The point of a walk in is that you just “walk in”. It’s in the name. It’s not for emergencies but they are definitely to help fill cases where you might be in travel, need a script you forgot, your own doc has no room in schedule, last minute physical for work or school etc etc.
But you show up and they say “ we will fit you in if there’s a no show”…what? You’re a walk in clinic. I walked in. Waiting is expected, but “fit me in”.
That seems to defeat the purpose and pushed me to emerg when I don’t have an emergency.
Labs like Quest take walkins. But they are primarily scheduled and take walkins as they can. But they aren’t “Wall-in Lab Tests”. A Walk In clinic is telling you to just walk in.
Change your name or change the policy. No appointments allowed. #conversation