Incident with fundie Dentist am I an anti dentite

[DanCa]

Hey had a rough afternoon. I went for a one o clock appointment with the local Dentist in town and he had republican pamphletes and candidate information about the 2006 races. At first I drew a long breath and said it's okay just because he's a repub doesnt mean he's a bad person. I honestly tried to be the better person here.

Well as I was sitting there I heard him and his receptionist start bad mouthing our Il Governor Blagojevich, and that he said were just abunch of pro abortion anti christmas pinkos. Immeadiately got up and said am canceling my teeth cleanning and they asked why.I told them that am damn proud to be a anti war democrat and I wont be insulted when i am paying you for a service. And a started working my way toward the door.

Than the receptionist said "Well we need a twenty four hour cancellation or its a twenty dollar charge." I than said

"Okay Ill give you forty bucks if you call the uso right now and donate it for phone cards or ill give fifty if you have one of your kids enlist. Oh btw I said as I was the pope was against the war does that make john paul a communist pinko?"

So he told me to leave or he'd call the cops thats when I left Right now my legs are shaking because i had to wait for the bus that i scheduled to show up for forty minutes in the cold. But to answer my question did i over react to Doctor Jackson's tirade or not?

[TK421]

1. No, Dan...you did not. If it were me, I wouldn't have handled it so well

[DanCa]

2. I just felt that a medical proffesional has no right to place campaign

materials in his or her office. I would even say that if it was a Dem. I think what really triggered my anger was the jokes though.

[trof]

4. Yep. That's just plain stupid.

Vote with your wallet and find another dentist.

[LeftyMom]

3. You didn't overreact at all!

We have to remind these pro-war jackasses that the majority of the country knows they're wrong and the only language Republicans speak is money. Hit 'em in the pocketbook, in the long run it hurts them more than kicking them in the balls and won't even get the cops called on 'ya.

[CatholicEdHead]

5. That is unprofessional

You should not have political pamphlets out like that. Politics should say out of many businesses, espically a public one like a dentist's office.

[qnr]

6. I applaud you. Me, I get pissed off just seeing political bumper

stickers on business vehicles. Even if they are opinions that I agree with, I feel they have no place there.

I primarily mean medium to large scale businesses, not so much mom & pop - but even those bother me a bit.

[MrScorpio]

7. Bravo, Dan

You did just fine

[nini]

8. Interesting that their first reaction was money

big surprise huh?


You did great.. TAke a deep breath and find another dentist!

[ghostsofgiants]

9. Next thing you'll be saying they should have their own schools!

[Left Is Write]

10. I would not have paid to be insulted either.

It's also very telling about his professionalism. A true professional would keep his political opinions to himself.

[Rabrrrrrr]

11. Typical republican - threaten to call the cops because you have an opinion

that differes.

Fuckin' fascist police-state-wanting shitnobs.

You did good!

[Elidor]

12. You behaved better than I would have

I'd have told them to suck their twenty dollars out of my ass...some not very nice things.

[Briarius]

13. good on you!

The only way we make progress is when good people stand up for what they believe in. Good luck finding a new dentist!

[Catchawave]

14. ...snap...