Just a little bit more of maintenance before the trip, today was my scheduled cleaning at the dentist. I like to go early before work as to not miss out on “all the fun” in my office. Usually my appointments are at 7:30 and then I have enough time for the 30 minutes walk to work… but for some reason, some other idiots are starting to like the 7:30 slot and I was forced to take the 7am one… humpppffff.

On my last visit, I was reminded that the next appointment was at 7am and to not be late because if I am late, they won’t be able to take me as they cannot afford the domino effect that it would cause for the rest of the day… I get it, don’t be late… So this morning I left home at 6:20 and walked briskly to the the dentist office, I know it’s usually a half hour walk, but to not be late, I stepped on it a little more. I got there at 6:45 and to my surprise, the elevator didn’t go anywhere. I asked the security guard if he could let me up but he insisted that the elevators would start at 7am only unless I have a keypass… humpfffff. So I waited until 7am…

I finally got up, it was 7:01 on my trusted iPhone when I got to the 19th floor and the dentist office door was locked… humpffff. I knocked and knocked again… nothing. Finally, the receptionist comes in, it’s 7:05, she let’s me in and jokes that she’s going to shoot the hygienist that is in but didn’t unlock the door for her appointment. Great, not only is she going to be mad at the receptionist, but she’ll take it out on her first client of the day… humpfffff.

At 7:10, I’m still sitting in the waiting room…. huh, domino effect anyone? I can hear them all talking… ah, fuck it, I don’t care, I’m still going to be done before all the bozos coming in after me…

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humpffff!

At 7:16, she finally comes to greet me and take me in her torture room. She’s all smiles and niceness but doesn’t apologize. I’m debating if I should bring up that she made such a big deal about me being on time but then I looked at her and she’s fat, she’s suffered enough, she doesn’t need my acid tongue.

She compliments me on my gums (huh.. thanks I guess) when she’s done and tells me that I should really book the next 2 appointments right away because they book up so quickly these days… and this is what happened:

Me: We’ve done that last time, I booked the May and September appointments
Her: I know, but we should book December right away, it books really fast
Me: Ok, let’s do January instead not December
Her: I have January 12 at 7am
Me: Not that I have a problem with 7am, I’m an early riser, but since I got here before 7am this morning, I couldn’t come up, then I was worried about being late since you told me to make sure I was on time, then I had to wait at the door because no one was here before 7:05 and then I ended up waiting until after 7:15, so let’s do 7:30 instead.
Her: We don’t do 7:30 that day, I have 7:45 only.
Me: 7:45 is a bit late for me since I start at 8:30 and don’t want to be late, what do you have for 7:30?
Her: Nothing until Feb
Me: Ok, let’s book the 7:45 then
Her: That’s not available
Me: But you just told me about 4 seconds ago, it’s already gone?
Her: (silence) (keyboard typing) Oh, on January 12 it’s good, you want to book that one?
Me: Yes please, I don’t want to wait until February
Her: No, better book January right now, it will go away very quickly
Me: Apparently
Her: You know, you should count yourself lucky to have a job. There’s a lot of people without jobs right now
Me: Well, that works both ways, those with jobs come to the dentist more often (insert sounds of dust balls rolling over the dentist office)

After all this, she left to go get the dentist for him to check everything, I snucked out my phone and took a picture since I was noway going to ask her to take it… but I’m glad I got my dig in anyway. I chose the orange toothbrush, it’s DR’s favourite colour.

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Torture chair

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