This week, we'll be discussing something that is a necessary evil, even if we all try to avoid it at all costs: going to the doctor.No matter how healthy you are or how well you take care of yourself, you're going to end up at some kind of doctor at some point.Doctors' offices are full of gripe-worthy material.(iStock)And while I appreciate what they do — you know, keeping me alive — I never leave the doctor, eye doctor, or dentist without some complaints.WAIT...
WHO IS ACTUALLY USING HIGHWAY REST STOP BBQ GRILLS?Though, in fairness, it's rare I leave anywhere without some complaints.I mean, I am the Gripe Report guy."Thanks for calling.I'll go ahead and get that scheduled." ...See how easy that should be?! (iStock)You’d think that scheduling a visit should be the easiest part of going to the doctor.I thought this too until recently.For my entire adult life to this point, making an appointment was as simple as making a phone call.
Now an app has been thrown into the mix, and I wish that was the end of the problem, but it isn’t.My doctor told me to make a follow-up virtual appointment (more on those in a second), and he originally told me the ladies at the front desk would handle this by calling me.FROM GYM INJURIES TO TOP-40 MYSTERIES, THESE ARE FIVE TELLTALE SIGNS YOU ARE PAST YOUR PRIMEThey did not.I wrote them a message in the app, and was told to call the office.So, I called my doctor’s office, but while this is the "front desk" number, it actually goes to some call center for the wider health system.That’s usually not a problem, but for some reason it was this time when I said I needed to schedule a virtual appointment.The lady on the phone was helpful until I said it was supposed to be a virtual appointment, because at that point she just completely froze and told me the front desk would reach out to me and do it.I was getting so sick of this that I knew it was inevitable that the front desk would not call and I’d have to do this same song and...