Had a dermatologist appointment today. The receptionist asked me with a straight face if 2 PM on Tuesday in June of 2025 would work.
“No, I’ll be watching Dune 3.” Do you have a 3:45?
Honestly think it’s a fair question. Check your calendar. Maybe you had a wedding that day. Maybe you normally work from 8-5 and would prefer to go at 7am. Maybe you had vacation planned.
Who plans vacations nearly two years in advance?
Dental assistants, apparently
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I confidently answer “yes that’s perfect thank you so much” knowing full well that it is in fact not perfect every time
Look at Mr Fancy Pants over here, still got a dentist.
Basic healthcare is insanely fancy!
Morning or afternoon?
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I guess that’s better than what happened to me:
Went to the doctor for a raptured eat drum, the checkup (free of charge) was in two weeks but the secretary won’t take appointments unless it’s within the week, so when I called she said she was full and set up one for next week (how hard was doing that 2 weeks ago…). When I went for the appointment the doctor tired to charge me 1/2 of a regular visit since it took me way too long for the checkup…
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How’s Tuesday in April?
I’m at work.
What about Wednesday?
Still working
And Thursday?
Believe it or not, work.
I can do weekends.
No we’re not open on weekends.
At 2:15pm
It’s a dentist appointment…wait until 2:30
You can’t. They ask you to come 15 min in advance, so that doctor would be able to see you 45 minutes later.
It’s a dad joke. 2:30 = tooth hurty
4/13???
Good, I’m not the only Homestuck on Lemmy
Google calendar literally changed my life. They ask me if I’m available in 6 months, I am pulling up my calendar and adding that immediately. Now I know that on that day, I am booked for an hour.
I just wish the app wouldnt keep fucking changing to Day view instead of Month view
I feel the same way
I can recommend Business Calendar 2
I keep the month view as a whole page widget on my phone.
Same. Google Assistant is pretty good with calendar too. I now just say hey Google set an appointment for June 4th next year at 2pm called nostril doctor. And most of the time she listens
That’s socialized medicine for you.
I lived through that shit in Germany until I left, and I was almost gonna die because of it once. Now where I live, most my appointments are next day or two, including instant x ray, ultra sound, while MRI and CT takes 3-5 days at most.
I know people who waited for months to get an MRI in Europe. X ray easily takes 2 weeks if not months unless it’s an emergency.
I know gynecologist appointments for some people went for 6+ months.
I guess people made their choice. Enjoy the free medicine you always wanted. No hate. Just enjoyment. It’s just fun to watch.
That’s bad socialized medicine. But sure, private medicine is objectively better than underfunded socialized medicine, if you belong to the minority of people who can afford it. Congrats!
That’s capitalized medicine. When care must be profitable, that’s what you get. Rarity makes profit. The socialised part in the example only means that everyone suffers the same, unlike with full liberalism where the poors can die for the rich to benefit from the service.
I’m pretty sure they triage things. If you are actually going to die if you didn’t see a doctor immediately I don’t think they’d go no come back in 3 weeks.
