Some like to prance around with
Their stethoscope around their
Neck and look sternly ahead,,
Until someone gives them recognition
I was directed to a room to wait
Finally, he came and knocked and
Then opened the door. “Arnold”, he asked
“No” I replied, but before I could explain
He shut the door. A minute later, he
Knocked and asked if my last name was
Haarman and I told him I was he and
Said my first name was Arnold, but I went
By my middle name, and everyone called
Me Steve. He asked me what he should
Call me, and after giving him a bewildered
Look, told him, Steve. I then asked him if I
Could call him Richard, and he said no
Call me Dr. Vermeulen. He said he wasn’t
A head above everybody, but that is what he
Liked to be called. So, I didn’t call him anything,
Not Mister, sir, or doctor. He said he didn’t know
What was wrong with me. Then said that I could
Come back in five or six weeks if I want and
That he knew how to do the billing. I just looked at
Him and then left.
Stanski
March 15, 2024, ^
Steve Haarman 