I finally gave in to peer pressure and went to see the doctor about my eye. So a quick in/out to get it confirmed I have conjunctivitis and need drops, get a prescription, and sorted, all under 10 minutes.
So I’m standing outside the door to the doctors, prescription in hand with a decision to make.
- Go to my normal Chemists (When I say normal, I’d not been there in 20 odd years) Which means a drive to the local village, park wherever I can, walk to Chemists and collect my drops.
- Walk the 3 paces from my doctors door to the Chemists next door.
So I settle on the next door Chemists, Wander in and hand over my prescription. The chemist wandered off to her terminal
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Chemist 1: “You’ve never been here before!“
Me: “I never been ill before“
So she starts to enter my details into the computer
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Chemist 1: “How do you get to the next bit of the address, its wont go there?“
Chemist 2: “err you hit that button, then type there“
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Chemist 3: “you just move the mouse over there!“
Chemist 1: “oh the mouse!“
So they finally get my details entered into the computer, print off the labels, and come to give me my drops.
Chemist 1: “Here you go, sorry but your address printed out wrong, and you cant really read it”
Me: “err, its ok, I know where i live!“
so. Doctors = 10 minutes, Chemists = 30minutes
Is it just me? Or does everyone else have these same problems?
