eye ball sucking machine part deux
This is a continuation of sorts to seeing the eye doc at Walmart that prescribed my one contact lens. You can read part 1 here.
My right eye that I wear the contact in has been bothering me the past several days and I’m not sure why. I replaced the contact with a new one (disposables, 1 month continuous day & nite wear) because of the irritation and it continues to bother me. I tried rewetting and cleaning and nothing seems to make a difference. So, I decided to go see the guy at Walmart (yeah, I know, major mistake right off…) that did the original script and have him look at it for any problems. I made an appointment for 1:00 this afternoon. I showed up almost 10 minutes early and he was nearly 1/2 hour late.
I get annoyed very quickly because #1 I’m just plain impatient when I’m kept waiting for no apparent reason and #2 I expect someone that is supposed to be professional as in a “doctor” especially will be on time or at least give a call to notify his office he will be late. This is COMMON COURTESY. I was starting to worry he may not show at all but the receptionist said he “should” be here any time. She apparently noticed my disgust and tried to call to see where he was, no response. I also noticed that the display sign out front said his hours today were shown as 1:00pm to 7:00pm. Not only was he late for the appointment but the sucker was late for work!
Finally after she makes the second call to locate him I get really ticked off and tell her I have shopping to do in the pharmacy area and that I would be back in 5 minutes. She says no problem, I’ll page you as soon as he arrives. Sure enough no more than 5 minutes later I hear my name over the Walmart sound system so I head over to the eye center and guess what? There was a guy that had showed up for a full on eye exam about 15 minutes after I got there and this asshole eye doctor takes him right in before I could make it back over there! I was definitely not happy at this point! I would now have to wait 45 minutes to an hour more for him to finish with this other guy on top of the 45 minutes that had already passed!
I held my rage and politely told the lady at the counter that I would go elsewhere and find a doctor that was more professional and I stomped out. I may be a patient but that doesn’t mean that I have to be patient in my opinion. I’m the one paying for services and I expect to be “waited” on, NOT the other way around! I mean wtf is it with people that feel that they can use your time at their leisure without even a howdy or some ass lube. The fact that he is supposed to be a member of a profession makes it even worse, not an excuse to treat everyone else like they are beneath his contempt. I do understand the difference from say an MD or a medical doc on call to an emergency room or a similar situation, but at least they are normally forthright in telling you that he will be late. A phone call could have made all the difference. This guy was not on some emergency call, he was probably having one last margarita at his favorite restaurant.
The bastard.
What would you guys have done? Waited for him? Or show your disgust for his unprofessional behavior by taking your hard-earned money elsewhere?
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I would have let the doctor know personally that I was going to find another doc & why. I would like to think I would do it politely and not be a bitch…but after what he did to you, I don’t know! You must be a saint!
You don’t even want to know. Especially for the mood I’m in right now…
That “doc” would be mincemeat.
There’s nothing professional in what happened to you from anyone involved on their end.
I would have demanded he come out to speak to me right now. in a very loud voice. I have a very loud voice when I need it, the whole of Walmart would have heard it.
Being late bad enough, but then taking in a different patient before you, meh.
IME, doctors are almost always late. It’s really irritating. But usually if you get the first appointment, that helps a lot. In your situation, I’m not sure what I would have done, but I’d have been really pissed that he didn’t wait for me to walk back across the store. I guess my response would have depended on how concerned I was about my eye and getting it looked at quickly.
I would have waited and when he returned and called my name to come in, thats when I would have stood up (hoping for other customers within hearing range) and said no thank you, I think I will go to a real perfessional now, thank you for your time and thank you for showing me what a real perfessional would not do, I should have known better then to come HERE for an eye exam and walked out.. Let me just say you are a saint. LOL
you’ve got more patience than I have. I wouldn’t have waited the 45 minutes to begin with. If I’m there on time for a scheduled appointment as a client, I damned well expect whatever professional I’m dealing with to be just that–a professional.
Good on you!
*muah*
I must be lucky cause I do business with my eye doc - he knows he makes me wait he knows his bill will be a tad higher for my waiting next time I do work for him
None the less I would have (and have done) filed a complaint with the receptionist and the medical board for his inexcusable behaviour. If nothing more then for satisfaction for me I do it
I would have gone elsewhere also, and I would write a letter to the doctor stating my complaint. He might not read it, he might not care, but I would at least get it out and I wouldn’t go back there again.
Hopefully you have found an eye doctor that can take care of you. could it possibly be allergies, maybe the pollen in the air causing the irritation? Hope it feels better soon!!
yup, ya done good. reached right into his pants and squeezed him right where it hurts the most, namely the wallet.
if yer so inclined ya might mail this post to wallyworld complaint dept, who knows? they may send ya a voucher for some free shit!
hi sweetie! *poink*
the latter.
yeah! *stomp*
I woulda waited, chewed his ass out, gotten his employer’s #, filed a complaint, and made them pay for lost wages for having to spend so much extra time in their office than necessary. Oh, yea, I would also either demand they give me my exam/checkup free or take my money elsewhere.
