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in this thread, you can post your suggestions and ideas on how to say "thank you" to that special dentist
! Better still - at the end of it all, the best ideas will be put up on our website! And feel free to comment on any comments being thrown out... I'll start off this thread with some ideas "stolen" from a dentists-only board...
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"I just love those patients to pieces. My 3 personal faves-
1) The cheese cake lady. always brought one in whenever she came to visit (OK, I'll admit that I was tempted to over diagnose so she would come in more often ).
2) The older gentleman retired from an airline who must have walked out with a stationary store worth...always brought in airline pens and gave them out.
3) New Year's eve emergency fx'd #10. I came in (we were closed already) as he had a party to go to. After we reopened he dropped off a huge bottle of scotch.
4) The local gent who walks by the office everyday. Every so often he'll leave a treat (usually chocolate) on the door knob.
We don't talk about these patients enough-these are the ones who make it worthwhile to come in."
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"Some patients are so generous and some are weird, yet so very nice. One lady brought us some flowers, fake flowers. She used her old orthopedic shoes as a vase. She left it for us on the front counter in our waiting room with a card and a nice note. I never saw that flower arrangement again.
I had another lady give me a bar of her favorite soap. She pulled it out of her purse and talked to me for 5 minutes about how soft it makes her skin and how I will feel so pampered when I use it. It wasn't in a wrapper or anything. I had to sniff my pits when she left just to make sure I didn't have BO or something.
Some people are very offended when you turn down their gifts. I like the people who send a note of thanks. That really is great."
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"Tips come in lots of shapes and sizes:
ever get a........
tray of cookies?
plate of brownies?
bottle of wine?
6 foot sub from Subway?
sporting event tickets?
golf balls?
free greens fees?
favorite team baseball cap?
college tee-shirts?
These are just a few of the "tips" I have received from my patients. Whenever possible, I roll them right over to my staff."
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Everyone is invited to comment
! (BTW, this was taken from a US dentistry board)

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"I just love those patients to pieces. My 3 personal faves-
1) The cheese cake lady. always brought one in whenever she came to visit (OK, I'll admit that I was tempted to over diagnose so she would come in more often ).
2) The older gentleman retired from an airline who must have walked out with a stationary store worth...always brought in airline pens and gave them out.
3) New Year's eve emergency fx'd #10. I came in (we were closed already) as he had a party to go to. After we reopened he dropped off a huge bottle of scotch.
4) The local gent who walks by the office everyday. Every so often he'll leave a treat (usually chocolate) on the door knob.
We don't talk about these patients enough-these are the ones who make it worthwhile to come in."
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"Some patients are so generous and some are weird, yet so very nice. One lady brought us some flowers, fake flowers. She used her old orthopedic shoes as a vase. She left it for us on the front counter in our waiting room with a card and a nice note. I never saw that flower arrangement again.
I had another lady give me a bar of her favorite soap. She pulled it out of her purse and talked to me for 5 minutes about how soft it makes her skin and how I will feel so pampered when I use it. It wasn't in a wrapper or anything. I had to sniff my pits when she left just to make sure I didn't have BO or something.
Some people are very offended when you turn down their gifts. I like the people who send a note of thanks. That really is great."
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"Tips come in lots of shapes and sizes:
ever get a........
tray of cookies?
plate of brownies?
bottle of wine?
6 foot sub from Subway?
sporting event tickets?
golf balls?
free greens fees?
favorite team baseball cap?
college tee-shirts?
These are just a few of the "tips" I have received from my patients. Whenever possible, I roll them right over to my staff."
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Everyone is invited to comment

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