My ra raa RAHHHH for the day ;)

Why is it that-

When the sign says we close at 12  people RUSH into the carpark…at 12.02 ..ie we are sweeping the floors and closing the windows…everything has been counted balanced put away and turned off. The last available appointment is- 11.45. They then  proceed to stand in the window and frown and hold on to their sides  like they have appendicitis or are going to give birth to a baby or something.

You

Had

All

Morning.

But obviously, mines a  a job where a closing time is non existent so….my babysitter develops a headache because she wanted to leave at 12.30 to go look after her own kids but now…I'm running late. My receptionist is grumpy because not only is it the time I need now to see someone but all the closing procedures have to be repeated. Count, balance, put away, turn of. Been there, done that. ALREADY. My kids get to see LESS OF ME..and more of the TV. Because –you decided to come at 12 and not before 12. The phone even dares to ring and a sulky voice on the other side goes “eeeaaaaa….you guys close at 12?a ea?....” to which the answer is obviously YES. Then they go “mmmm…ua ke'a le sefulu lua a ea?   eaaaaaaaa….mafai ga ou laku pea loa le kaimi gei fai vave a saka kalavai?’’…..

leeeeaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiii

Why is it that.

People do not see the hysteria and comic of their actions when they come to see me for the first time (ie their file is BLANK) and they pronounce…”FAAFOU  IFO KA FUALAAU KOKO”…and then when asked what they take the proceed to go “KAILO- e pa’epa’e lapokopoko le fualaau”- do you take Panadol for your BP?? Oh wait maybe Metformin?? Oh but septrin looks like that too…goodness grief there are a million white round tabs and you are one person whos been drinking this pill from a packet with a label for 5 years dont know what its called....even a cizzzaaa-something I can do (and I get alot too) but a kailo?? ok...I'm gonna write that on your script.

Go

Learn

Your

Tablets

Names.

Fullstop.

Why is it that.

I go on holiday for a few weeks and then come back to a hoard of angry patients. Most of the convos go like this “ia, well I ran out of my BP pills and now  I have nothing so of course my Bp is UP”- followed by a glare that  kinda looks like a ‘its all your fault’ kind of glare….then a “So I came for a repeat script and YOU WERE NOT HERE”- say it loud incase I didn’t hear or know, that I-was-not-here

Many conversations like this and I was actually saying sorry. Hold up.

Take

Charge

Of

Your

Own

Health

Ie- use another dr the hospital etc….a ou oki ga a lea??? I did have a notice up for a month before I left to which only 2 people were pro-active enough to come get future scripts.

Just a couple of white hair moments..nothing like being welcomed back to Savaii hamo style.