We interrupt your reading for a brief rant

[drwex]

Seriously, I do not "get" people.

I am currently frustrated at trying to find a new therapist. But this morning's response really takes the cake and runs with it.

When I send a mail that is three sentences long (yes, literally three sentences) one of which says "...want to find someone with late-afternoon or evening availability if possible" why the FUCK are you replying with "Mondays 9am, 10am, Tuesdays 9am, 10am, Wednesdays 11am"

Did you even ready my fucking email? No, you did not. How do I know?

Because your email further says "Are you planning to use insurance" and my (again, three-sentence) email says "I have Cigna insurance."

If you fail basic reading comprehension why the fuck would I think you could handle something complicated like my mental health?

To be fair this is the admin assistant not the therapist but at a minimum it shows terrible hiring judgment. It's like the old adage that tells you to watch how your date treats the wait staff because that's a clue to how they're going to treat you. I have no information on this therapist except through this assistant and I'm just gonna nope out at this point.

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To cap off the morning, I had the following hilarity:

I want to give money to Organization X. Their site says "call this person to do the thing you want" so I call Person A and leave a voicemail.

A couple days later I get a call back from Person B who says that A is out of the office so she's checking his voicemail and could I please call her instead?

Sure, say I and call her extension which... wait for it... I can't leave a message on because her voicemail box is full.

So Person B is carefully emptying Person A's box while hers overflows. I hate people this time of year, I really do.

Comments

[flexagon]

...only this time of year? Amateur.


(actually sympathies)

You caught me

[drwex]

I am actually an amateur misanthrope. I failed the certification exam because I told the examiner I hated them.

[dcltdw]

Gnhhh.
On the other hand, at least you haven't wasted a lot of time and money finding out that the therapist is a bad match, so okay.

The voicemail thing just cracks me up, but that's probably because I'm an aspiring bad person. :)

[mizarchivist]

But I appreciate you're still trying to find a therapist even though it's a god-awful process.

[drwex]

<3

The irony is that I need this most in the time I'm least equipped to do it.

[mizarchivist]

Which is usually the case.