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

I have to take my wife and sisters to our family doctor often.Since the doctor is very popular,we have to wait in the crowded waiting room for our turn.To avoid wastage of time I read old magazines lying on the table there.Most of these magazines are either in Hindi or Oriya and some are in English.By the time our turn comes I read as many of them as I can.I have found the habit very useful.These magazines contain useful articles and reading them improves my knowledge.However I don't use my cellphone there although it's a cellphone free area.

I ignore magazines which do not interest me and I'd rather just be reading other things (brochures or pamphlets) or simply observe the surroundings to kill time. The only time I do read is when I take my son to his periodical orthodontic visits. They have National Geography and whether it's old or current, it interests me so much. Sometimes I haven't even finished reading and he'll be out from check up already

I dont' do all the hand held technology stuff...but I still won't read the magazines...why? Cause 9 times out of 10..I read those magazines last time I was in the office!!! I'm serious...I make a followup 30 days later and those same ones are there! And if I go in later than that..the ones that are so old..the info is outdated so where's the fun in that? So I don't read them. But I have noticed that many doctors offices are now putting tv's in the waiting room (one even has screens in each exam room!) and they have some movie on or a tv channel. Problem is..the movie is so loud I am deaf by the time they call my name or the show is so stupid (especially if they have it on a talk show) that it is more annoying than anything else and I look around an no one is watching it! I ahve asked for the chanel to be changed but they tell me the doc is the only one that can authorize a change! Good grief!!!

Randy and I have been to several doctor's appointments and in the waiting room it is a cell phone free zone. If one is on their cell phone they are asked to step into the hallway or to end the call. Randy's appointments are at Veteran Administration building so I am wondering if that is the reason for the no cell phone policy. I have read many magazines while waiting for Randy's doctors to call his name. I know that many dr offices ask for old magazines and old books.

My theory is if it can provide me with some form of wisdom and knowledge I am going to read it and make sure it stays with me. My dentist has the latest Forbes magazines and Bloomberg so at least I know he is doing financially well.

Well I still do read magazines in the waiting room if it is not a wifi zone. hehehe! Better doing something while waiting than nothing. I must admit people nowadays is more relying on what technology can provide. With ebooks, e magazines, e newspapers available I am afraid that sooner this type of reading material will become extinct in the future. The next generation will no longer see this circulating in the public but in museums. Sad , but I think we are going there, it is part of evolution.

There are certain magazines I want to read and sometimes I can only find them at the doctor's office, and I don't have people I want to chat with, so I only call when I need to ask a question or give a person a head's up on something.

I do sometimes, although it's rare. But then again I hardly go into waiting rooms. However, when I do and I happen to be alone I might take a look at a magazine or 2. If I have someone with me, like one of my kids, then I don't. They keep me way too busy to even bother to try! LOL Happy mylotting!

Many Drs offices here have signs saying no cell phones or ipods please. If you must use them, please go outdoors. So we have tons of magazines and I read them all the time when I'm in waiting rooms.

I still read the magazines in the lobby and waiting rooms where I go. I do not have the internet access plan on my phone and I enjoy reading. I think reading a magazine and touching and feeling the magazine is much better than looking at it online. As other people mentioned most of the waiting rooms I am in are at medical facilities/doctor's offices etc.. and most of them do not allow cell phone usage anyway. I stick with the magazines.

Well, if I have nothing on hand, why not read those old stuffs, right? it's like learning things from the past. what outfits or who are the celebrities that shine most in the past. Do I know them or something? It's also good to reminisce and look back at the past. There's nothing wrong with that. Just as long as they are not dusted or whatever makes the waiting room looks like old thing.

I'm glad all of this is going, it's a waste of paper and we are just destroying our green for nothing. Hopefully books will end as well, we can now read documents, we should stop using paper in magazines and books, at least. At least I hope so.

I still read the magazines. The last time I was at the Dr's office, it was a current People Magazine. The local YMCA has current magazines. I read while I ride the stationary bike.

I like reading them. Because they are a good way of wasting time. If I have something better to do like text someone, I'll do that instead. I like the ones at my dentist's because I learn new stuff about teeth :D.

I don't have a cell phone or other aparatus to play on while I am waiting. In one office I keep up with the Kordashians and such with the Entertainment Weekly. In the other my daughter and I look at the children's Highlights magazine. I love their hidden object pages.

Rarely. I'll read a magazine in a waiting room only if I see something interesting in the front page. Usually I use my phone to for a quick surf or checking email, chat etc.

Yes, I do it to pass time as under such circumstances, I feel extremely bored and time also seems to come to a standstill. So if I get any magazine, be it old or new, I want to concentrate myself on it just to pass time.

I still do it. For example waitting in a salon , I read whatever magazines they have even are old , I just look at them, I dont have internet connected to my mobil , and no many people call me , so I get a little bored I hate to wait. But , in some cases I have to. Sometimes I take a book myself and read it while I am waitting.

well the magazine in my doctor waiting room are always up to date however, I am not magazine person I prefer bring my own book to read while waiting.

Yes I do. I like to read so if I have time, and by waiting in the waiting room means I have that time, then I read the magazines and journals in there. And most medical/dental clinics/hospitals I've been to are updated in their magazines' subscriptions.