It's pretty easy for me to get diarrhoea. Apparently the men in my family have very sensitive digestive systems. I love to drink milk and eat (reasonably) spicy food (I can't live without sambal cili or chilli sauce), but these are the very sort of foodstuff that would surely give me tummy aches the morning after & multiple visits to the loo.
I had such an experience this morning & thought a self-awarded "off" day is ok since all I'll be missing at work is a quarter and an hour's worth of invigilation. I decided to be abit frugal and went to the nearby polyclinic instead of my usual private GP.
Time obtained queue number for registration: 830am
Time registered and obtained queue number for doctor's consultation: 9am
Time of doctor's consultation: 1020am
Number of patients seen by doctor before myself: grand total of FIVE
mood of doctor: apathetic, uncaring and insensitive
mood of yours truly: meekly subdued & sullenly silent on the outside, seething like Mount Krakatoa before cataclysmic explosion on the inside
Time obtained queue number at pharmacy: 1030am
Time I FINALLY left polyclinic: 1050am
Total duration of time wasted: 2hours 20mins
Cost of consultation, medication & most importantly, mc: $0
Lesson learnt: Patience is a virtue especially when one is trying to be economical.
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