I had a humorous thing happen to me today and it gave me the idea for a little side-line blog. I thought it might be fun to write about some of the things faced by large families. Now, I am not complaining in anyway about my large family. I am not looking for sympathy. Most of what I will write I find funny and chalk it up as a "perk". I fully understand how I got a large family (believe me people have asked). I absolutely love my family and wouldn't trade it for the world even on our worst day.
Here's what happened today: I called a local dental office to set up cleanings for all five of my children. I called the appointment line. I waited patiently on the phone as the operator told me that I was the fifth caller, then third, then finally first in line. Even being first in line I still had a wait time. After about seven minutes the receptionist gets on the phone and asks how she can help me. I told her that I needed to make dental appointments for my five children. She then asks me if I would call back after 2 pm because there were only two people answering phones and they were busy answering those phone calls. Here's my thought process:
Didn't I just call you? Didn't I have to wait like everyone else? Isn't answering the phones and making appointments your job? Isn't my one phone call with five appointments equal to the next five phone calls with one appointment each?
I did tell her that I had waited my turn and I preferred not to have to call back. Thankfully, she did help me set up my appointments without making me call back.
