I really wanted to today! I had to wait in the waiting room for a little over 2 hours!

I waited once for about 3 hours past my appointment time. But, I preferred to wait than try and reschedule. Though, I do wish I'd had my gameboy.

Usually I'll only wait about 30-45 minutes unless I'm really sick, or my schedule is so tight in the next few days I know I cant' reschedule. I have had to leave because my doctor was very busy one day (flu season), and after about a 40-minute wait, I was seriously going to be late for an appointment at work. . .

I hardly ever have to wait. I think the longest I ever waited was 5 minutes.

i will normally wait untill i get tired or aggervated just depends on my mood, but when i was preg. i was waiting to see my OB and i had just got off of work and had already been waiting an hour and there were 2 more proplr in front of me so i got up and left and rescheduled

I usually wait it out, but my mom just leaves... I hate it, because you're sick and feel utterly miserable and you have to sit in this crowded room with babies yellin and toddler running everywhere... I just want to die.

It usually depends on a lot of factors. 1) How sick am I, or how sick is the patient. 2) How long there will be a wait for, after I have already gotten impatient. 3) If it can be rescheduled in a timely manner. 4) What kind of mood the kids are in if they are along. 5) What I have going on outside of the Dr. appt. Out in the office my limit is usually 45 minutes. I waited longer before, though. Sometimes I wait 45 minutes out in the waiting room, and then another half hour or so inside the little room. How seriously frustrating, especially with sick children.

I have never really had to wait more than 30 minutes. If it is taking longer than that and you are there because you are sick just throw up in front of the receptionist. I had my daughter at the doctor's office because she was ill with vomiting, etc. I asked a couple of times if there was a vacant room near the bathroom that we could wait in because my daughter was so ill. The receptionist said we would be shown to an exam room when it was our turn. Then my daughter threw up right in front of her desk. We got the room right away and the doctor came right in and saw her too.

I usually ask how long I must wait for her and if it were too long, I would go for a walk until then.

I am perfectly willing to patiently sit and wait for no more than a half-hour. After that, if I have NOT been informed by the doctor's reception staff that there was an immediate emergency which the doctor had to attend, I will not only leave (not ever in a huff), but I WILL send them a bill for MY TIME for anything over an hour, which is completely reasonable and respectful. I will bill them for anything over an hour that I had to wait, especially if no one addressed not only myself waiting, but others waiting in the waiting room! We are ALL held to professional standards in the practice of business, doctor or no! I will also include a tasteful, very respectful written letter which offers suggestions that may prevent this occurrence in the future, not only for my account but for the other patients. This may include requesting the doctor's office to begin calling patients scheduled for the following day. ( I understand this is one of the reasons doctors do over-book, as they do not know who will actually keep an appointment made!) Also, if this is implemented into their office procedure, I personally have no problem of them collecting a no-show fee, with the exception of real emergencies, which can be verified. I believe frankly, that until 'we the people' in these situations do not only take action surrounding 'over-booking,' these professionals will not take US as equally valuable as professionals, whether that is as 'home-maker' or 'industry giant.' There is a certain myth that doctors are 'more important' than the rest of us. Except for emergencies, as stated, indeed we are equally important as well. Most of us schedule our days with the understanding that we are to be held responsible for our agreed upon actions or the lack of them. I do not hold that there are any exceptions.

I will wait as long as I have to unless I have somewhere I have to be. I love my doctor and that means more to me than anything. Having a doctor that you like and trust is awesome. When you see him.. he sits and chats with you and you never feel rushed. He LISTENS..which some doctors find hard to do. He addresses anything you need addressed and you never leave feeling like it was a waste of time even for a simple checkup. There are doctors that I know who have their appts scheduled every ten minutes. I know this for a fact. They rush through every patient to see as many as they can a day. They will schedule you for blood work to pacify things to put you off for another day. There are many.. many many many tricks doctors pull nowadays.. some to make more money.. some because they are overwhelmed with clients.. there are WAY more patients in this world than doctors and seeing us all has to be a bit mind blowing. Waiting is hard because I am impatient but with my doctor I know that he is truly into his work and when it comes my turn.. he will give me the same attention as the person before me.