On 04/21/98 09:03:51, "Paul Caldwell" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>last easter week-end, i took a call at our PCC demanding an immediate visit
>for a chap who had driven home (not been driven either) for 4 hours from the
>SW with improving chest pain and actually had to drive past the PCC. I asked
>him to attend ASAP, only 5 mins drive by his wife away, he got angry and
>dialled 999. Similarly took innumerable calls from people just back from
>Easter hols in spain with mild diarrhoea going on for 3-7 days, not seen
>anyone while out there, but wanting immediate treatment on return. One
>actually admitted, without asking, that he was phoning from Arrivals!
If we keep telling them that we are doormats, we shoudn't complain
about the dog shit in our pile ;-)
Ahmad
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