My patience with being patient while waiting to be the patient is waning.  Did you get that?

How long are you willing to wait for a doctor?  These days, my answer is less and less.

Of course, sometimes there are emergencies. Frankly, if I were the patient with the emergency I would hope the others in the waiting room would be understanding too.

The problem, however, is when the exception swallows the rule.  If every time I visit the same doctor I wait for an exorbitant time, something is wrong.  Is my time less valuable than theirs?  Sometimes, maybe.  Most times, not.

I will give anyone the benefit of the doubt, probably more often than I should.   But if I’m waiting too long too often, the door calls my name  -- never to return again.

Do you have a waiting room breaking point?