# My doctor is missing

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doctor-is-missing/212830>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 12, 2003, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doctor-is-missing/212830 "2003-11-12T16:05:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doctor-is-missing/212830/1 "2003-11-12T16:05:20Z")

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I went to my doctors for a repeat perscription of the pill, which I got. Later I checked my phone and found out the doctor wanted me to call him. Which I did. Turned out he’d gone home for the day. They asked me to call him back tomorrow afternoon. Which I did. He was with someone so he couldn’t come to the phone. I phoned AGAIN and this time the receptionist didn’t even bother to answer the phone.

Would you bother to phone back a 4th time?

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**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doctor-is-missing/212830/2 "2003-11-12T16:07:02Z")

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I just phoned again. Better make that -

would you call a 5th time?

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**Author:** ![rekkah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee59a6/32.png) [@rekkah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rekkah)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doctor-is-missing/212830/3 "2003-11-12T18:55:08Z")

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I’d leave a message asking for him to call you back. It does kind of turn it into a game of tig, but it’s clearly going to be difficult for you to call at a time when he’s free.

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**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doctor-is-missing/212830/4 "2003-11-12T19:05:13Z")

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I did just that. Thanks. And he already called me back. Hurrah!

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**Author:** ![rekkah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee59a6/32.png) [@rekkah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rekkah)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doctor-is-missing/212830/5 "2003-11-13T18:12:03Z")

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🙂