Fried Gold

Saturday, Jul. 20, 2013 - 11:25 a.m.

So I wrote to one of my health people Thursday afternoon to change an appointment.

My email to them was entitled: "Hi from Brin McLaughlin RE My Aug 19th 1 pm Appt"

And the body of it said: "Whoops, there's a conflict. John's got a Can't Get Out Of It meeting. There aren't many of those during a year, but he honestly can't miss this. As a result, I can't make the August 19th 1 pm appointment. Sorry all over the place! Would it be possible for us to reschedule me for later in August or sometime in the first week of September? I am *not* available from [First date redacted for this rebroadcast] to [Second date redacted for this rebroadcast] because I'm going to Australia again. Thank you in advance; please let me know -- Brin"

Their response was: "How is [Day AFTER I told them I'd be out of town] at 1pm?"

I rolled my eyes and wrote back. "[Day AFTER I told them I'd be out of town] will not work as the commute would be a bodacious booger. I'll be nine thousand miles away. As I specified in my earlier correspondence -- which you have conveniently quoted back to me in its entirety -- I am not available between [First date] to [Second date] because I'm going to Australia again. Anything ~*~*~*before~*~*~ [First date], pretty please. Thenk yew muchly -- Brin"

Their NEXT response astounded me: "Oops misread that. I have an appointment Monday August 19th at 1pm. Will this work?"

Yes, that's really what they wrote.

We're talking slice of fried gold here.

I laughed until I sprained things.

After decorum felt like it might be back, in my best Jack Haley Tin Woodsman Voice (at least in my head) I wrote back to them: "The reason that date just showed up as available is because I'm the one who canceled it. So, no, sorry to be so difficult but I'd rather you didn't try to reschedule me into the appointment window I originally wrote to you about having to cancel. May we please try again? Thank you -- Brin"

So I'm going to see my health professional on August 27th.

I know I made them bleed out of their ears with the effort at maintaining their level of functional illiteracy -- but everything seems to have been worked out.

Then again they nearly made me bleed out of mine.

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