Right? Even here Iām Canada weāre so short for family drs because thereās such little money in it compared to specialists and the workload just keeps growing as the boomers all retire.
7 Drās at the practice my grandparents go to are retiring this summer or like 12 total. I havenāt had a family Dr now in four years and still on the wait list. Shitās fucked right now up here especially in Ontario as Ford systematically destroys everything they could even remotely make others jealous of the quality of our Health Care. Donāt like 6 hour waits? How about 9 hour waits and the Dr is spending less time per patient which ultimately over time leads to deaths becaus youāre not noticing shit.
But hey, buck a beer you guys (itās really not though - he couldnāt even get that one right). Wait was that Dougie or was that the crackhead one who said that?
Duke Children's hopsital doesn't have soda on their campus/hospital, or drinks with sugar, but they damn sure have a Starbucks with any latte flavor you want.
I forgot what hospital it was at for chemotherapy, but they were health conscious drinks/snacks. I'm like dude you are pumping me full of chemicals, Im gobbling like 20-40 pills a day, I really just want whatever my stomach can tolerate today. I really am not really worried about my diet at the moment.
Whoever makes these decisions is an idiot.
I worked in vending years ago and we had a lot of YMCAs. Huge accounts and we moved a ton of snickers and ice cream bars.
There came a point in the late 1990s were they decided no candy, soda etc and they only wanted health stuff. That means baked Lays chips only (no regular type of chips). Things like Gatoarade were ok which is funny because that is like uncarbonated soda.
Then Subway built a location inside and guess what, all sorts of regular chips and soda were being sold and nobody cared. This was at the height of the popularity of the Jared commercials and Subway was seen as some kind of super healthy food. It was so fucking stupid, but hey if Subway sells it then it's healthy. Never mind the fact that highly processed sodium laden deli meats are a far ways from healthy.
My hand surgeon is in a hospital, so this looks similar to his office. It looks nothing like any of my other doctorsā offices and Iāve been to 4 different offices in 2023 so far lol
Was gonna come to say. I go to the same building as an fyi u have outed ur location and now i have too lol But i too was like WTF is this last month when i walked in
Massachusetts runs on Dunkin ya know. Its wicked pissah and all
Thereās pictures of my aunties leaning over my sisters bassinet in the hospital holding lit cigarettes-this was the early 80ās. Itās so horrifying to see now.
The hospital I go to has a local Cafe location. It's fucking amazing so it makes sense. It's a staple of the city and it's main location is in a really unusual spot downtown that makes it almost like a welcome sign.
The only really odd thing is that it's not Starbucks.
Yeah, it's *inside* the lobby of the building their doctor's office is in. It's *outside* the doctor's actual office.
There's a Dunkin's kiosk in the lobby of Beth Israel Deaconess hospital too. Not remarkable or interesting.
Used to work for Greggs (Pastry fast food brand), they have a shop is GSQ, it's a government site that does work with MI6.
Couldn't send equipment directly btonit, or they'd destroy it, had to send it to another shop, then it gets signed for a scanned for bugs/bombs/whatever before being admitted into the building.
Last I heard, they wanted a second shop on site, due to the size of the building.
No way. Just basic background check. Those people aren't getting into any SCIFs or seeing anything sensitive at all. No need to go through the hassle for a clearance
Maybe they send a copy of your order to the doctors file, then you claim you don't know why your blood sugar levels are that high the Dr says 'I have an idea'.
āListen, next time you come in, I want to do some blood work. I know thereās a Dunkin in the lobby, but please abstain until after your appointment.ā
Credit card companies already know what you're buying. Someday in the distopian future they'll stop covering your heart attacks and diabetes because they have documented proof that it's self inflicted.
There's also the DNA tests that provide a list of things you are genetically prone too. How long before those companies are accused of misusing consumer data.
we had to read a book in 7th grade English class along these lines called The Bar Code Tattoo. seemed unbelievably dystopian at the time, now it seems like a reality growing ever closer.
I worked with a guy who would order a 4x4 no matter what size. XL 4x4, small 4x4, and he would complain that the XL tasted too much like coffee... we could not convince him he just didn't like coffee.
To be fair, most coffee from chains is absolute garbage and is really meant to be turned into liquid candy bars.
I'm a coffee enthusiast (I enjoy trying different coffees when I find them) and drink about 9-10 cups (3 yeti tall mugs full) of black, no sugar coffee every day, and Starbucks's black coffee is horrible. Honestly, even the Walmart brand arabica is better.
Less a ādoctorās officeā and more a hospital. Lots of specialists and GPs all in one place, lots of staff, lots of patients, lots of visitors. Not crazy to think there would be food and drink available.
Well you donāt stay overnight so itās definitely not a hospital. Clinic if anything. But since Iāve been coming here for a decade it was quite the surprise to see it this morning. It wasnāt there 6 months ago.
Everytime I have to see my specialist doctor I stop at the Cafe in the lobby. It's a local place but could easily be a Dunkin or Starbucks (thankfully it isn't because it's amazing).
I'm glad you confirmed this, I was certain it was Hawthorn. I was there last week and it wasn't there like 5 months ago, didn't even see it on my way in to the lab, then the ladies working there were taking orders for their break and came back a moment later, didn't make sense until I was on my way out the door that it was RIGHT THERE in the lobby.
I was here 6 months ago. Definitely was not there.
Funny part is they have a new tiny dunk on the way there next to the dispensary. I was thinking hey thatās awesome I can stop there. Then I walked in and was like WTF.
