Posted by mair on January 7, 2005, at 22:02:14
In reply to Re: today's session, posted by antigua on January 7, 2005, at 12:32:28
That is a nice story. One of my most mortifying moments was showing up an hour early. My appointment is at 11 and I really need to leave my office by about 15 to 20 minutes before to get there on time. I was sitting at my desk and looked at the clock and it was 10 minutes before 10. I panicked and went into brain lock and either thought it was 10 minutes til 11 or just forgot my appointment was at 11 and not 10. I flew out of there and raced up to her office arriving breathless at about 5 after with apologies at the ready. I felt beyond stupid when she pointed out to me that I was an hour early, but very fortuitously, her 10 o'clock patient had cancelled so she didn't have to send me away. So I guess it really could have been worse. In fact I arrived for an appointment last week and found another woman in the waiting room which is unusual but not unheard of since the waiting room is shared with another therapist. My T's look when she came out of her office told me that this other woman was there to see her also. She was 2 hours early, having gotten confused about the time. The woman appeared to handle it ok, but I'm sure she was upset. There's no way to kill time where my T's office is. The nearest anything of interest is about 7 or 8 miles away.
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