People should be able to where whatever they like and what they feel good in, even if they clearly haven't looked in a full-length mirror and other people think it looks dreadful. I personally wear leggings with a long tunic top (not tight) or with a short-ish dress or skirt that I wouldn't wear with just thin tights or bare legs, but then I'm middle-aged, not particularly overweight but not thin, and I won't sacrifice comfort for appearance, although I like to think that what I wear suits me.
For work I'm mostly at home which means I only need my top to be reasonably presentable. My male colleagues hardly ever wear suits and ties any more, unless seeing a client who has that sort of dress code (but that's rare these days too).
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What is acceptable workwear surely depends to a degree on the work being undertaken. Some time ago we were in a restaurant and one of the waitresses was clearing a table directly in front of me. Her skirt was so short that as she bent over the table to clean it her entire backside was on display, with thin tights leaving a thong and posterior on show. Not a pleasant sight, any more than 'builders bum' is.
I was reading about the idea of charging/fining people who fail to attend GP or hospital appointments without good reason. I originally thought some form of sanction was a good idea and might encourage people to either attend or inform the surgery/hospital that they can't. A recent experience of a family member has made me reconsider.
They had attended a couple of doctor's appointments and were told a follow up was required, and an appointment booked by the GP during the consultation. The following day they had a call from the doctor to say they had reviewed the results and another appointment was not required. They thought nothing more of it until they received a text from the surgery demanding to know why they hadn't attended their appointment. I don't think it was unreasonable for the family member to assume that as the GP had made the appointment, and called to say it wasn't required, that the GP would have cancelled that follow up. The family member did contact the surgery and all they got was "Oh, OK" and no form of apology.
Sadly, the worst offenders at failing to attend appointments are often the ones who are least financially able to pay a fine, or wouldn’t feel morally obligated to. From experience in NHS dental practice, the repeat offenders would run up fines for wasted routine appointments but then contact us needing emergency treatment for conditions that could have been successfully prevented if seen earlier. The fines did no more than deter them from coming back until they were desperate, which, to be honest, is the only incentive for them to attend at all. I think the ones that would pay the fine are people who genuinely forgot, or had a reasonable excuse for not attending.
I was in the waiting room at our NHS dentist when the receptionist was on the phone to somebody who had 2 'no shows'. She told them that if they failed to turn up again without informing them they would be removed from the surgery's books and would not be allowed back on. Immediately after that call the same receptionist had to tell somebody else that their books are currently full for both NHS and private patients. 'No shows' aren't just costing the practice money, they are preventing others getting treatment.
At our surgery it is practically impossible to even get onto the phone queue. How are we supposed to cancel an appointment? More to the point, how do we get an appointment in the first place? Playing fields around here are being turned into massive blocks of flats. A huge influx of people. No extra doctors.
@B3 fair point about accessing the surgery. Maybe they should have a dedicated number purely for cancellation. No other function, so possibly just an answering machine.
@B3 fair point about accessing the surgery. Maybe they should have a dedicated number purely for cancellation. No other function, so possibly just an answering machine.
They’d need more staff hours just to listen to the answerphone and log the cancellations
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Our GP practice has updated its phone system recently. Now possible to book and cancel appointments via the ‘ for appointments, press 1’ arrangement. I managed to book our flu jabs very easily. Because I’m registered to view my records, I can also view and cancel appointments on line. Well worth getting that set up if your practice has that facility.
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I think the ones that would pay the fine are people who genuinely forgot, or had a reasonable excuse for not attending.
Playing fields around here are being turned into massive blocks of flats. A huge influx of people. No extra doctors.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.