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Sep 21, 2024
12:06:50pm

EDthoracotomy Contributor

Any company expecting a doctors note is a joke.

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EDthoracotomy

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Last login: Nov 12, 2024
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Author

Time

Having to take your teenage kid into the doctor and pay 40.00 copay just so he can get a doctor's note for being sick

Jimo Dashen We few, we happy few

Sep 20, 12:45pm

It's a racket.

2FarGone

Sep 20, 12:46pm

Or he’s pulled that card so many times they don’t believe him any longer

Sep 20, 12:48pm

Not him. First sick days he's had in 6 months. He's a very responsible kid. Our most actually.

Jimo Dashen

Sep 20, 1:07pm

That’s an issue with the work, not the doctor. Dumb rule

Medute

Sep 20, 12:50pm

Yes. I agree. I'm annoyed at his job

Jimo Dashen

Sep 20, 1:05pm

ya - all these work rules about notes and people too drunk to show up to work

claw

Sep 20, 1:12pm

If you send someone home cause they're sick, that's usually a good bet they're actually sick.

Jimo Dashen

Sep 20, 1:18pm

Back in the day around maybe 2006 when I was a family med doc in Japan

Medute

Sep 20, 2:01pm

I've worked at places that had that rule. it's because so many people

Cougarclaw

Sep 20, 12:55pm

My insurance has free Telehealth, so that is what we do when one of our kids has

CougarTwins

Sep 20, 12:58pm

Shoot...I have that. I should've gone that route.

Jimo Dashen

Sep 20, 1:08pm

Yeh, telehealth is literally built for that. Not enough use it.

CSoul

Sep 20, 1:25pm

I wish our telehealth was free

supertux

Sep 20, 5:05pm

It's a benefit most businesses should really do imo

CSoul

Sep 20, 7:25pm

What happens if he doesn't do it? I'm assuming the job is easily replaceable.

JAGA97

Sep 20, 1:11pm

Yes. Fast food industry. He likes the job so he wants to keep it.

Jimo Dashen

Sep 20, 1:17pm

the expectation that someone needs to visit a doctor for being sick

Belboz

Sep 20, 1:18pm

Doctors hate it also.

Hobo

Sep 20, 1:19pm

I’ve never actually heard of someone getting a real doctors note for being sick

Warner

Sep 20, 1:35pm

Nah, that’s nothing. I just got a $1900 bill for a 15 minute visit. I wish my

Stopper6700

Sep 20, 1:36pm

Could be worse. Last night my daughter (at college nearby) was telling my wife

Sep 20, 1:50pm

New Doctor Time?

Las Pampas

Sep 20, 2:19pm

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Sep 20, 3:56pm

Any company expecting a doctors note is a joke.

EDthoracotomy

Sep 21, 12:06pm

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