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People hear my job title, and think that all I do is smile and wave at the
patients as they come in. Whoa-ho-ho, that ain’t it. You come to me, you give
me your name and ID, and I check you in. I make sure that you’ve come within
your appointment window, and aren’t trying to jump the line, or that
you’re late. I then send you to a waiting room based on availability. Once one
room gets full, I’ll move onto the next one. So don’t go thinking that there’s
anything connecting you with the other patients in your room. People have come
back out and complained, because they get to talking with one another, and
decide that some patients are less needy than others. That’s not what’s
happening here. You’re grouped based on time, as was the appointment window in
the first place. We encourage you to make friends while you’re waiting, and
bond over your shared experience, but don’t imagine that the group you end up
with says anything about what we think of you. I don’t know why I have to say
all this, but I do. I would certainly never call mine the hardest job at the
Foundation, but it’s not as easy as people think, so I always want to clarify
that a nice smile is not all you need to do it. You will get belligerent
people here, who feel entitled to certain accommodations, and as the first
person they encounter, you will receive a lot of that hostility. It doesn’t
happen every time. Ninety-nine out of a hundred patients are perfectly lovely.
But it does happen sometimes, and it makes it hard to maintain that smile. I
do it, because it’s important, and that’s what’s expected out of me. It’s not
terribly complicated, so there’s really nothing more to say about it, but
we’re always looking for new greeters, because we do have a shockingly high
turnover rate compared to other departments. So if you think you can handle
the stress, please apply. People think that operations are winding down
because the panacea is close, but that is not what I’m hearing. The Foundation
may never close. There may be a persistent market for direct healings, and
obviously, it’s not up to me. It’s a decent job with great pay, and it’s
really nice to just live right upstairs, so don’t let the news discourage you.
Even if it doesn’t last forever, it covers any gap you might otherwise have in
your résumé, and the Foundation shutting down is definitely a better reason
for it to end. Most of the time, I bet your job ended because you were let go,
right? That doesn’t really happen here, so just something to think about.
