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So my pdoc is a by-the-book, professional type of pdoc. Once in a while she gets in a pissy mood, but most of the time she's sociable and consistent. I trust her judgment and perspective. That's her.
Then there's her tech. The tech's job is to pick patients up from the downstairs waiting room and bring them upstairs to mental health treatment. She then takes blood pressure, weight. She also schedules appointments.
The tech is friendly and sweet. She tries hard to do her job well (although she doesn't always know how to properly take blood pressure). She's very pretty and dresses fashionably. No scrubs or uniform, which kind of makes me feel awkward. Shouldn't a nurse or tech wear the appropriate clothing for her job?
Okay. We have a sweet, friendly tech who, for the most part, does the very basics of her job competently. But...
Here's the problem. The tech's behavior is anything but professional. She bounces all over the place, laughing, running from her office down the hall to the other receptionist and waiting area, screaming, gossiping. I mean...it's a psych clinic and she's giggling and yelling at the top of her voice like a high school girl running around the school hallway. I'm actually starting to look forward to days when she's not there (the other receptionist is calming and quiet, sociable, but appropriate).
Last week I was having an extremely stressful day and I was holding on by a thread. The tech's screaming and giggling was unbearable. I cannot understand why, why no one on the floor has instructed her to calm down and behave in a manner that is consistent with a psych clinic. I totally blew up at her because she was late in picking me up from downstairs. I was unstrung by that point.
Any ideas? Am I old-fashioned, should I just work on not letting the tech's behavior get to me? Should I speak with someone and, if so, who? My fear is that my pdoc or therapist will either use my name if they speak with the tech - or she'll know right off that I'm the person who complained.
I have my T appointment tomorrow and I'm already getting anxious about listening to that tech & being in her presence. Very anxious.
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