Dentist on saturday morning

[hospitaller]

I have a temporary filling on one tooth, waiting for my next appointment in 2 weeks, and Friday night the damn filling broke and fell out.

OUCH is right.

Luckily there is an InstaDentist franchise close to home so I managed to get in on Saturday morning, and being that I felt like soldiering on through the dentist visit, I decided to wear my 'full' Black Watch regalia (brown army shirt, BW kilt, lovat greens w/ red flash, plus belt and sporran).

To my pleasant surprise (and I learned this on the spot), apparently weekend mornings is a the s**tty shift and generally the staff is made of fresh out of school personnel.

So, there I was in my full kilt facing an early 20s receptionist who couldnt stop staring.

Then when they called me in, 3 dental assistants all in their early 20s and the actual dentist, who was also in her early 20s were waiting for me.

Needless to say, all 5 of them ganged up briefly and were going apes**t for a couple minutes.

that's cool looking up and down the kilt, why are you wearing it?, that's cool (actually grabbing my kilt pin), are you a scot?, are you wearing anything under your kilt?, can I touch it? (the fabric you pervs), etc.

This lasted from the moment I entered the actual procedures area until I finally seat in my dental chair, which thankfully was in the upright position.

Then as I was laying flat with the dentist over me, the assistant again grabbed the kilt pin and asked if I would sell it to her.

I must admit that I have to surrender my man card, but I did not sell it to her, and I did not offer to give it to her either.

$19.95 plus shipping, are you nuts?



all in all a fantastic morning, they got my filling taken care of and besides the playful intro, they were all professionals as I expected them to be.

slainte!