And I made my ortho mad.
The new tech I've had the last few times is suuuper slow. Like ridiculously slow. She talks with her hands which means she stops whatever she's doing when she talking. And she talks the entire time.
It's annoying enough that you're trying to carry on a conversation with me when my mouth is hanging open and you've got instruments in there - really, I have no possible way of answering your questions and I get tired of trying to gurgle in response to them. And now I'm here an extra 20 minutes because you're uncomfortable with silence. Just get in there, do what you have to do and let's be done.
So yesterday I arrive (on time) and it's 30 minutes past my appointment before I'm seen. So I'm irritated. And I'm especially irritated because I have a meeting with my supervisor and her supervisor at work so I don't have all day to spend at the orthodontist.
The ortho comes in "Hey Amber, what's going on?" to which I reply, "Nothing. Nothing is going on - I haven't been seen yet." He kinda looked at me like he wasn't sure if I was joking or not so just to drive the point home I continued with "Normally, you guys run behind and it's fine but I have a meeting today."
I knew he was pissed because he looked at my teeth very quickly and then told the tech what to do and then said to me "She'll get you taken care of and you can get to your meeting." but he said the last part kinda condescendingly.
And the thing is - I wasn't the one in a rush! I wasn't asking them to hurry up because I double booked. You started 30 minutes late! That's your own damn fault!
And I don't care that he was pissed. He's probably not used to people calling him out because he's an orthodontist - but so what? My time is just as valuable as yours.
And not that I don't respect the profession but you're not a god - you're just a guy with a job.
So I'm not sure how that's gonna work out for me. Generally, I try not to piss people off while they’re providing a service to me. And by asserting myself, I’ve obviously become a bitch sooo either they’ll get me in and out from now on or they’ll make me wait even longer.
Good thing I only have a few months left!
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