After today, I will find a different doctor for my DOT physical!

[imanamerican63]

I walked in to the clinic and Fox News is on and I had to hear all the hypocrisy from the doctor and the other people that were in there. I blanked them out & ignored the rhetoric. But they tried to get me into the flames and I restrained myself.

He is a nice enough guy, but a doctor shouldn’t push his views on his clients, period.

[csziggy]

1. I quit a dentist for the same reason

My long time dentist retired and I didn't like the dentist he referred me to so I tried a different one. Same deal, they had Faux Noise on in their waiting room and the entire time he was poking around in my mouth, the dentist was running on and on about ring wing crap. This was long before TFG made it to office, thank goodness.

I just never made another appointment and found a different dentist. He's also since retired, but his replacement doesn't talk about politics at all.

[BlueKota]

21. Me too. I also filled out a comment card about

Fox News being played on the TV in the pharmacy section at a grocery store. I said I come to pick up my medications, not for an attempt at indoctrination by a partisan corporation that often spreads misinformation. It was only on when this one employee on duty, so I imagine he selected what was on it.

Next time I went in a local 24 hour news broadcast was on, and I never saw it again on Fox. A few years ago they took the t.v. out all together. The office my PCP is located in has a t.v. but they always have HGTV on.

[Emile]

2. Did he give you a less than two year DOT?

If he gave you a two year physical, I would stay with him.

[imanamerican63]

15. A few medical issues, so only get one year certification.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

3. I don't understand why

any office with a waiting room thinks it's necessary to have a TV on. Period. I've been known to turn them off.

[Model35mech]

4. For the same reason there are no clocks in waiting rooms

They don't want you thinking about time, especially about how slowly time seems to pass when you are bored.

So they put in a TV to distract you, although if it's not in tune with your in-group beliefs it becomes infuriating.

This was a long-standing problem at the Milwaukee V.A. hospital where R-wing activists would go thru waiting rooms changing channels to promote their viewpoints.

With a new hospital director that changed. Now the televisions only show "informational" video from a VA source

[GopherGal]

8. Not to be Luddite, but...

Where are the months-old issues of "People" magazine when you need 'em?

[cbabe]

12. Gone during Covid times. No more touching things and passing the virus around.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

33. Except that we knew very early on

that the virus was NOT passed on things like magazines.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

20. Most people are on their phones all the time

while waiting. So a TV is completely unnecessary. Me, I always have a book in my purse and read.

[Emile]

5. TV-B-Gone universal remote.

https://www.amazon.com/TV-B-Gone-Universal-TV-Control-Keychain/dp/B0006GD9CE

[Layzeebeaver]

9. I love that little thing.

Comes handy every time my wife and are forced to take a meal at a pub while on a road trip.

Just have to try and not be obvious about it.

[birdographer]

24. Just ordered mine. Thanks!

[yonder]

29. Thanks, I hoped that would show up here - gotta pick one up sometime.

Funny thing though, the North American/Asian model is listed at $24.99 while the European version goes for $19.99. I wonder why??

Do our airwaves have more bandwidth to sift through? Maybe they figure our market will tolerate more squeezing without squawking, kind of like what the pharmaceutical/insurance companies do? Or maybe the ones sold here require bigger shovels — for all the right-wing bullshit?

Interesting though, whatever the reason.

[ClaudetteCC]

22. yeah i find it annoying

and i don't like them in restaurants.
I particularly don't like them when in the dentist chair and the hygenist gets distracted by it.

[Diamond_Dog]

26. I agree 100%. I always bring something to read to pass the time. Is reading a lost art?

[mitch96]

28. It's a pacifier for small minded people.. My friend turns on the tv machine to keep his kids occupied..nt

[Liberal In Texas]

6. If you're prepared to ditch they guy, I think you should tell him why.

I think this is very unprofessional. And if medical staff are going to be unprofessional that way, in what other ways are they not conducting their practice and practice of medicine?

[Karadeniz]

7. I doubt that the military has turned off all their fox news showings as they were

told to do.

[Bluethroughu]

10. Quit Doc and Dentist...both were looking at me

As if I was a lunatic after I said, rump was a white supremacist and is inciting violence. So no, I did not, and I will not support him, EVER.

[Rebl2]

11. Absolutely

a doctor nor any medical professional should be talking with patients about politics.

[surfered]

13. Our local Wells Fargo bank also had Fox on.

I complained to one of the bankers (also the local NAACP President) and he actually thanked me for complaining . I suggested equal time with all networks and he agreed.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

14. I don't have those worries,

my DOT doctor is all business, no politics in his office at all and I always get a 2 year DOT card.

[Fla Dem]

16. I guess I'm lucky. All the doctors, RNP's Dentists etc, I've see over the years,

none have ever raised anything political.

Most are non-conversational. With only 10 to 15 minutes to spend with you, they don't have time for much more than "Hi how you doing?.

[catbyte]

17. Years ago, my GP referred me to a neurologist for the crippling migraines I'd been having.

The doctor told me that I must not be praying hard enough and if I just trusted in the Lord everything would work out. I was flabbergasted and refused to pay my co-pay. (Sadly, my insurance company paid most of it) When pressed for payment of that co-pay, I told them that I went to a neurologist, not a faith healer, and he was utterly useless. I never got another bill.

I complained to my GP, who was appalled and dropped him from his referral list. He then referred me to a competent neurologist and got help. I still can't believe that clown had a medical license.

Nowadays, the doctors/dentists I go to all have HGTV on their televisions which is fine except I never get to see how the renovations turned out because I'm always called back before the big reveal, lol.

[Joinfortmill]

18. Gonna lose patients.

[bluedigger]

19. Doctors are easy to change.

Now a good mechanic, that's a thornier question there...

[birdographer]

23. I would quit immediately, if not sooner

That is all the proof you need that he has very questionable judgement and morals and makes very bad decisions. Is that what you want in a doctor??? A cult member worshipping a criminal? Thanks, but no thanks.

My eye doctor does not do that, but he does have a gigantic pedestal-type stand in his waiting area with an equally gigantic bible open on it. I have opted to find that essentially harmless. Plus, much of the rest of the office is dog-oriented, he loves dogs, so he kinda has to be my guy, Goddy or not.

[dchill]

25. "First, do no harm."

That doctor must have taken the hypocritic oath.

[Freddie]

27. My dentist plays an endless loop

Of a film about veneers and tooth whitening. Still better than Fox.
Despite the waiting room entertainment, I’ve been going to these dentists for over 20 years and they’ve never tried to (directly) sell me any of that stuff.

[Upthevibe]

30. I'm embarrassed to ask....

What's a DOT?

[imanamerican63]

31. Dept of Transportation.

They require a physical to be able to possess a commercial driver’s license.

[Upthevibe]

32. imanamerican63 ...........

Thank you!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

34. You are NOT alone

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