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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
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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 [...]
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Ah, waiting rooms. Those fluorescent-lit purgatories where childhood dreams went to die a slow, magazine-fueled death. [...]
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Betsy Pfau
One hot summer day in July of 1978, I flew into Terre Haute, Indiana. I must confess that Terra Haute had a peculiar oder. [...]
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Laurie Levy
There has to be a better way to deliver medical care. ER waiting rooms are just another broken part of our system.
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Khati Hendry
There was surely some apprehension people felt while waiting for medical care, but people often chatted with the front desk [...]
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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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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!Upcoming Prompts
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