I have been avoiding calling my doctor’s office to schedule a physical out of social anxiety, but I know it’s getting close to time for one. I was planning to do it on my birthday, since it’s a weekday and I’m off work.
I just got a text from the doctor’s office telling me to schedule it and giving me a link to click or a phone number to call. If I click the link and that results in me being able to schedule it without having to call a stranger, I will get down on my knees and thank the universe.
Seriously, more places need to let you schedule things through texts or online. I’m not the only person out here with horrible anxiety about calling strangers on the phone.
Seriously though. Besides for deaf/HOH/APD people. Plenty of reasons voice calls might not be accessible.
(Including combo deals. My hearing and auditory processing make voice calls a really miserable experience most of the time now, so of course I get nervous whenever there’s no more accessible choice. Especially considering how crappy too many people on the other end will act when you’re obviously struggling and need to ask for repeats/hear something wrong.)
Can rarely make myself do that unless it’s an emergency situation anymore. And patients/customers should not be placed in that situation, when they’re basically having to work at not implementing any more accessible communication options by now.
Apparently needed to rant some, but definitely wishing you luck dealing with the doctor’s office!
“Can’t we just have the racism without the misogyny? Is that too much to ask?” (Who would have thought that a system based on fear of the other and enforcing “traditional gender roles” would fear the other and enforce traditional gender roles?)
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