I want to be left alone (2024)

My boomeritis flares up when I’m asked to “confirm” my appointment. It was confirmed when we made it. Are you asking me to “re-confirm” the appointment ? Now I’m not sure if we had one to begin with.

No I don’t want to confirm it. I want to show up and have you ready , like you’re supposed to

boomeritis! I have never read this before and I love it.

Mumble: "We have 3 pm on Tuesday available, would you like that to be booked for you"

Me: Yes please

Mumble: "I'm sorry, that time is not available, can we find you another time that would suit"

Me: Why you little....

And don't tell me I have an appointment for 2pm so I should show up at 1:45pm. That means the appointment is at 1:45pm. Just say so.

I legitimately wish there was an option for: "I show up for my appointments 100% of the time and I'll agree in advance to pay a giant fee if I ever don't show up, if you promise not to bother me with appointment confirmations every time".

They're just calling to see if you're still coming in, or if you've canceled and didn't notify them. It happens all the time, or they wouldn't waste their time calling.

My friend who is single says that if people don't reconfirm the date the day of then it's presumed to be cancelled. She had a guy just not show up because she didn't confirm the day of the date or the day before. She was like... we just set the date on Wednesday!

I think because flaking/bailing has become so common people this is expected now. Maybe with appointments this carries over, although I'm sure with high cancellation fees and strict policies they can mitigate a bit.

I had to show up for something 10 minutes early or else the appointment would be cancelled (at least according to the form). Kind of defeats the purpose of setting the time I chose.

I know you have boomeritis, and I’m sympathetic. But! In the US, no-show rates for medical appointments can exceed 20%. In practices that have a waitlist, which is also common, that’s a lot of unnecessary waiting for folks further down the waiting list, and a lot of money off the table for the practice for that day. Appointment confirmation messages, while annoying, are practically a necessity.

Suffocated by the bottom decile

Suffocated by the bottom decile. Stop pandering to the LCD

And they are always late , besides. Tons of staff playing on the computer doing nothing , yet somehow never on time

You better get there early for them, but they are never on time for you. It’s arrogant as hell and I resent it

There used to be

I’m flattered. But be careful once it flares up there’s no remedy .

This happened just yesterday for a critical (I mean life or death) appt