To complain, or not to complain?

[lara_not_croft]

I can't decide whether to complain about the nurse at my doctor's surgery or whether I am overreacting to the situation

Comments

[pesky33]

you should complain. that's rude. write a letter addressed to the practice manager

[xotiffany]

I agree.

[whatsagirlgotta]

It depends why you want to complain/what you want to complain about. If I were you I'd feel justified in complaining about gendered assumptions, but if its to do with tone I'd think its up to Mark, and really since he was there it should come from him.

[morning_glory47]

I don't think Mark should have said who's suggestion it was, but I'd be insulted that she said that as well.

I thought injections were done in the thigh until they were much older - I remember being 5 or 6 with sore thighs from booster shots.

[noteasytochoke]

This! Your poor babe being poked in the arm :( did she poke him in the arm again today? If so, I would def write a letter or even call and talk to the Dr about it. It doesn't matter who took the baby in.

[miss_soap]

I can kind of see her point, in that if you were specifically concerned about where you would prefer your son be injected, you might have preferred to bring him yourself, to ensure your wishes were followed.

But since you weren't there - for whatever reason - it's not really for her to comment. But I'm not sure it merits a formal complaint.

[anonymous]

I do think she was rude but what makes me laugh is in British Columbia, in the early 80's the powers that be decided that injecting children in the arms was no longer acceptable (although they could not give a justifiable reason as to why) and began injecting in the thigh. As I had 4 children that had never shed a tear when getting the vaccinations in the arm, I was a bit concerned about the real pain my baby felt the first in thigh injection so requested that they give it to him in his arm.
I found the thigh muscle would get sore and inflamed and for particularly muscular children who were often early walkers, the pain would last for up to a week. Just a Granny's tale of how things come back to where they were.