Since Munich is trying to convince me to leave by always making me sick (HA! Nice try, but it isn't working), I have gotten to experience the German health care system. You can go to any doctor and the doctor sees you almost immediately. There is none of that first going into the room to have your vitals checked by the nurse and then waiting another thirty minutes until the doctor pops his/her head in.
What I find most interesting, however, is how one is supposed to behave in the waiting room. The other patients greet you. Even if you are sitting in there and a person comes merely to pick up her coat and leave, she still says goodbye to you and wishes you a nice day. Now everyone knows that I love talking and making eye contact with strangers. Think how much more I like this at the doctor's office, say when I am visiting the gynecologist.
At least they get you in and out quickly thereby reducing the number of encounters.
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