who cares; its free. That's like turning down an average looking woman who would love to give you a ********.

That happens to me even when i do have an appointment. I've waited as long as an hour and a half for the doctor to get to me.

I think you're missing 23's point. He mentioned people arriving AFTER you. Even if you do have an appointed time, you still go in order of the sign in sheet.

Not always 31... I work for an Orthopedic surgeon and depending on what my doc is seeing the patient for we might take someone that arrived after someone else. For instance if were just removing sutures, we'll take that patient first cause we can get them in and out. But we don't make people wait like hours! Most we've ever been behind was an hour and most people reschedule cause they don't feel like waiting...

Actually, I've been in a similar situation. I had to wait a good hour and a half to be seen. Granted, I did go up and ask, and they were just very behind... anyway, there were people that arrived well after me that were seen before me. Assuming you're visiting a practice with multiple doctors, one doctor could be on time when your doctor isn't.

It's not the job of the person checking you in to verify that you actually have an appointment. It's their job to take your information (and co-payment if applicable) to make sure you get on the list to get called back. If you don't have an appointment, it's assumed by the nursing staff that you're a walk-in hoping they'll eventually have time to see you, therefore they don't run out to ask what you're doing there. It's the job of the patient to keep make and keep track of appointments.

actually it's normally the other way around, I'm a receptioinist and when drs run late we're out the front getting abused but as soon as they're called into the drs room they're nice as pie

is your pic the opening scene to a Porno or what?