Too much?
Well, I would have given him the chance to explain why he was late. If it were an accident or something… If it were something like that I’m sure he would have said so. I would have tore him a new asshole if someone didn’t pull me away first. Oh well, good thing it wasn’t me.
On an upnote: I am an aunt again. For all my sister’s baby was 4weeks early, he’s 6lb 6oz and 19″. Maybe that will cheer you up. Have a better day!
That sucks. Frikken Wal-Mart. I know that the “eye section” is probably independent, but maybe there’s some way to get the info on them from the Customer Service (Complaints) people? If he did this to you, I’m sure he’s done it to others as well, and someone higher up should be made aware of it.
You did right. It’s just too bad you didn’t get to tell the asshole hisself.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t really matter because whichever Dr you go to you have to play the waiting game. God forbid that you are 5 minutes though. My grandfather had a dr that was consistantly late but they had a policy that if the patient was 5 minutes late the appointment was cancelled, he always made it in plenty of time but I guess they needed some way to get caught up again.
Depends on the relationship I had with the doctor. If it was a new doc, then I would have done just what you did. If it is a long-term situation and this is a rare occurrance, I would have expressed my unhappiness but kept waiting. Especially if I like the doctor.
If it were a doctor that I was unfamiliar with, I would have done the same thing you did. Plus I would have bitched at the Walmart manager. You should call and bitch someone out there. That guy needs a good ass kickin.
The one thing I am anal retentive about is getting to some place on time and expect it of others as well. I would have left after ten minutes, told the manager of walmart, and never gone there again. He would just have to miss out on the insurance money he would be gouging ther insurance company for.
I fortunately have 20/20 vision… but see eye-to-eye on the doctor thing. What’s with these hours, too? 10 to 12, 2 to 4? Shit, I shoulda gone to med school.
se7en, you need to get back there pronto…with an uzi!!
just my humble opinion, of course.
who the hell has a relationship with a damn doctor? none of those around anymore. dream on though, sugar.
I would’ve probably told the jackass off and then gone elsewhere!!
*no, not jail. it wouldn’t get that bad….*
So much for professionalism (on his part!)
hey… don’t knock Wally World! I am gainfully employed there…. being mad is okay but life is too short to waste your anger on someone else’s wrongdoing… but maybe he had a home emergency and was caught up in that… or something…. I would have talked directly to the doctor though…. but then again I had to wait over 50 minutes after my actual appt. to see my back quack and then I got pissed and walked out…. but don’t blame Wal Mart…. again this is me ‘defending’ the amusement park.
I would have walked in on him and the other guy and said “a-hem, ass-fuck, me, I’m first, now get the fuck up or I’ll poke both yer goddamnned eyes out of your fucking heads and you’ll need a seeing eye dogs not glasses!” And then I would tell them to have a lovely day.
Sorry you got dicked around buddy!
Lois Lane
Me? I would have waited, taken a picture of him and told him he was going to be on the Internet that night for bad service.
So, where’s the picture?
Good Morning, Hon……hope you’re having a good day.
Hey Seven! Well lets see, if I had my kids with me, I would have left but I think if I would have been by myself I would have waited for him and told him that I had been waiting forever, and that I wouldn’t be seeing him again (after the appt of course, don’t want him to be pissed and messing with my eyes) Anyway hope you find someone better, by the way I have never had luck with those Wal-mart docs, they were all dicks, so I never went back!
Heather= I’m a saint!! not…
i was too impatient ta stick around just to tell him that he sukks ass…. hehe
Angel= why you in a bad mood hon? bad day? and mincemeat? sounds like ya woulda kikked his ass!!
Noonie= i can be moody I guess, and making a scene just didn’t feel right, ah hell I dunno, whenever I go in Walmart I have the urge ta get out as quickly as possible… !!
Crazygirl= yeah, thats true, and I imagine it can be tough keeping to a schedule, but I was his first appointment of the day!! and I didn’t think my eye was an emergency…
Jade= wow, the saint hmmm, sounds cool, St. Seven hahahaha !!!
Myles= thanks hon! how ya been lately? and a big *muah* to you too~!!! hehe
Terry= wassup guy! sounds like a price gouging ring
filing complaints is something that I rarely take the time to do, although I like to threaten with that kinda action hehe
Harley= Hey grrrl!! i think it was just a case of dry eye, I’ve been rewetting it more frequently and all is fine now, so nobody gets that money, for the moment anyway hahaah!
Magz= good idea!! now to figger out who ta mail it tooo
and free shit always rocks babe! a big ole *poink* to you too doll!!!
Celti= a *poink* and *smooch* for you~!!
I would have walked out. To hell with that. I do expect, especially when seeing my OB/GYN that he may be late because he’s, I dunno, delivering a baby or some shit, but not the eye doc. I told my eye doc once that his staff’s behavior and service were atrocious and simply unacceptable and he gave me a free exam. They didn’t get any better so I went to another doctor who’s customer service was outstanding and I’ll gladly give him and his staff my money. I’d at least let the fucker know he wasn’t getting any more money from you and you would make sure people knew who NOT to go to.
tCj= a lot of time involved in all that
I already wasted too much time on his sorry ass my money will go elsewhere on the next go round hehe!!
