I was told to arrive at 8:30 am for a 9am appointment as a new patient for a routine annual exam, which I did. At 10:40, after being in a paper gown for quite some time, I was finally seen. She said, \""Thanks for your patience.\"" I said, \""I'm not that patient.\"" Her reasons for the delay were twofold: 1) \""We have 6 practitioners in this office and we have to SHARE ROOMS!\"" (um, schedule your patients appropriately?!) and 2) (told to me mid-exam) \""We have alot of long-time patients at this practice, and when they come in we like to find out what's going on with their kids, and their grandkids, and stuff, so we take a little extra time with some of our patients.\"" I'm not kidding. She also kept making this disconcerting exhalation noise during the exam, the kind you make when you're around something you don't want to smell. I was perfectly clean and healthy, and she made the noise during paperwork too, so it wasn't me and it wasn't necessary!!! Then she asked me if I had any other concerns before she walked out the door, and I joked that hopefully my husband, whom I'm separated from, which we had discussed, hadn't cheated on me and now we'd know. She said, \""Oh, I wish you had said something, I could have done cultures but can't now since we already used the gel.\"" End result: I was 3 hours late for work for a 10 minute appointment, with absolutely no patient emergencies involved, and did not get the thorough care I thought I was waiting for. I was also not kept informed about the delay, (which would have been extremely helpful since my son had forgotten to bring his lunch to school) and the delay did not seem unusual. No one seemed happy to work there. I am furious and will never go back to that practice. Which is convenient, since I don't think they'll like me much after I send them an invoice for lost wages. I know I sound like I'm out on a limb, but I've worked in healthcare for many years, I was raised in a healthcare family. I understand bookings and reimbursements, delays and emergencies. But this was UNACCEPTABLE.