What's the proper etiquette if you feel yourself coming down with/or in the midst of a cold or flu within a few days of an appointment?
The best thing you can do from the providers perspective is notify the lady as soon as you are not feeling great and let her know it would be best to reschedule for a future date. The more notice you give her, the more appreciative she will be!
I found this quote on a noted provider's website:
"This is Cold & Flu Season, please if you are not feeling well please notify, if I sense that you are sick and you didn’t notify me I will ask you to leave and you will forfeit any gifts"
This really isn't a Hobson's choice for a provider. Missing one appointment because of health concerns is so much better than missing 10 to 15 days of work because of illness and possibly infecting family, friends and other hobbyists. Do the right thing and cancel if you are feeling peaked to avoid having a piqued provider.
Of course the right thing to do is to cancel and reschedule. Ive been very lucky and only had to cancel once due to being sick. However there are people out there that just dgaf and will follow through with the date regardless of their condition. Both providers and hobbiest. Providers dont want to miss out on $$ and hobbiest dont want to miss out on getting off. It also makes it harder to cancel due to cancellation fees.
BTW, get your flu shot and minimize the risk. I did.
If you catch the flu, you are contagious about one day before the symptoms begin and for the 7 days after they have begun.
Getting the flu vaccine should be effective in preventing this year's flu. (It was not effective in the 2014 flu seasons.)
If you get the flu, Tamiflu taken with promptly will cut the duration of symptoms
Not everyone is born a genius. Sometimes people need confirmation that they are doing the right thing.
It was more of a point of reference for people. And given the amount of debate on the subject, seems warranted. I guess an even better question is why you decided to chime in and be a dick about it? Maybe you need a hobby
Everyday I am amazed at something new.
be aware of her cancellation policy. Is it 48 hrs prior to the date or 24 hrs prior or what? If you don't cancel "on time" as per her cancellation policy expect to pay the cancellation fee.
Let me repeat my earlier post:
"Well, we may be at cross purposes here. I am not sure how you verify that a cancellation is health related (it's hard to sound wheezy on the internet) but providers can't have it both ways: Please cancel if you are sick but I am still going to charge a cancellation fee. I guess no good deed goes unpunished, but my inclination is I would rather show up for the damned appointment and let her deal with the messy consequences than pay a cancellation fee."
Be careful what you ask for. Do you want a sick and wheezy guy with a fat gift envelope or do you want your health? That's your Hobson's choice if you enforce a cancellation policy during flu season.
BTW, I am generally pro-provider, but you can't have it both ways. And this is why I won't see providers with such strict cancellation policies. Life happens
especially during this flu season be aware of a provider's cancellation policies and cancel on time according to her policies if you are feeling sick.
The poster himself said "if you feel yourself coming down with/or in the midst of a cold or flu within a few days of an appointment" so key words "within a few days of an appointment." Nobody gets sick a few hours before an appt.
They don't?? LMAO!!
Some guys use this for excuse to cancel appointments.
From my personal experience, I've had appointments cancel the day before with this excuse, only when i emailed to confirm the appointment. If you know you're sick within a couple of days of your scheduled appointment, you should cancel within a reasonable amount of time. Don't wait for the lady to confirm the appointment the day before or cancel the day of.
I know you're "pro-provider" but felt I needed to let you know some guys do use this only as an excuse to get out of the appointment expecting not to pay a cancellation fee.
I just don't know how that would work.
SOMETIMES though if you catch a cold early enough you can kill it off in 2-3 days though. You can let her know that and leave it to her to see if she's okay with postponing but prepare for a possible cancellation.
If you're feeling the symptoms way too close to be able to do that then again please cancel.