11/22/2020
𝙏𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮 has𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙨 (𝘼𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮, 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙏𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙙𝙖𝙮)
This week I had planned on getting my wisdom tooth taken out, so I called and was told I could come in before a specific time Monday through Thursday as a walk-in, so I planned on going in on Wednesday. So in preparation, I cleared my calendar for two days, Wednesday and Thursday.
Wednesday comes, and something told me to call before going in. So I did, and I spoke to a guy, and he said to me that the place I was going to doesn't accept walk-ins. And that I would have to go to a different location if I wanted to do a walk-in. I asked him serval times if he was sure, and he was like he was positive. But the good news (I thought) is he said he could book an appointment for tomorrow. so HE TAKES MY INSURANCE (this will be important for later) and finishes booking me. So I'm like great, I have the day off anyway.
Fast forward to the next day, it's 30 degrees, and the dental office is close but too far from a subway. So I decided to bike and forgot my gloves, so now I'm freezing in the street with a mild toothache, dehydrated because you can't eat or drink before, in the streets with the psychopath drivers of NYC. And I had the nerve to think to myself... "This can't get worse." BOY was I wrong. I walked in and immediately got the vibe that things weren't going to run smoothly. You know that feeling when you walk into somewhere and feel like you're going to be there for a while. Well, I was wrong, I wasn't there for very long at all. Soon as I got to the front desk to check-in, the lady asked me when my appointment was, looked me up, and asked for my insurance to THEN TELL ME... "The doctor you're scheduled with doesn't take that insurance." I honestly thought I was having hearing problems, so I asked her to repeat herself about 5x before hitting a 7 out 10 on the angry black man rage scale (nobody got hurt lol). After explaining how poorly run the business was, I left and biked home in the cold.
Now I can slightly laugh at the situation despite all the time wasted, frostbite on my fingertips, and wisdom tooth still in my skull. Because life’s too short!