I had a rather important appointment to meet someone yesterday at 10 am
(not a doctor's appt). It was 10:10 am and she still wasn't there.
She didn't call and have the secretary tell me she was running late.
Nothing. So I left. Simple. She didn't keep the appointment, so I
left. And I won't be making any appointments with her again. Aside
from being insulted, my reasoning was that if she would be
inconsiderate in that way, then she would certainly be inconsiderate in
other ways in the future.

My question is, why do we (the general public) put up with that
nonsense at doctor's offices? If someone does not meet me within 10
minutes of an appointment, or at least very politely explain the delay
and offer immediate apologies, I assume he/she is not interested in
keeping the appointment and then I leave. I honestly don't care *why*
he/she is late--that's not my problem. Same thing if I were unable to
pay my bill. I am sure they would not care *why*---that's my problem.

Anyway, don't you think if people just *left* when they were kept
waiting for more than 10 minutes, doctor's offices (and other
businesses) would stop taking advantage of people like that?

Crispee