Originally posted by tim60 It is tolerable sitting in the doctor's office waiting room unless other customers come in and start doing obnoxious things, such as disgorging dinner into plastic bags affixed to rigid plastic rings with handles.
At the podiatrist office they almost always get me into the exam room straight away, no sitting in uncomfortable waiting room chairs reading months old magazines.
Yesterday the assistant got me into the cast room, where they are set up to remove and place splints and casts. She removed the splint I had been in for a week, and I reclined comfortably while waiting for the doctor to return from surgery.
And, I have to say, in 60 odd years of sitting in doctor office waiting rooms I cannot recall ever seeing anyone regurgitate into a bag, or even on the floor.