http://www.nittanyturkey.com/archives/2006/04/19/123/ Mostly about Penn State football, this is a tale told by idiots, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.nittanyturkey.com/archives/2006/04/19/123/comment-page-1/#comment-3198 The Nittany Turkey » Blog Archive » The Hose Thu, 01 Jun 2006 12:17:09 +0000 http://www.mrbig.com/tnt/archives/2006/04/19/123/#comment-3198 [...] As The Redhead postulated in her excellent rant, Dealing with Doctors: The Third Circle of Hell, it is not possible to schedule our illnesses to be convenient for our doctors’ offices. I suppose the alternatives to making that accommodation are twofold: 1) get sicker until they’re damn good and ready to see me, or 2) call 911. [...] [...] As The Redhead postulated in her excellent rant, Dealing with Doctors: The Third Circle of Hell, it is not possible to schedule our illnesses to be convenient for our doctors’ offices. I suppose the alternatives to making that accommodation are twofold: 1) get sicker until they’re damn good and ready to see me, or 2) call 911. [...]

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]]> http://www.nittanyturkey.com/archives/2006/04/19/123/comment-page-1/#comment-1518 The Nittany Turkey Thu, 20 Apr 2006 02:52:19 +0000 http://www.mrbig.com/tnt/archives/2006/04/19/123/#comment-1518 The Turkey can't express an opinion about male gynecologists, because I've never had one, but I categorically agree with the rest of your Redheaded Rant. Those voice menu telephone systems that start with, "If you're calling about a medical emergency, please hang up and dial 911..." seem to be designed to allow as few people as possible to get through to the receptionist, who will immediately put the caller on hold, anyway. It's a process of elimination sort of thing: Do you have a medical emergency? Yeah? Go away. Do you want a prescription called in? Go talk to our message machine. Are you another doctor? Press or say option '3' and get right through. Hmmmm. If you want anything else, please hold for the first available representative....[five minutes later] Who are you holding for? "Anyone!" OK, one moment. <busy signal> <dial tone></dial></busy> The Turkey can’t express an opinion about male gynecologists, because I’ve never had one, but I categorically agree with the rest of your Redheaded Rant. Those voice menu telephone systems that start with, “If you’re calling about a medical emergency, please hang up and dial 911…” seem to be designed to allow as few people as possible to get through to the receptionist, who will immediately put the caller on hold, anyway. It’s a process of elimination sort of thing: Do you have a medical emergency? Yeah? Go away. Do you want a prescription called in? Go talk to our message machine. Are you another doctor? Press or say option ’3′ and get right through. Hmmmm. If you want anything else, please hold for the first available representative….[five minutes later] Who are you holding for? “Anyone!” OK, one moment.

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