This may not be the very first thing you see if you were to walk into my office, but it's taped to the waiting room entrance/exit door to get your attention. Yes, it's there because so many patients would stand in front of that door, and then were either hit by the door or by the person coming out that they still failed to acknowledge. I have come to loathe this sign just on sight. It represents everything that I cannot stand about my job as a whole. I don't know about you, but I have a low tolerance for stupid. I try to even use the word sparingly, because I think it's seriously over-used. I can honestly say that I don't make it to 10 am before someone is hit by that door, and I'm left hitting my head against my desk.
Being a non-traditional college student, it's a common question for me to get asked just why I felt compelled to go back to school. Yes, timing is everything, but it's also not a coincidence that I'm working where I am and here I am back in class trying to finish my degree. Most physician's receptionists that I know, have been in this line of work for many years and I only managed for two years before I knew there needed to be a light at the end of the tunnel.
This week alone I've had a patient slam her book down on the counter, because I kept her waiting for 30 seconds while I was on the phone. Oh and did I mention that in her day job she's a Nun? Note to self: Do not ignore a Sister. A couple hours later in the very same day, a patient wanted to show off her new tattoo. She asked me if I wanted to see it, I said "No!", she pulled down her pants to reveal her lower hip until I would look in her direction. It was of a 'flirty turtle' by the way, I have no idea, that's just what the 60 yr old woman called it. That's only half the story, when she left the office, the exhibition queen insisted on lifting up her blouse to show the suspicious mole we were referring her to dermatology to remove. Ever had this happen to you? Trust me when I say, they don't pay me nearly enough to deal with this level of crazy/stupid.
Obvious signs always manage to make me rage. It's like, have we really come this far as a species only to realize that standing in the middle of a doorway is probably not the best idea? People can be so clueless. Yes, the peanut MnMs probably contain, you guessed it, peanuts. If you have an allergic reaction, how is it the company's fault just because you're apparently illiterate? Even worse is when obvious things are in plain sight, like your sign, and people still manage to screw it up.
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