Aral Balkan
Me, calling the GP’s office I applied for us to join last month: “Hi, I applied in December and haven’t heard back, I was wondering…”
Receptionist: “If you haven’t heard back, it wasn’t successful. It’s luck of the draw…”
Me: “Umm, ok, do you keep applications in queue and…”
Receptionist: “No, we don’t”
Me: “So do we just have to keep reapplying?”
Receptionist: “Yes.”
On the other hand, I could have an Apple Watch delivered to my door tomorrow if I order it now.
Yay, capitalism.
Aral Balkan
Now, as I see it, I have two options; either: (1) apply elsewhere and hope they have a better system or, (2) Code a quick bot that submits a new application to them every day.
And I do like writing code, so…
🤔
Aral Balkan
@chris Yep.
Chris Wiegman
@aral For me as an American, GP is your primary doctor, correct?
Aral Balkan
@chris *smh*
Chris Wiegman
@aral Oye. Took me 3 years to get one to take me in Florida (was even kicked out of an office once for supposedly having a fever). Finally found one and... now I get to start over in Chicago. Thankfully it's just phone rejections though and I don't have to submit any kind of paper application.
George Dinwiddie
@aral
Can you automate the application?
Aral Balkan
@gdinwiddie Yeah, it’s just a simple form submit.
Aral Balkan
@gdinwiddie Haha, yeah, I am considering it ;)
George Dinwiddie
@aral
I was thinking a cron job might increase your odds. ;-)
Aral Balkan
@omz13 As I understand it, the latter is only a thing for folks with medical cards; not if you’re private.
David Somers
@aral The big problem with this modus operandi is that it is too easy for them to simply send your application straight into the bin without even looking at it. At least they should be civilized and put you on a waitlist. Meanwhile, I understand that the SOP is to get rejected from 3 different GPs then ask hse.ie to assign a GP to you.
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