I was at a doctor’s office somewhere in the fucking Valley and the pricks in there kept staring at me. What’s the problem? Then complaining that my cell phone was too loud. I was setting the caller ID ringtone, moron. I had 2 hours to fucking kill before I got to see the doctor. So the next time you sit in a god damn room full of sick and dying people, keep your fucking eyes to yourself. Thanks. —The next visit will be with sunglasses on
This article appears in Jan 20-26, 2011.
OP, are you sure it wasn’t a vet’s office….being the Valley and all. People down there can smell fresh meat and anything outside of their gene pool gets them all agitated. Were any of them named Goler?
You were playing with your cell phone in a doctors office…sorry I would stare at you too. Cell phones are annoying especially when your already on edge sitting in a doctors office waiting for your appointment. Not everyone can find enjoyment out of watching you go through different ring tones. be a little bit more considerate then people won’t stare at you like your an idiot
dear jebus, if all it took was some fucking sunglasses to shut yer yap, you should have used 15 mins of the 2 hour wait time you had to get a stupid pair.
Why don’t you tell them how and when they’re supposed to take a shit while you’re at it.
If ever a bitch called for a “Jersey Shore” reference, this is it. Sorry Snookie, I just can’t lower myself to make one.
You DO know that people will still be able to see you if you put sunglasses on right OP? My daughter used to have the same disillusion….. she figured that if she closed her eyes or covered them with her hands she would become invisible. Of course, I catered to her belief but she grew out of it. Perhaps THAT is something you can discuss with the doctor…..
Oh, and why did you feel the need to set your ringtone in a doctor’s office waiting room- quite possibly the quietest place on this earth…. People were likely staring at you trying to give you a hint to shut off your friggin phone and pick up a Flare magazine from 2008 like normal people do.
While I agree that the OP sounds like they were being super annoying in a quiet place, whenever I go into a dr’s office people do always stare…I think it’s just because there aren’t many places to look and there’s no way I’m touching those snotty, cough-juice covered magazines. Most times I play with my phone but it’s on silent in places like that because I’m sure most people there wouldn’t appreciate my Daft Punk ringtone and chirps from Angry Birds :)! You want to know the absolute worst place for people staring? THE AIRPORT. I actually call it the stareport. I don’t know what it is but this is the only place where it seems everyone is staring all the time. They’re probably just trying to figure out if you’re a terrorist or something.
Any doctor’s office I have been in has signs asking you to not use your phone. I bet this office had the same sign, which is why people were probably staring at you.
I’ll put it as plainly as possible. When people are at the doctor’s office, it is because they have health problems. People with health problems are already feeling poorly and listening to annoying sounds just increases their misery. Perhaps the doctor’s office is not the best location for this. Annoying personal activities are best kept to the privacy of one’s own home. Some people don’t want to listen to a stranger selecting ring choices anywhere. Consideration for others is the key.
Haha last week I had a doc appt and while I had been waiting for about an hour with a packed room full of people waiting, this super self-important guy waltzes in and actually cuts off the receptionist to look at a message coming on his blackberry. He had a suit on and a brief case and reeked of ego. Anyway, when he was done signing in they told him to sit down and he said “oh. i have to wait?”
No, asshat. You’re obviously more important than the rest of us waiting here for hours for our appointments, so go right on in.
Guy’s either the biggest jerkwad in history or really fucking dense.
And he probably heard me and my mom and the lady beside us chime in under our breaths “asshole” at the same time 😛
so, you’re another self centered, entitled little bitch, that has to have their own way, fine. just don’t go to a doc’s office with your stupid crackberry making a bunch of noises that you call ringtones. i have heard some of that shit, and would dearly love to shove it up some asses. but they already have their heads there, because they can’t seem to fathom, that really, not fucking everyone thinks your crap is cool, cute, funny, or even fucking music.
so o.p., if you have to use a phone, go the fuck somewhere, where you won’t elicit stares of disgust or indignation, from others that yes, are around you too.
Yeah OP sounds like an asshole.
I stare everywhere. lol…I can’t help myself…I try not to make it obvious…so when I’m stuck in a situation like this I play brick breaker on my phone.
oh, and by the way o.p., didn’t you know where you were. get off your phone, then maybe next time, you WILL know where you are in the valley.
Haha RC…. I have to admit that I am a people watcher… although I just take in all sights around me. I am interested in everything it seems. Perhaps sometimes I may seem a little creepy when the person who happens to catch my glance looks up to see me looking back at them…. it’s even more awkward when later on it happens again. Honestly- I don’t stare! It’s just you can only go up and down the line of people sitting on the bus for so long before having to repeat again… LOL
i like the stareport mel…tho you have to use sweeping motions with your head and wander around with your hands behind your back. then people think you know something they don’t, which you don’t
Ah yes… bumfuck nowhere…. beware of this tune ~;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yt9R0I3gSk…
I swear Real Chick, I always go to “like” your comments… then I realize I’m a moron, and this isn’t facebook. BUT, I wish I coudl like comments on here. I almost always agree with you 🙂
✔✔✔ big check marks could work feu pourpre^^
oohh I like that idea… but I don’t know how to do it PG
depends on the machine, i guess. go to edit, scroll down to special characters and if a window pops up you can just drag the symbols into your open bitch window〷⬆⬅℧®
Hey Op, if being stared at while you’re doing something annoying bothers you– give up your doctor! I’ve been living in NS for 4 years now and still don’t have a doctor… I’d like one… I will gladly take your place. Twit!
my doc is cool rosie. dr. salih in clayton park.
