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[drewbear]

Something odd happened at work today. We had a woman call in wanting to make an appointment for her fiance, who, like many manly men, is incapable of admitting that the softball-sized swelling in his jaw indicates that he needs to get treatment. He'd rather wait until the tooth finally liquefies from rot and drips out his mouth. (Yes, I know that's uncomfortably graphic, but we've actually had patient with teeth that bad.) AAAAAAnyway, the strange thing is that after making the appointment and receiving an estimate of the cost, she asked me if the dentist (my father) was Christian, since they (she) only went to Christian businesses.

I'm still confused by the reasoning here. Wouldn't you rather pick doctors based on their skill and qualifications rather than their religious affiliations? ESPECIALLY since this was an emergency situation?

I is confuzzeled.

Comments

[furrbear.livejournal.com]

Whenever Dave or I hear the euphemism "Christian Business(man/woman)", we know it's code for "Watch Your Wallet."

Their pricing tends to be uncompetitive and a lot of time the service is less than par. After all, "Why should they go that extra mile?", they know YOU'LL BE BACK, they're a "Christian Business." God Bless, Praise J-uh-EEZ-us

I hope you told her yes. Be sure to be wearing a Sikh turban or yarmulke when she comes in. Maybe a pentagram hanging on a chain around your neck?

[drewbeartx.livejournal.com]

I did tell her "yes", since technically Dad is Christian. After all, he was baptized and raised Christian; he's just not practicing (church, proslytizing, holier-than-thou, etc.)

When I told him about the call, he actually made comments similar to yours, and was joking about having out black candles and incense burning (OMG! Satanic!!) at the front counter when she/her fiance come in. Sometimes I just love my family. :-)

[lysariala.livejournal.com]

hey hey, when's the appointment.. i'll be sure to be extra hippi-ish ^_^
mebbe even talk about how i dress up like pornographic foreign cartoons! gasp! heh