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A '''waiting room''' is just exactly that: a room where people wait. So what's everyone complaining about? Of course, it's a long wait; you're in the '''waiting room.''' If the clinic or hospital was somehow efficient, it'd be called something like the we'll-be-right-with you room. But it's not. As for [[The VA|the VA]] waiting rooms? Yeah, those are ridiculously long waits. What's that about?<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/05/disney-va-wait-times/ VA Secretary Says Disney Doesn’t Measure Wait Times, So VA Shouldn’t Either: What Do You Think?]</ref> That really needs to be fixed.
Of course, some patients can't wait in the '''waiting room'''. In this scenario, most health care staff are instructed to implement Plan B: inundating patients with painfully-long questionnaires to distract the patients from the waiting process.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2014/05/waiting-room/ Waiting Room Questionnaires Actually Giant Distraction]</ref>
Another approach is to appease patients. Local emergency physicians in Hanover, New Jersey leave a large bowel of [[Percocet (Acetaminophen-Oxycodone & Acetaminophen)|Percocet]] in the '''waiting room''' to keep everyone happy.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2014/01/percocet/ ER Places Bowl Full of Percocet in Waiting Room, Lowers Visits]</ref> Some physicians try keep their clinic patients happy by putting Tostitos chips out in their '''waiting rooms'''.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2013/10/doctor-chips/ Doctor Puts Tostitos Restaurant Style Chips and Salsa in Waiting Room, Business Booms]</ref>
