Why are the people who are clearly back-in-parking-challenged the ones who back into a spot?

Because they’re also back-out parking challenged?

Today I am a man!

That was awesome. Although super annoying to realize that little bit of grudging respect wouldn’t have been there had he realized you were a woman. I need to find a way to deal with these guys the way I deal with sexist hardware store employees. (I ask for a cheeseborough and when they don’t know what it is I explain that it is a clamp for holding two pieces of Schedule 40 pipe together. If the guy is a total asshole I get into fixed vs swivel.)

Today I am an asshole. At least according to the oh-so charming man who all but yanked me into the seat next to him when I really just wanted to go to the back of the bus like I usually do. An hour next to Mr. Hateful was the icing on top after a day of cranky and territorial people and a four-day headache. I think I need to go immerse myself in good stuff for awhile.

the comment thread is a truly delicious feast of witless pomposity and "Why does the entire universe not bow down before the magnificent edifice that is my colossal cock?" pity partying.

Bwah! I adore you.

Thanks Matt. Now I want an absinthe spoon, but will make due with the spoons I have.

Oh yay, more doctor bashing, how I haven't missed you from this forum.

It's my experience. And not just from one doctor. I have had good experiences with doctors too. I've never said "all doctors suck".

But whatever. I'll add "frustration with how I've been treated by most doctors I've seen" to the growing list of Shit I Can't Talk About Here. I don't want to make anyone feel bad.

I don't want to make anyone feel bad.

Because that must be avoided, no matter what. Description of authentic personal experience aside.

If doctors are spending an average of seven minutes with each patient, are there so few patients like me getting decent amounts of time? Is that study general practitioners only, or does it include any sorts of specialists?

My doctor (general practitioner) spends a decent amount of time with me, although as I type this, I'm not actually sure it's more than 7 minutes. I guess it's more that he *does* listen to me and generally provides good care to me. Maybe that makes it *feel* like a longer amount of time.

I think the "seven minutes average per patient" is for doctors working in HMOs. Maybe only general practitioners, but I'd say, again based on my experience, not. But it's an average. It's not like there's a clock that starts when they walk in the room.

It's not like there's a clock that starts when they walk in the room.

I kind of want to check, now, though. Start the stopwatch on my phone or something.

t edit I'm not trying to be contrary or kerfuffle for the hell of it; I'm serious about wanting to time Awesome Doc, because I'm just curious.

My migraine and sleep doctors spend a fair amount of time with me--ten minutes or up. Pain doc sends in a felllow who might eat the seven minutes themselves, but he never clocks that much time. GP...he has a way of making you feel like you are the only person in the universe, plus he writes some of your stuff up before you leave, so you don't just make an appointment as you go, but you get a whole sheet of instructions including tests you need to take, written list of prescription changes--it's really useful for my sieve-like brain.

The evaluation I had with the new migraine doctor (the one I'm not seeing because he's not covered and he wants me to spend 3 weeks in Michigan) made me wonder how he normally operates. He dictated his notes with me in the room, which was a good way for me to get a summary of everything we'd discussed, but had a pretty weird vibe. He definitely went over seven minutes.

From googling the number seven, I saw un-cited claims of seven minute visits nd one article that said it was a target (and that was reprinted at least once).

Oh, hey, my depression lifted for like seven hours today! It was great to know what I could be feeling like! Now I want to either drink myself into a coma or go punch things that break. It's a good thing I don't have any friends around here. I might end up being a little annoying tonight. Of course, I've never really had any friends I could call at midnight in a weepy drunken angry self-pitying haze, so I don't actually know what I would do if I had some friends to annoy right now. I mean, it's not like I don't have any friends, but they have jobs and/or children and they live in different time zones, and it would be bad of me to call them at this hour just because I hate everything and I want someone to lie and tell me it'll be all right. So I'll post here instead and probably delete it as soon as I sober up.