The rains came down and the floods came up
Like never before, I sure was glad I drive a 4WD today. Around 7:30 this morning we had a deluge and by the time I left at 8:30 the roads were flooded. Driving down the main road through Warnbro was like driving in a river - it was up to a foot deep in places. Broken down cars were littered everywhere, and as often happens in bad weather, everyone went a little bit crazy and put on a display of insane driving. Owen was stressing in the back seat but with 4WD engaged I felt secure and almost found myself enjoying the adventure.
Not surprisingly though, half my patients so far this morning haven’t shown up. I’m prepared to let the weather and the roads stand as a valid excuse, but such was not the case yesterday, when I had 8 out of 30 booked appointments fail to show. That’s a quarter of my day wasted. Not only a waste of my time and a loss of income, but it deprives other patients of the chance to get an appointment, which is a big deal in our current climate with a shortage of doctors. More and more now I’m getting complaints from my regular patients that they just can’t get in to see me when they need to and have to settle for someone else. Having a quarter of wasted appointments does not help.
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