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   R H Draney used his keyboard to write :   
   > Joe Pfeiffer filted:   
   >>   
   >> I have arrived at a doctor's office and been greeted by *really*   
   >> apologetic people who told me about an emergency that arose, screwing up   
   >> the schedule; of course, these things happen, and we should recognize   
   >> it and not get upset.  That's not the behavior I was describing.   
   >   
   > Most memorable instance of this in my own experience: arriving on time for a   
   > Monday morning chiropractic appointment, rescheduled from my usual Friday   
   > because the doctor was at some kind of organizational meeting of First   
   > Chiropractic franchise-holders, and finding the waiting room packed with   
   > people...when I reached the sign-in desk, I was handed a note informing me   
   > that the doctor had had an asthma attack at the meeting and died over the   
   > weekend....   
   >   
   > Other chiropractors had been called in to take care of the patients already   
   > scheduled, but disorganization was the word of the day....r   
      
   Uh ...   
      
   /dps "words fail me"   
      
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   any particular reason, but I have always been glad.   
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