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“I don’t want to download the app,” he shakes his head; “can’t you just book me an appointment and write it on a piece of paper?”
My dental office transitioned to booking all appointments online via their little healthy tooth app. This guy is not having it. He’s a tall middle aged man, a mop of salt and pepper hair. He holds a phone that looks like a brick. From his reflective jacket I guess he works in construction or some trade. He doesn’t want to fuss making up passwords.
“It’s much easier if you…” the secretary starts.
“No it isn’t,” he says politely. But I can hear his teeth clenching.
She sighs and books him the appointment and writes it down.
He thanks her, takes the piece of paper, and flies off.
Now there are a lot of very useful apps. I like that I can bank from my phone. Times of having to stand in line in a bank to pay bills are long gone. And I love my trading and investing app. I can buy and sell stocks from my phone for free. Isn’t that absolutely wild?
But the healthy tooth app is stupid. I have to download it, put in all my information, and come up with some elongated password — all to use it only once a year. And when you…
