Kafkaesque
Sep. 15th, 2023 07:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poliphilo Odd experience at the medical centre.
I went to the front desk, said I had an appointment to do a memory test and the cheerful lady told me I didn't have to book in, just go upstairs in the lift and wait. I did as told, found a notice in a windowless corridor that said Memory Assessment, sat on the chair directly under it and waited. Other people came and sat on nearby chairs; they all seemed to be having their eyes seen to by a busy young man in a blue uniform. A woman who looked to be a doctor - no uniform, no ID badge- walked past, wished me "Good morning", returned carrying a glass of water and shut herself back in her cubbyhole. Another woman poked her head out of an adjacent cubbyhole, looked around- like a mouse peeking out of its hole, then withdrew again. After over an hour of this I decided I had better things to do- and I really had- so I came away and did them...
I went to the front desk, said I had an appointment to do a memory test and the cheerful lady told me I didn't have to book in, just go upstairs in the lift and wait. I did as told, found a notice in a windowless corridor that said Memory Assessment, sat on the chair directly under it and waited. Other people came and sat on nearby chairs; they all seemed to be having their eyes seen to by a busy young man in a blue uniform. A woman who looked to be a doctor - no uniform, no ID badge- walked past, wished me "Good morning", returned carrying a glass of water and shut herself back in her cubbyhole. Another woman poked her head out of an adjacent cubbyhole, looked around- like a mouse peeking out of its hole, then withdrew again. After over an hour of this I decided I had better things to do- and I really had- so I came away and did them...
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Date: 2023-09-15 01:04 pm (UTC)If the latter, why didn't you go back downstairs and harangue the cheerful lady?
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Date: 2023-09-15 05:18 pm (UTC)I was going to have a word with the cheerful lady but when I got downstairs there was a long queue at her desk and I just wanted to get on with the rest of my life.