Micki= a new babe in the family! kikk ass! I’ll bet you’re all over that!! hehe
Julie= yes, they state on the sign out front it’s an independent doc of oppatommytree or optometry depending on who is doing the exam so I doubt they would give a shit anyway…
OHS= I have this feeling I will be telling him off in he future, yeah, I think so!
Boo= yeah thats true isn’t it? I remember once paying a deductible fee in advance to a hospital for some minor surgery and I ended up overpaying by several hundred dollars, the deal was no admittance unless the money was put up front yet it took the bastards over 3 months to refund the overpayed amount … shabby!!
Kate= hey sweetie!! yeah that makes sense but I don’t have a real relationship with this guy and it looks like I never will!! hahaha!
E-Lo= i think I will see about forwarding this blog post to someone at W Mart… and an ass kikin sounds like fun… jail does not
Blue= no insurance money here, purely cash, and cold hard cash at that! hehe!
Michael= damn your 20/20! I used to have better than 20/20 but it has faded, I wish I still had it but wearing one contact is not so bad i guess!!
Dawn= !! Uzi! yeah good idea, I was thinking it would be tough ta sneak in with my grenade launcher, Uzi would be MUCH better! it’s amazing what webmiztrises need to know these days hehe
*smooch*~!!
Poopie= hi there !! i gotta dream!! well I think i do, or is this all a dream anyway… hehe
Angel= i know you would have you crazy thing, and that halo is getting mighty tarnished
Gypsy= i was just barely knocking Wally World, it’s the Doc that teeeeeed me off!! hehe I shop at Wally World I even have one of their stupid ads running on my Blogs Gone Wild site… does it make me any money? hahahaa noooo not a penny….yet hmmm
Lois Lane= wow, that was my first thought but I thought it might be overkill, thanks hon! I’ll march right over there and do just that!
*smooches*~!!
Jeanette= I unlike you do not carry my camera everywhere i go
and i know I should, maybe this will teach me a good lesson, maybe I’ll do just that hehe 
Boo= morning sweetie!! so far so good!! thanks for thinking about me!! you’re so thoughtful!!
Leslie= hey grrrrl!! howz life on da bayou! docs ARE dicks
a very nice sentiment hon! *hugz*~!!!
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Pictures! Pictures! Dangit!
I would have done the same thing. I’m more impatient then I like to admit.
I got my tattoo today!
And I got to see the new baby…he’s so cute.
yay micki! *mumbles* I got burned today…
Sev, too impatient to complain, but patient enough to threaten? Where can I find a guy like you?
I would have gone elsewhere. No doubt about it!
Did you say “ass lube”. Please define por favor……;) *smooch*
I will kill him for you!
mwahahahahahaha
*lightning strikes*
I’ve given up!
You’ll just have to come here pick me up and take me away with you.
I promise not to put up too much of a fight-just enough to be fun
I almost took somebody out for jumping in front of me in line at Dunkin Donuts the other morning.
And I don’t even eat donuts!
Damn I love that coffee though.
People are getting so crappy these days…
Everyday I’d swear there is serious in-breeding going on out there.
A secret communist plot to get us to kill each other. Perhaps.
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Lacey cream colored brazilian-it looks so sweet they should name a donut after it! But I wouldn’t eat it.
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I usually give people the benefit of the doubt but I guarantee you that the receptionist told him how long you had been there and that you would be right back from the pharmacy. He knew the complete eye exam would take a lot longer than your contact lens exam but he took that guy anyway.
He sounds like a dick and a control freak to me. You were right to leave, you should write a letter to Wal-Mart and I feel sorry for that poor receptionist.
Would you like to know how I really feel???
BTW ~ how does the Wizard of Conjugal Vodoo work for ya?
Becka= sorry hon!! no pics=(
Micki= we want pics of the new tatt hehe !!
tCj= burned, what got burned hon???
Brighton= hiya sweetie!!
Kristin= would a picture of my butt be better? hahaha!!
My Demon Queen= hehe oooo you are sooo bad!! thank ya love!!
tricia= you temptress!! *smooches*~!!! you might not eat but i might want tooooo
Laurie= hi sweetie!!! he is a dick.period. hehe!!!
Seamus=
that sounds like a cool title!! the Wiz…. hahahaha…
5ive
6ix
The tattoo pic is up…you just didn’t drop by last night.
you walk out like you did, you don’t have time to correct every moron you meet 7. No one does, so you find someone who knows what the F is up.
Shit this is a hard position for me. I work in an Orthopaedic office and we double, triple, and quadruple book our patients. For several reasons that I wont bore you with.
I would have stomped out too, but not without making a big scene first. I am just as impatient as you described yourself, especially at the doctor. You’re right, you’re paying them - like hiring them for their service. It’s not a charity thing. What a fuckstick! I hope you found a new doc that appreciates your buisness and respects your time.