Gail Drake developed a niggling toothache and rang Mydentist for an appointment. They told her she had to book online.
Gail explained she was registered as blind, but was repeatedly told she needed to book online.
When she asked to speak to the practice manager, she was told to write or email.
Now, I get Mydentist is probably one of a number who has spotted a gap in the market. My NHS dentist dumped me during Covid after they were bought out by a bunch of… I’ll let you guess. The same probably happened to Gail.
That’s no excuse for the way a person who has been partially sighted since birth, and has recently developed fast growing cataracts, or indeed anyone in pain, should be treated.
I’ve sympathy for Gail. I’m developing cataracts and some days it’s like looking through a shifting fog towards a bright light.
Anyway the BBC contacted these cunts who offered her a same day appointment, with a Harley Street dental surgeon, I hope, because I wouldn’t trust my teeth to this bunch of chancers.
Incidentally, I find that this article calling Gail by Drake, as if she were a criminal extremely offensive. Get rid of proof readers at your peril, media cunts.
Nominated by Jeezum Priest.
Haven’t been to my local dentist in years and I’m certain they think I’m dead due to lack of contact. One day I’ll have tooth ache and start panicking. Where’s that fucking phone number.
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Gail should know by now that the sole job of a dentist’s or doctor’s receptionist is to tell the patients to fuck off.
Doctors and dentists are only there to treat RNLI Cross-Channel ferry customers.
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Good morning Geordie and everyone.
My dentist’s receptionist has the opposite job, she is trying to drum trade up. Locally you cannot find an NHS dentist for love or money so I put my hand in my pocket and pay. The hygienist appointment, necessary before being allowed a dental appointment is £160 and a basic appointment with the dentist is another £200. They ring and then text you every 6 months as people just can’t afford that sort of money after 2 years of Rachel and Queer Keir, so consequently are short of work.
I had implants 3 years ago, the financial cost was nothing compared to the medical consequences. They work great but have very serious risks which are down played when they convince you to have them.
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Poor Gail.
There’s absolutely nothing worse than being stripped of your formality.
The BBC, for some reason, are giving her the Trump treatment.
Is it cos she’s white?
More than likely.
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Also. I wouldn’t bother contacting the BBC again, Gail.
They’ll probably refer to you as Gail Drake (real name, Gail Yaxley Lennon).
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Fuckin dentists.
like nazis.
Shes blind you cunts!
I hate dentists.
hate going.
and Really hate paying.
sat in the waiting room with sad or scared looking people,
the shitty magazines,
then the lecture…
” you dont floss? how are you still alive?!
you need to floss immediately or your head might fall off”
fuck off.
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JP has already promised me his prized set of antique Waterloo teeth so no more dentist for me when they start to fall out.
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jammy !!
😃
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Use a toothpick, Mis. Like the cowboys. Your favourite, Clint Woodeast whatever his name. Has he bought the farm yet ?
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No, Sammy .
Clints immortal.
he’ll outlive us all.
Toothpick?
missus Miserable has those little wooden sticks you put cocktail sausages and cheese and pineapple on.
suppose I could use those?
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Oh no, Mis.
Far too harsh. If you can, get an antique one, ivory if possible.
Otherwise,a quill one from a bird feather.
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If only we had doctors and dentists receptionists running the home office, no fucker would ever be let in..
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Anyone know if Mydentist can do a full extraction and a set of china choppers in time for the party political conference season?
Asking for my mate Dave Paulden.
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I get the feeling my dentist is losing optimism of making me the fourth Beegee.
every time he recommends something I ask
” how much is it?”
his earning potential is limited with me.
No implants
no lazer treatment
no products
no veneers.
poor fucker had to get last year’s model Bentley he’s that skint.
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The Queen Mother had wooden teeth right up to her death. She was only a hundred or so years old.
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she used to pop them in a glass of creosote on her nightstand.
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After the photographs with the elephants she shot, there’s a rare one with a tusk up her flute.
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Talking of magazines in dentist waiting rooms.
The last time i went to mine, I noticed that the fading copies of Country Life and Cosmopolitan (does anyone actually read these anymore?) had stickers on the back saying they were withdrawn copies from the local library.
Yet my dentists brand new Jaguar in the car park suggested that cash flow wasn’t necessarily a problem.
The tight bastards!
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Those magazines are the pits.
one about interior design
one for joggers
one for hypocondriacs
I like vintage Viz
Razzle
Giles
Calvin and Hobbes
readers wives
westerns.
of which there’s none.
come on dentists
get something good in the waiting room
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Martin Rolfe, boss of NATS (1.5 million a year, thanks very much) has just made a dental appointment. He’s hoping they might have an old copy of the Air Traffic Control Manual in the waiting room.
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@geordie… he’d much prefer the financial times 👀…he should be grounded like the multitude of ✈️..talk about a fly by night operator 😖
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I always put ‘The Marathon Man’ on, when any of my teeth start playing up Mis. Then go to the “Is it safe?” section. It’s saved me a fortune over the years in dental costs.