^^^ I gotz me the same doc, Suckers :O
The ONLY thing that bothers me intensely about her is her wait times are soooooooooooooooooooo long. She’s a great doc, but they’ve gotta stop booking her appointments so close together (or double booking). I also think she has too many patients because it takes forever to get an appointment with her. But if it’s an emerg she’ll do everything she can to see you. And she doesn’t rush you out of the office, either.
Plus, if she can’t get you in, the other docs in the practice will see you. The other docs are really good too 🙂
yeah ktty, she is awesome, have you seen her little one yet, reall cute? she came in shortly after the birth, when i was there. yeah guys, we are now going to become a daycare here too.cahill is okay, powers is better, but daiwoo is real good too. seems to me the only good docs are female? hhhhhhmmmmmmmmm?
i have a female doctor, she still makes house calls
I have a female Dr…Dr Watson Clayton Park – I love her!!
Miss PFire – I try to do the same thing with the “like” comment.
Miss Painy….I can’t remember how to do the hearts so there’s no way Ill figure out the check marks. I’m losing my mind lately.
Jonno…you are creepy staring guy aren’t you??? lol. jk
Dawood is wonderful, Suckers. She has her walls full of pictures of her pediatric patients. I think she takes a lot of kids and babies. I also heard that she’s the doc who is always in when the office opens and stays until they close at 8pm. I was originally her patient, but ended up as a patient at the MSVU clinic because it was more convenient, and after I graduated, I just went to Dr Salih because my parents did and they had great things to say. When I saw her for the first time, she gave me her number and said to call her whenever I need to 🙂
My GP, who learned her craft in one of the Eastern bloc’s more disfunctional dictatorships has the walls of her office adorned with pics of her and the babies she’s delivered. In one, she’s holding the newborn up by the feet like a trophy bass. Daddy must be a fisherman. Lolz >: )
The only female doctor I had that wasn’t wonderful was in the Valley. When I was diagnosed with diabetes when I was a teenager I was having a bit of a hard time getting the knack of the whole insulin/bloodsugar control thing and, unhappy with my progress, told me I was “going to have [my] legs chopped off when [I’m] 30” and if I ever wanted to have kids I’d be in “piss pour condition to do so.” I had been on insulin for a month and I was trying! FUCK.
And she was always trying to get me on birth control pills. One time, when I was 20, I might add, she asked my dad to come in because he’s diabetic as well (though he has a different type so I have no idea why she figured he’d be any use) and she started asking me about being sexually active and whether or not I should be on birth control! With my FATHER in the room. Good grief. Dad was uncomfortable as I was, and it really played to her level of professionalism.
I miss my doctor from CB…. She was amazing and I had been seeing her since I was 5. She knows me inside and out as a patient and when I am there I feel like she genuinely cares about me. I went in for an infection I had after not being in for about a year…. she saw I had put on weight and immediate started discussing (almost scolding me!) how I could get it off, listing the many potential problems I could run into. She wrote me up a referral for weight watchers and said for me to come back in so she could follow up. She almost forgot to write me up a prescription for antibiotics… LOL.
By the way RC…. I am afraid I cannot deny being creepy staring dude…. hahaha. It’s true I do love looking at people…. 😉
OP. Getting your CAS (Chronic Annoyance Symdrome) checked out?
yes kitty, i have seen her wall of baby pics. is way cool too. she takes her time with the wee ones, and i think that only once, i ever heard one cry from a shot or such.
when dr. salih gives you a needle, it’s over before you een know it. i have never even felt it puncture the skin, not even once.
ah yes, the house calls, i remember a doc in truro who used to do that, he died last year i think. dr. stanley was one of a dying breed, and up until about 3 months before he passed on, he was still making house calls. now that is devotion to his patients.
sugar, holy shit, don’t get me started on sugar, i love my sweet things, even some of the bitchers here. but in all seriousness, i should be a diabetic, i ingest about 2 pounds of the white stuff a day, in one form or other.am i hyper, not really. i suffer from a thing called resersed hyperactivity, only about 1 in 2 or 3 million get it. have to have sugar to calm me down. you can tell by some of the stuff i write here, and the time of day, that i need a boost of it.
so i’m guessing you like your coffee to be triple triple^^
actually painy, i drink it black, same as tea, when i partake of that. i like to have the taste of what i eat or drink. i don’t pile crap on hamburgers, or sandwiches either, to overpower the thing that it is made of.
so other than the obvious what kind of sweets do you like? ever since my ma had surgery, i start jonesing for a cuppa tea every afternoon. it’s a lovely break, i can go over and prattle on and we love it
timbits, cake, cookies, pies, and all kind of shit with sugar, caramel, or honey in it. and flavoured panties too, of course.