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I survived the first week!
Oct. 7th, 2012 08:37 pmHello, all!
Just wanted to let everyone know I survived the first week of the new job. It was a bit scary and there's a LOT to learn, but overall I really like it. I think I'm doing pretty well for never having worked in a doctor's office before. By the end of the week I was checking in patients by myself, doing the pre-registration stuff by myself, and I'm getting the lay of the surgery down. All in all, I don't think I did too bad, and I can totally tell the people I work with have never worked retail.
I had one customer who was obviously in pain and very grumpy. He swore about the paperwork I had him fill out and threw his insurance card and ID at me, to which I just said thank you, I understand it's a pain, but we do require this information. The girl I work with was like, "OMG, are you all right?" It took me a moment to realize she was really upset about the guy. I guess I'm thicker skinned than I thought! It didn't even bother me, since he was only really grumbling about the paperwork and I could tell he just wasn't feeling good.
Other than that, apparently there have been at least 3 cases of people coming to work for a week and then quitting. I had at least 7 people ask me if I was coming back on Monday. It was almost a comedy, the way people kept asking me.
I have my clothes picked out for tomorrow, my lunch is made, and I'm just going to read for a bit before bed. I'm all ready for the next week, and hope that it will be even better than the first.
Take care all, and I hope everyone's week is a good one!
Just wanted to let everyone know I survived the first week of the new job. It was a bit scary and there's a LOT to learn, but overall I really like it. I think I'm doing pretty well for never having worked in a doctor's office before. By the end of the week I was checking in patients by myself, doing the pre-registration stuff by myself, and I'm getting the lay of the surgery down. All in all, I don't think I did too bad, and I can totally tell the people I work with have never worked retail.
I had one customer who was obviously in pain and very grumpy. He swore about the paperwork I had him fill out and threw his insurance card and ID at me, to which I just said thank you, I understand it's a pain, but we do require this information. The girl I work with was like, "OMG, are you all right?" It took me a moment to realize she was really upset about the guy. I guess I'm thicker skinned than I thought! It didn't even bother me, since he was only really grumbling about the paperwork and I could tell he just wasn't feeling good.
Other than that, apparently there have been at least 3 cases of people coming to work for a week and then quitting. I had at least 7 people ask me if I was coming back on Monday. It was almost a comedy, the way people kept asking me.
I have my clothes picked out for tomorrow, my lunch is made, and I'm just going to read for a bit before bed. I'm all ready for the next week, and hope that it will be even better than the first.
Take care all, and I hope everyone's week is a good one!