A Wasted Afternoon

@LadyDuck (471294)

Switzerland

November 10, 2015 11:02am CST

Today both my husband and I, had an appointment with our dentist for the annual check-up. My appointment was scheduled at 3 pm, the one of my husband at 3.30. I do not like the appointment in the middle of the afternoon, they spoil your day, but unfortunately I have been unable to move the appointment to a better time. Well, I am glad that at least everything went well with the dentist, no need to go back until the next year. It's already late in the afternoon, but I can cut a little hour for me before dinner. I am going to check my notifications.

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@marlina (154131)

• Canada

10 Nov 15

I can't stand appointments late during the day either. Tomorrow I have one at the lung specialist at 10:00 A.M. and then in the afternoon, the furnace man will come after 3:00 P.M. I know already that I will not be happy tomorrow.

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@NeldaHoxie (1381)

• United States

10 Nov 15

Yep, those sound like two appointments that could try a person's patients. I do hope they go as well as they can.

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@LadyDuck (471294)

• Switzerland

11 Nov 15

@marlina One in the morning and another in the afternoon completely spoil your day. I am happy when I can use my time as I like.

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@marlina (154131)

• Canada

11 Nov 15

@NeldaHoxie Back home and happy to be here. I hate days with appointments.

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (44998)

• Preston, England

10 Nov 15

great that you got the all clear from your dentist

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@LadyDuck (471294)

• Switzerland

11 Nov 15

I had my annual cleaning two months ago, I was pretty sure there was nothing wrong.

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@Blondie2222 (28611)

• United States

11 Nov 15

I hate going to the dentist but glad you had a good appointment. I have to go for a filling at the end of this month not looking forward to that. Enjoy the rest of your day

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@LadyDuck (471294)

• Switzerland

11 Nov 15

@birjudanak The doctors and dentists do not fix appointments after 5 PM and this is a heavy traffic hour and it's dark outside.

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@LadyDuck (471294)

• Switzerland

11 Nov 15

I hate too, first of all it's always painful for your wallet then you never know if there is something wrong.

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@birjudanak (14320)

• India

11 Nov 15

@LadyDuck its really make headache because you not go either this side or those side situation.should they appoint you after job in evening?

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@sofssu (23662)

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11 Nov 15

It was a wasted day for me yesterday.. The whole day I had to keep waiting for my doctor to show up.. she was stuck in one emergency surgery after another.. I just gave up and walked out after waiting there for more than half a day.

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@sofssu (23662)

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11 Nov 15

@LadyDuck Hmm.. I pity those doctors too

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@LadyDuck (471294)

• Switzerland

11 Nov 15

This happens too, the next Friday my husband has his weekly appointment at the hospital, you never know how much it takes.

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@gudheart (12659)

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11 Nov 15

I need to go to the dentist too, but I hate going as it can be really expensive!

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@LadyDuck (471294)

• Switzerland

11 Nov 15

Yes, it is not cheap, but it's better to keep our teeth healthy or it will cost a fortune to fix.

ElizabethWallace

@ElizabethWallace (12074)

• United States

11 Nov 15

I try to make appointments at 1:00. This way, I am the first person seen after the lunch break and I have little or no wait.

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@LadyDuck (471294)

• Switzerland

11 Nov 15

As much as I can I do the same, but this time it was not possible to have an appointment earlier.

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@LadyDuck (471294)

• Switzerland

12 Nov 15

@ElizabethWallace I know, every time that I have appointments late in the morning the doctor is late. They should pay a penalty after 15 minutes delay.

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ElizabethWallace

@ElizabethWallace (12074)

• United States

11 Nov 15

@LadyDuck Sometimes I end up with one late in the morning, say 11:00, but the person (doctor, dentist, hair dresser, etc.) is often running late. So annoying.

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@salonga (27775)

• Philippines

11 Nov 15

Good that the dentist and you too came at scheduled time and every thing went well. That is not true with my son's experience. He was scheduled at 10 pm but the dentist came late and almost lunch time. So my son wasted almost 2 hours just waiting for that dentist.

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@salonga (27775)

• Philippines

11 Nov 15

@LadyDuck That's good to know. I don't know if this dentist will ever retain her patients if she can't even come on time.

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@LadyDuck (471294)

• Switzerland

11 Nov 15

At least our dentist is always on time, I have to say everybody here in Switzerland.

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@LadyDuck (471294)

• Switzerland

11 Nov 15

@salonga If a patient is five, let's say ten, minute late they accept to see the patient and try to be fast. If the delay is too much, the patient receives the bill anyway, but the dentist will move the appointment to another day. This way people learn not to be late.

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@Shellyann36 (11384)

• United States

17 Nov 15

Yes late appointments have a way of seeming to ruin the day. The good thing is that both of you had appointments together and in the same time frame.

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@LadyDuck (471294)

• Switzerland

17 Nov 15

The dentist always arrange our appointments together so we do not have to go there in two different occasions.

@AbbyGreenhill (45494)

• United States

10 Nov 15

I try to get our appointments for first thing in the morning. Like you I feel in the middle of the day wastes the whole day.

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@LadyDuck (471294)

• Switzerland

11 Nov 15

@AbbyGreenhill Our dentist is also surgeon, my husband needed a little surgery to lower the gums on his molars.

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@LadyDuck (471294)

• Switzerland

11 Nov 15

Our doctors and dentists usually perform surgery in the morning, it's hard to get an appointment before 1 pm, but to be sure it's better to wait until 2 if you do not want to risk to wait.

