I don’t usually understand a lot of the New Yorker cartoons, but this one by Asher Perlman really hit home.
The other day I was at the doctor’s office and I was asked about four times for my birthday, they do this now to be sure you are who you say you are. I guess there are people pretending to be someone else for medical attention. Or maybe the staff wants to be sure that they don’t want to cut your leg off if you are only there for an allergy.
But when I arrived, I checked in with someone at the front desk, they asked for my birthday, then a guy took my blood pressure, he asked for my birthday, then someone else, and then eventually the doctor.
My birthday is next week, so they all wished me a “happy birthday,” when they saw the date, which was nice.
If you haven’t been to the doctor lately, I guess this New Yorker cartoon is one of the ones that doesn’t make sense. But trust me, it’s funny because it is real life.
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They can’t ask you for your social security number everywhere anymore.
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That’s true, never thought of that. Some years back I went in for a hernia operation and the hospital kept asking for my social security number. I refused to give it to them. So I left! I went home, signed up for LifeLock and went back later in the day and they operated on my hernia.
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