The infamous “Busy Season” starts at work and all hell breaks loose! A seemingly endless barrage of e-mails, accompanied by uninterrupted phone ringing and way too many meeting invitations – some for the same time slot!
Has something like this ever happened to you? The parents leave for a business trip abroad and the little one cannot come with because mom and dad both have work to do and will not have time to tend to a little child.
On December 31, 2017, I was also among them – the many people who had decided to greet the New Year in Vienna’s historic old city center. Oops – with all the festivities around me, my cap just decided to fly off my head – let’s quickly pick it up! As I was about to stand up again, a hand holding a Sekt bottle appeared seemingly out of nowhere on the right side of my face...
Do you recognize this scenario?
Patient picks a dentist, books an appointment, shows up at the right time, receives a diagnosis, listens to the procedure cost estimate, and leaves the dental office without booking a follow-up appointment because the quoted price is just too high!
Has this happened to you before? In the late fall of 2017, it was about time for me to go see a dentist again. I had already planned ahead and booked an appointment with the dentist of my choice.
It was a sunny Monday morning in late May 2014. I was in a conference room giving my team our weekly project status update. Suddenly, I felt a stabbing pain pulsing through my right cheek – a pain so strong and sharp that it brought my presentation to an early halt.