Dr appointmet

[Karen]

That's one reason I order glasses online - so much cheaper, that it doesn't matter! Frames for $8 can break if they want, but when I paid $400 - $600, I would have been furious!

[Bonny]

That's one reason I order glasses online - so much cheaper, that it doesn't matter! Frames for $8 can break if they want, but when I paid $400 - $600, I would have been furious!

Not only that but I heard one of the (technician/sales ladies) tell an old man the same thing. My husband asked for his prescription lenses paper just in case & planned to go else where if they broke the glasses getting the lenses in. They got them in without breaking the frames. It is sell, sell, sell to any sucker they can sucker. There were at least 5 techs., that we saw helping with the eye exams including the (2) receptionists. You get to see a REAL EYE DOCTOR for about 15 minutes. Then they try to push a bunch of other tests on you & I asked the cost up front. I had the tests & got to see the results, eye balls with a bunch veins running through them. Besides that they are going to build a NEW building the old one isn't good enough. So they have to Sell, Sell, Sell, got to pay for that new building.

[Freedom]

Marigold:

EXCELLENT list! I've seen similar in the past. Yup, I do all that, AND for my Dad as well as me!

We tend to arrive early as I am dealing w/ a dementia patient / parent. Getting him to move is a SLOW process. We start about 3 hours before the appt time. If we happen to get there 15 minutes early, GREAT, we will sit and wait, we don't mind. Just be sure to let me know where the men's room is, old men with uncontrolled diabetes (and all those other ailments you see on his computerized medical record) gotta go about every 25 minutes.

We tend to arrive early EXCEPT when we arrive late; it happens. Again, I am dealing w/ a dementia patient. Sometimes, he just sits and refuses to move for half an hour. If we will be more than 15 minutes late, I call to let you know and ask if you want us to come or reschedule; thankfully, Dad's docs and staff do understand about dementia and can usually fit us in same day. If we are bumped by an hour, hey I understand; but we are going to just keep moving to get there, arrive early for the new time, and sit and wait -- I can't afford to have him sit down and get stubborn again!


Let me tell you about our dogs and cats . . . . .

[Marigold2]

On a daily basis we see someone such as your dad. Your job is endless and more difficult then most people know. And yes because of people such as your father we truly run behind, it is so difficult to exam these folks and no we will not rush them and no we will not rush you and your many questions, you have that right. And we don't get mad or upset, it is what we do. The only people that get upset are other patients that don't like to wait.
We deal with mostly elderly patients and surgery patients they take a while and have tons of questions about their upcoming surgery, thats ok.

Marigold:

EXCELLENT list! I've seen similar in the past. Yup, I do all that, AND for my Dad as well as me!

We tend to arrive early as I am dealing w/ a dementia patient / parent. Getting him to move is a SLOW process. We start about 3 hours before the appt time. If we happen to get there 15 minutes early, GREAT, we will sit and wait, we don't mind. Just be sure to let me know where the men's room is, old men with uncontrolled diabetes (and all those other ailments you see on his computerized medical record) gotta go about every 25 minutes.

We tend to arrive early EXCEPT when we arrive late; it happens. Again, I am dealing w/ a dementia patient. Sometimes, he just sits and refuses to move for half an hour. If we will be more than 15 minutes late, I call to let you know and ask if you want us to come or reschedule; thankfully, Dad's docs and staff do understand about dementia and can usually fit us in same day. If we are bumped by an hour, hey I understand; but we are going to just keep moving to get there, arrive early for the new time, and sit and wait -- I can't afford to have him sit down and get stubborn again!


Let me tell you about our dogs and cats . . . . .