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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)

• United States

11 Nov 15

@LadyDuck Our doc is a gp so no surgery for him.

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@amadeo (111938)

• United States

10 Nov 15

same here.Also a morning person.Hate late afternoon

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@LadyDuck (471294)

• Switzerland

11 Nov 15

I am also a morning person, in the afternoon I get tired easily.

@amnabas (14041)

• Karachi, Pakistan

10 Nov 15

Glad to read that your appointments went well and you are worry free now.

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@MarshaMusselman (38865)

• Midland, Michigan

11 Nov 15

I try to make my appointments first thing in the morning so I have plenty of time for washing a window or two afterward. I've had an appointment set up for several months to get a tooth prepped for a crown. Usually my appointments are on Monday mornings, but I think because the last appointment at that time followed me working the midnight shift and I didn't realize it until the last minute that I set this one up for later in the week. Problem is, I forgot when it was. Last Monday, I went by nine A.M. and found I was a week early. The gal told me the date, but I was thinking it was on a Monday still and went again yesterday. The appointment isn't until this Thursday. Even though it's first thing in the morning, it's not the best day afterall. If it doesn't rain, we have a big window job, but now have to wait until I'm done before starting it.

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@LadyDuck (471294)

• Switzerland

11 Nov 15

Most of the doctors do not accept appointments in the morning because in the morning they perform surgery. Also our dentist works in the hospital in the morning, so the appointments start at 2 in the afternoon.

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@LadyDuck (471294)

• Switzerland

12 Nov 15

@MarshaMusselman All our Doctors do the blood tests and other tests in their private offices, so even if they do not perform surgery at the hospital, in the morning they do the tests. If there is a urgency, we can always go to our local ER, they are there all the time and the waiting time is never more than 15 minutes.

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@MarshaMusselman (38865)

• Midland, Michigan

12 Nov 15

@LadyDuck That wouldn't work for many of us over here. While certain doctors perform surgeries at the hospital, the majority of the ones used for family doctors don't unless they deliver babies too. If I had to have my appointments that late, I'd not have many because I'm usually at my cashiering job by then and when I'm not doing that it would mess up our being able to do windows all day long.

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@DeborahDiane (40288)

• Laguna Woods, California

11 Nov 15

I can understand why you felt that was a wasted afternoon! Glad you do not have to go back for a year.

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@LadyDuck (471294)

• Switzerland

11 Nov 15

Two hours lost for fifteen minutes check-up, for me it's wasted time.

@JudyEv (339464)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Nov 15

I'm glad you don't need to go back for a while. There was a reminder notice from the dentist for me when we got home from holidays. Not my favourite reminder.

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@LadyDuck (471294)

• Switzerland

11 Nov 15

I hate to go to the dentist, but I never skip my annual cleaning and the annual check up. I believe that it's better to have healthy teeth than fake teeth.

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@LadyDuck (471294)

• Switzerland

11 Nov 15

@JudyEv I know what you mean, I did the same and I risked to lose one of my tooth, but now everything is fine.

@JudyEv (339464)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Nov 15

@LadyDuck And much cheaper too! I've had to spend quite a bit over the years on my teeth, mainly because I didn't look after them when I was young.

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@Rollo1 (16679)

• Boston, Massachusetts

11 Nov 15

If you have an afternoon appointment, it really takes up the whole day. You can't do things as you wish in the morning, because you have to be done in time to go to the appointment. Then it cuts a large swath of time out of the middle of your day.

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@LadyDuck (471294)

• Switzerland

11 Nov 15

Exact! You cannot manage your time as you like. We moved half an hour earlier from home because at 14:00 we know that the main road is crowded by workers coming from Italy and when you are back around 5 in the afternoon there is not much time left to do anything.

@kellyr634 (416)

• United States

10 Nov 15

I like my apointments first thing in the morning. That way I can get it done, and not waste the day away.

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@LadyDuck (471294)

• Switzerland

11 Nov 15

As I said above in the morning our doctors and dentists perform surgeries, or take care of emergencies, all the rest in the afternoon.

@TiarasOceanView (70022)

• United States

10 Nov 15

Yes I am a morning appointment person. I detest having to break up the afternoon for it. I understand that. Glad it all went well and it is over now for the rest of the year. Have fun myLotting Anna.

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@LadyDuck (471294)

• Switzerland

11 Nov 15

It was nice to see both our husband and I so we had not to go back, but I hate to wait half an hour there having nothing to do.

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@mom210 (9117)

• United States

10 Nov 15

One of my least favorite things is going to the dentist or Doctor.

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@LadyDuck (471294)

• Switzerland

11 Nov 15

The dentist is even worse than the doctor, but both are not very pleasant.

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@NeldaHoxie (1381)

• United States

10 Nov 15

Glad everything went well. At least you had your morning.

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@LadyDuck (471294)

• Switzerland

11 Nov 15

So true, I had a free morning, at least until around 11.

@PainsOnSlate (21852)

• Canada

10 Nov 15

I always schedule my dentist for early morning. I don't like afternoon visits either. Glad you got an hour to play.

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@LadyDuck (471294)

• Switzerland

11 Nov 15

As I said to Marsha, our doctors and dentists perform surgery in the morning, the earlier you can fix an appointment is at 1 in the afternoon, but you risk to wait.

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