...or indeed the poor receptionists who have to try and make it work and get an awful lot of the flak for it.
Not at my GP, they really don't give a toss. They spend more time chatting to each other whilst you're waiting to check in (because you know, human interaction is nicer than using the 1 touchpad thing that every other diseased human has touched that day, or so I thought anyway).
The problem is everyone who feels ill enough to need to see a doctor feels they need priority and will never be happy with any waits.
Speaking of waits, also relating back to the receptionists:
I actually missed my appointment because I'm not rude enough to interrupt people who are in conversation - as in the 15 minute window - which was for a blood test; partly due to having to leave work later than I was going to, because I still went to work that day but anyway, there was 1 SINGLE PERSON in the waiting room and the doctor refused to see me to take my blood, and it was the same **** doctor who refused to refer me to a dermatologist even though I was, and still am 12 months later, having severe skin problems. GP wise I've only ever dealth with 3 at my local, 1 of which was when I was a child - he was always enthusiastic, I guess times have caught up because the most recent time I saw him (~8 months ago) you could tell him just wanted to get you out of his office ASAP, and tbh I feel quite bad for him because he's a nice bloke. The other non-**** one was always a pleasure to deal with too, haven't seen him since I was a teenager though, but yeah of the 3, 2 of them were decent although Doc1 seems to have dipped in his ability to care as much - probably due to the same factors you face heeeeed in that he's overwhelmed with patients, which I can respect.
I feel sorry for most GP's in general too tbh, as I know - bar the elderly - they have to deal with constant time wasters which, as I've said previously, could easily be resolved through a walk-in minor injuries or so. As well as other factors as to why I feel sorry for them. I'm just glad I rarely "have" to go to the docs, honestly, even with my current problems and asthma which I was born with (which is well under control due to keeping myself rather fit).