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oh
and why do they all have fishtanks?
boring ones.
get some piranha!!
they’re all teeth
be like a advertisement.
and a toy creature from the Black Lagoon blows airbubbles.
something interesting to the eye.
your fish are boring cunts
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They could play a joke on Gail if they had a tank of piranha.
Tell her its the sink and she needs to wash up before the dentist sees her.
It’d give the people in the waiting room a good laugh and make the atmosphere less tense.
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Someone has developed an online appointment system which 99,9% of people are probably very happy with and find very useful.
But her special needs weren’t taken into account, so instead of thinking of it as a minor inconvenience, she goes bleating to the press.
Perhaps if she wasn’t such an entitled bitch she may have a friend, neighbour or family member to help her.
But apparently she hasn’t.
I couldn’t give a flying fuck about the woman.
She is a cunt and I hate her.
Good morning!
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Hahaha 😆
made me giggle that
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I had to use an emergency dentist around June this year, who had an online booking system.
I did manage to navigate it, but then I’ve also got tech savvy family to help with that kind of shit
Younger took me, I had two teeth extracted. Despite enough anaesthetic to knock an elephant out it hurt like hell, but the pain from the teeth was even worse. I’m also needle phobic, so when he wanted to stop and do a nerve block I told him to get on with it.
It also cost me the thick end of a grand, but in fairness I considered it a bargain, as the pain had been making my life a misery.
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A fucking grand to have 2 teeth pulled?
The rob dog bastards.
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Private dentists are pricey, Art.
On the plus side, I’ve only got £10k’s worth left.
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Fuck’s sake JP.
At times there are flights available from the UK to here for around £15.
A taxi to the dentists from the airport.
You will easily find a clinic to pull out a tooth for €20.
Even if you stayed in a nice hotel for the night and a good meal out, you would still be quids in.
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I have just read that you get ripped off for £120 for fucking cleaning!
The average, even in the tourist areas is €50.
I pay €40 in the city.
The last major treatment that I had was for an implant.
For…… Around half a dozen appointments which included surgery to build up my jaw.
A full scan x-ray before each treatment.
A full mould of my teeth.
The implant.
The crown.
All antibiotics.
WhatsApp messages to confirm each appointment.
Being looked after by one of 4 good looking assistant nurses at each visit.
Being treated by perhaps the best dental surgeon that I have ever had (thank you Ceasar, you may be an obvious bender but you have very small hands, which are very useful).
10 year guarantee.
Phone calls a day or two after each treatment to make sure that I was OK.
1.300 euros.
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Blind people should take note.
they’re being treated unfairly.
they should train to be dentists themselves and open dentists that cater to the blind.
free labrador parking
etc
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Stick to a pair of pliers or the string and door 🚪 method 👍… nearly all dentists are of Karachi extraction 👈 these days and I wouldn’t want the arse smellers breath within inches of my face… that’ll be £50.. you’ve not done anything yet! ..you sat in my chair sir 😖
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My Dentist is Great (Not a My Dentist though)
Finally have a dental practice (small independent) with a dentist who can do an examination without trying to emulate Josef Mengele.
And you can phone to make an appointment and they give you a reminder call on the day before your appointment, not even sure if they do online bookings – Old School 😂
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Funny how she managed to look up their number and ring them though.
MyDentist certainly are cunts. Proper money grabbing cunts. I’ll use A and E if I need dental treatment in future.
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I’ve got sympathy for Gail, but it could’ve been worse if she got an appointment:
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/7149682.dentist-faces-jail-sex-act/
Kind of explains why a lot of our darker brethren go into dentistry.
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Her hair was sticky and wet, oh dear 😂
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Don’t think they operate in Brids now, some enterprising Asians are opening a new NHS practice allegedly.
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I have never heard of or seen a darkie dentist here.
We have Scandinavian dental clinics, but I don’t use them.
The best dental training is given in Argentina, so you will find that most of the Spanish speaking dentists in the best clinics are from there.
They are usually fit young women in their 20’s, so I quite look forward to a check up or cleaning.
Strangely enough, most vets are young, fit women too.
I may get myself another dog.
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I had a darkie dentist when I was a lad. As shiny as a Gregg’s chocolate doughnut. He said, “You can call me Mr Sam-bo! (hahaha)” I’m not kidding. He really did. Nice old chap really.
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Fucking dentists. The BBC should do an accessibility audit on their booking website.
If it’s not AAA compliant, sue them under the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA). The dinghy riders will also probably sue them for not having multiple languages on their booking site. Bloody piano dentists.
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Bet ive spent over £100 at the dentists in the last 5yrs,
the robbing twats.
an ive still got a smile like Shane McGowan.
I could of had a smile like a Osmond if willing to pay a few grand.
Can’t polish a turd 😃
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