiting room. I don't touch them otherwise. I've seen some patients take them from the waiting room and back into the examining room with them. I have seen some of those people bring the magazines back into the waiting room with them too. I just read them in the waiting room and then put them down when called. I don't feel like taking them and then leaving them somewhere they're not supposed to be or something.

Taking it would definitely be stealing. I have taken one from the waiting room to the exam room, if my doctor is known for making me wait there. And one time, I did ask a receptionist if I might get a copy of an article in the magazine. She allowed me to take the magazine - and wrote my name down in a notebook specifically for that purpose - and asked me to return it on my next visit. On my next visit, I brought it back and they crossed off my name. I had no idea that was an option before I asked.

Hello, whenever I'm in a public place, I'm careful not to hog the magazines. Even if it's just me in the salon or in the office, I make sure that I don't get all the current issues because it's not mine anyway. So if it's my turn I just return the magazine and don't think about it. Other people whoa re waiting might want to read it especially if I found it to be a good read. I think it's really selfish to take the magazine with you when it's a public magazine meant to be shared and read by all. It's not as if you're in the library and you can check out the copy because there are multiple copies anyway.

i wouldn't take the mag. i don't even read mags. and even if i do, it's a magazine, how in depth could that article be? i would probably remember the topic and search it online after and i usually bring abook with me everywhere or a notebook to play with my thoughts

no, i won't like this way although i always have to wait for long time when i go to see the doctor. every time, i stand there, seeing people come and go. wait the doctor all my name. or smetimes, i don't stand there waiting, i stand outside the hospital, because i don't like the smell in hostital. i think most people don't like the smell too.

no... i don't take things that aren't mine.. i also don't bring the magazine inside the clinic. After all, i can't read it while the dentist's is doing the procedure..