Dental Stuff

I didn't get to leave on the 10th for Knoxville as I had originally planned, but left on the 11th instead. The reason? My dentist! The final outcome turned out GREAT, but I had never before experienced going in for my appt and being locked out. My appointment was at 9 AM and when I arrived at 8:57 AM, the doors were locked. I waited until 9 and then I called the office. The exchange answered and told me that they were in a meeting every Tuesday until 10 AM. I said, "Well that's strange, because my appt was at 9 AM." And I knew that I had the right day and time because I had received a post card and an e-mail from them reminding me. So the exchange lady said that she would call them on their back line and put me on hold. When she came back, she said that no one had answered. Soooo....I figured that if nobody would be out until 10, that I would run some errands and I left at 9:05 AM. I thought that someone must've goofed when scheduling me.

When I arrived back at 10 AM, I learned what happened. No, they had not made a mistake in scheduling me. They knew that I was coming and a hygienist was ready to see me. However, at about 9:08 AM, someone realized that they had not unlocked the door. So they ran out to unlock the door for me, (but I had just left). By 10 AM, they could no longer reschedule me for that day, but they were able to reschedule me for 11 AM the next morning.

They were so apologetic and so nice, and I, of course, was nice.....I mean, sh*t happens...no sense in getting upset about it. So when I saw the dentist (who was also apologizing), I laughed and teasingly said to him, "Well a free cleaning would sure make up for it!" And guess what!? That's what he did! He told his staff to not charge me for my teeth cleaning. I said, "Wow! I'll be glad to be locked out every time!"

So.....I spent the rest of the day doing stuff (was able to get an appointment to get my hair done) and relaxed that evening. The next morning at 11 AM, I was back at the dentist and got everything done. I had to delay my trip because I just HAD to get my teeth cleaned (I was way overdue for one) and even more importantly, I had to get the stitches out from the implant procedure. But all's well that ends well, and so after the appointment, I was able to leave for Knoxville as planned.