it's always a good idea to call the doctor's office and inform them even if you're only running a little bit late. then they won't no-show you for sure. :)

You can come over here and I'll examine your breasts -- no waiting! The good news is that if you pass, I'll perform several other medical examinations on you as well. You'll find my rates quite reasonable, but I only take cash and sexual favors. Satisfaction guaranteed** **mine, that is, if you're not happy, contact the administrator of your GTFO.

You had an appointment that you missed, it doesn't matter if it was by five minutes or five hours. You should have called. It's their job to provide a medical service, not to make special allowances for you over every other patient that actually bothered to show up on time for their appointment. If you'd checked in properly, they would have had to have your information in front of them to verify that you had an actual appointment to begin with. It doesn't make any sense that your information would have been in the no-show pile unless you equate checking in to simply writing your name on a sign in sheet and wandering off without speaking to anyone.

I don't get it

I once got to an appointment on time, then waited to check in for 10 minutes behind a woman who couldn't find her information. When I got to the window, the receptionist told me I would have to wait extra because I 'missed' my appointment, when I had been standing there the whole time.

hate it when people forget things

ever heard of calling if you're gonna be late?

YDI for being late

To everyone who commented on this FML...I was the one who posted it. Given that I only had 300 characters to write my FML, didn't really get to explain it properly and the way it is worded does make it sound like my fault. Basically, the whole story goes like this. I left 40 mins early for the appointment that was only maximum 20 mins away from my house. I looked up parking costs on the hospitals website before, and it said it would cost me $4 max for any amount of time. I got there, only to find that parking was actually $7, which I didn't have on me. I had to find a free park, which ended up being about a 10 mins walk up the street. Hence, I was late. Then when I got there, I explained what had happened, asked them if I was still on the list and they said yes, it was all fine and that the wait was usually long. Hence, I didn't think anything of it when I was waiting for quite a while. So yes, I should have been on time, but techinically the rest was not my fault. Thanks for all the comments though :)

Alright we do understand you! :)