tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224954.post8184689689166135763..comments2023-09-29T04:16:21.746-04:00Comments on Tales from a Grouch: The dentist spells "guilt" with a teaRealGrouchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09531673943200546692noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224954.post-53751795443818376392012-11-29T22:26:12.683-05:002012-11-29T22:26:12.683-05:00I'm glad you liked the post, Zoom. It's on...I'm glad you liked the post, Zoom. It's one of those rants (another is <a href="http://realgrouchy.blogspot.ca/2009/07/yogourt-rant.html" rel="nofollow">the Yogourt Rant</a>) I read out loud to myself while channeling Lewis Black, Andy Rooney (in fact, I had Rooney's trademark crossed arms when I just read it to myself again now), and sometimes a touch of John Pinette. I imagine I'm rehearsing for BOLO, on the off chance I go the next time.<br /><br />Your new(ish) hygienist sounds cute, but I'll respectfully pass on your offer for her number.<br /><br />- RG>RealGrouchyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531673943200546692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224954.post-62040871015287847772012-11-29T21:41:34.781-05:002012-11-29T21:41:34.781-05:00I love this post.
I also love my new(ish) hygieni...I love this post. <br />I also love my new(ish) hygienist, who has purple hair and a molar tattooed on her inner arm, and who is very nice to me and says I'm doing a good job of taking care of my teeth. If you want her number, just let me know.Zoomhttp://www.knitnut.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224954.post-78889032867575776372012-11-24T18:41:13.331-05:002012-11-24T18:41:13.331-05:00David - I don't think browbeating counts as &q...David - I don't think browbeating counts as "lecturing but gentle". <br /><br />Jason - Well, since I don't think I've had the same hygienist at this dentist for two visits in a row, my chances are probably just a good of not getting this annoying one again. <br /><br />- RG>RealGrouchyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531673943200546692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224954.post-39144765054620664012012-11-23T23:05:15.192-05:002012-11-23T23:05:15.192-05:00I just switched dentists yesterday because it didn...I just switched dentists yesterday because it didn't feel like a good fit after two years. What a relief. Life is too short to put up with doctors you don't get along with.<br /><br />If you ever want to switch dentists, I can recommend my old Ottawa dentist Radiq Talim on Metcalfe St. Whenever he lectured me, he would preface it by saying, "I don't want to browbeat you, but... well actually I guess I am going to browbeat you, ha ha." Anyways our personalities clicked and I look back on those years as a kind of golden age of dentistry.jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00714051753946654761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224954.post-1835770385805034822012-11-23T09:57:32.871-05:002012-11-23T09:57:32.871-05:00Before I admit to anything, I try to get the hygie...Before I admit to anything, I try to get the hygienist to tell me what they can tell from the state of my teeth.<br /><br />I've had them tell me I was flossing enough when I hadn't flossed in months.<br /><br />But my coffee consumption is hard to hide.<br /><br />And I'll take a lecturing but gentle hygienist over one who doesn't lecture but leaves me feeling like I was in the Dustin Hoffman role in Marathon Man being asked "is it safe?"David Scrimshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04714106408606785482noreply@blogger.com