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Waiting Rooms

We have all spent time sitting in a doctor’s or dentist’s office, waiting for an exam, a diagnosis, or test results for yourself or a loved one. What do you remember about waiting rooms as a child?  What’s it like for you to spend time in a waiting room today?   Why, when, and where do you remember waiting? Think back about Waiting Rooms and share forward!

Stories on This Week's Writing Prompt

Waiting Rooms
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My earliest experiences with waiting rooms were rather non-existent.  That is to say, at 3, my parents rushed me to the ER [...]
Waiting Rooms: Tales of Torture and Triumph
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  Ah, waiting rooms. Those fluorescent-lit purgatories where childhood dreams went to die a slow, magazine-fueled death. [...]
Roy Chitwood
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One hot summer day in July of 1978, I flew into Terre Haute, Indiana. I must confess that Terra Haute had a peculiar oder. [...]
The ER: The Worst Waiting Room Ever
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There has to be a better way to deliver medical care. ER waiting rooms are just another broken part of our system.
Waiting for the Next One
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There was surely some apprehension people felt while waiting for medical care, but people often chatted with the front desk [...]
The Puppy in the Waiting Room
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The Puppy in the Waiting Room  I don’t know if I really remember some of the stories my parents would tell about my naughty [...]

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Think back about …

Waiting Rooms

We have all spent time sitting in a doctor’s or dentist’s office, waiting for an exam, a diagnosis, or test results for yourself or a loved one. What do you remember about waiting rooms as a child?  What’s it like for you to spend time in a waiting room today?   Why, when, and where do you remember waiting? Think back about Waiting Rooms and share forward!

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