When calling doc’s offices, it used to be that punching 9 or 0 would skip the intro and put one on the wait list. There was a play list with anything from The Pastoral Symphony to the equivalent of a rock band being hit by an electrical shock. Now and then, the ‘music’ is interrupted by both the intro stuff and a promise that the call will be answered in the order it was received after they have reduced the call volume by 1% in the next hour.
Eventually a receptionist answers and asks why the call. Info passes to doc’s nurse, who calls patient to get into about the problem. Nurse then talks to doc for suggestions, which might or might not fit the situation, to pass back to caller, which might happen before quitting time, but not guaranteed.
Modern medicine – the miracle that’s waiting and waiting and waiting and . . . Dang. Now I’ve gotta dial again.
Grandma Lea almost 2 years ago
hvordan kan vi hjelpe deg, vær så snill
saylorgirl almost 2 years ago
I know how he feels!
InTraining Premium Member almost 2 years ago
so he can’t bear it either…!
Just-me almost 2 years ago
That’s just about the size of it…
sandpiper almost 2 years ago
When calling doc’s offices, it used to be that punching 9 or 0 would skip the intro and put one on the wait list. There was a play list with anything from The Pastoral Symphony to the equivalent of a rock band being hit by an electrical shock. Now and then, the ‘music’ is interrupted by both the intro stuff and a promise that the call will be answered in the order it was received after they have reduced the call volume by 1% in the next hour.
Eventually a receptionist answers and asks why the call. Info passes to doc’s nurse, who calls patient to get into about the problem. Nurse then talks to doc for suggestions, which might or might not fit the situation, to pass back to caller, which might happen before quitting time, but not guaranteed.
Modern medicine – the miracle that’s waiting and waiting and waiting and . . . Dang. Now I’ve gotta dial again.
LaughterIsJoyMuliplied almost 2 years ago
For heaven’s sake Gunther, put it on speaker, crank up the volume and take a nap. You, of all ‘people’, should have thought of that.
Frank Burns Eats Worms almost 2 years ago
When he’s finally connected to a live person, he’ll bearly be able to hear them.
Sisyphos almost 2 years ago
Trapped in the automated response chaîne opératoire (so to speak), Gunther is stewing as only a big male grizzly bear can.
I’d stay clear of him today, Pierpoint….