When I was a kid, and doctors worked without appointments, my doctor had a HUGE fish tank, and some car magazines in his waiting room. I never got bored there, the fish tank was awesome.
But, most waiting rooms are terribly annoying. The same doctor and car magazine, where-ever you go. And some five year old vogues or so. Glossies with sturdy glossy backs, that can endure fiddling bored fingers. And that have no pleasant content at all.
There are exceptions. At my dentist, I tell myself off for not bringing my reading glasses. And, today I went to my GP. The old one has left, the younger is in charge now. The first thing to notice was the difference in the waiting room. He had put in a bookshelf, with good books in it. And, if you are interested in a book, you can borrow it. You can bring it back when you are finished. You're allowed to just drop in to borrow a book too. If you have books yourself that you have read and do not want to keep, you can donate them too.
I took a book home.