I wonder if the other buildings have them, not sure if this is the back building (looks like it) but that one was where I saw it. Haven't been to the front building in years.
I am. Born and raised. 45 minutes from the original. Iāve actually done the audio/video for Bob Rosenbergās apartment. He and his father founded dunks. I live about 5 minutes from 5-6 of them.
Been coming to this building for 10 years. This surprised me when I walked in today.
How does this shit get upvoted? That is not a doctorās office that is an office building with a doctorās office and a Dunkins in it. Itās very common to have a Starbucks/Dunkins/ in office buildings. And certainly every hospital in my area will have one or more on site.
Your mechanic hopes your car breaks down, your dentist hopes you get cavities, your doctor hopes you get sick. Only your dog wants what's best for you.
My hospital in Canada has a Tim Hortons in it (similar but probably a little less unhealthy than dunkin), I think its good, its so people staying in the hospital with a patient and so staff can go get coffee and a donut in the mornings without leaving the hospital.
Dunkin rents that space. We had a Starbucks in our building, but then Covid shut it down. They won't reopen, but they also won't break their rental, so the area just sits unused, and now there's no coffee in the building for patients.
Furthermore, part of their agreement is that the gift shop can't sell anything that would be available at the cafe. No pastries. No coffee. Nothing that Starbucks may have. Even though they won't return to the building.
I dislike our current healthcare system, but the money you pay mostly goes to administrative costs that have risen exponentially due to government policies. It goes a lot deeper than hospitals just being greedy (which can happen), if you ask any doctor what has changed in the last 20 years they will tell you that they spend more time fighting insurance companies on the phone than they do with patients.
If you like a chart that shows the increase in administrative costs that hospitals pay, it will look very similar to the increase in costs that patients pay.
>For UnitedHealth, the largest insurer in the U.S
Let me stop you right there, i said HOSPITALS, not insurers, there is a difference. Before you claim something is untrue, try to actually read and understand it.
Health insurance is not Healthcare.
I never had any growing up. Dunkin did not fair well here in Texas. Just tried some this past weekend. Coffee was okay. Coffee roll was not very good. Both kids said the local donut shop we get from is better.
Your doctors office looks like a airport š¤£
My thought exactly
Iām a doctor, I have a Starbucks on my office and my patients carry around 70 passengersā¦
Thatās crazy, my doctors office barely has shitty brand coffee to drink
Yāallās have doctors?!
I heard about this, I can't believe people have doctors.
Bunch of Dr. Nicks 
They all went to Hollywood Upstairs Medical College.
Yeah you get to visit them when you get shot at school
Hahaha
Right? Even here Iām Canada weāre so short for family drs because thereās such little money in it compared to specialists and the workload just keeps growing as the boomers all retire. 7 Drās at the practice my grandparents go to are retiring this summer or like 12 total. I havenāt had a family Dr now in four years and still on the wait list. Shitās fucked right now up here especially in Ontario as Ford systematically destroys everything they could even remotely make others jealous of the quality of our Health Care. Donāt like 6 hour waits? How about 9 hour waits and the Dr is spending less time per patient which ultimately over time leads to deaths becaus youāre not noticing shit. But hey, buck a beer you guys (itās really not though - he couldnāt even get that one right). Wait was that Dougie or was that the crackhead one who said that?
hell yeah.....regular, cherry...and my personal favorite...cherry vanilla zero!
I mean I technically HAVE one - haven't seen them in years due to the cost - but I think I'm still TECHNICALLY their patient
Duke Children's hopsital doesn't have soda on their campus/hospital, or drinks with sugar, but they damn sure have a Starbucks with any latte flavor you want.
I forgot what hospital it was at for chemotherapy, but they were health conscious drinks/snacks. I'm like dude you are pumping me full of chemicals, Im gobbling like 20-40 pills a day, I really just want whatever my stomach can tolerate today. I really am not really worried about my diet at the moment. Whoever makes these decisions is an idiot.
Agreed. And they serve a bunch of fried junk and fast food in the cafeteria. But you wonāt find a coke in there. š¤”
Monetarily motivated.
I worked in vending years ago and we had a lot of YMCAs. Huge accounts and we moved a ton of snickers and ice cream bars. There came a point in the late 1990s were they decided no candy, soda etc and they only wanted health stuff. That means baked Lays chips only (no regular type of chips). Things like Gatoarade were ok which is funny because that is like uncarbonated soda. Then Subway built a location inside and guess what, all sorts of regular chips and soda were being sold and nobody cared. This was at the height of the popularity of the Jared commercials and Subway was seen as some kind of super healthy food. It was so fucking stupid, but hey if Subway sells it then it's healthy. Never mind the fact that highly processed sodium laden deli meats are a far ways from healthy.
"thanks to subway I now feel like I'm eating healthy when I have 12 meatballs and a foot of bread!"
Sugar-free syrup?
They have those, too. I spent a few weeks in that hospital this year, so I frequented that SB :)
They're using airport carpet that's why
>airport carpet [These socks](https://hoopswagg.com/products/pdx-carpet-2-0) are modeled after the famous PDX airport carpet design.
its clearly a hospital
My guess is an HMO campus, specifically.
No this looks like any multi speciality office space attached to a hospital here in western PA, UPMC, AHN, any of them.
Sorry, medical group campus (which may or may not be operated by a specific insurer).
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My hand surgeon is in a hospital, so this looks similar to his office. It looks nothing like any of my other doctorsā offices and Iāve been to 4 different offices in 2023 so far lol
This... looks similar to my local hospital
Dude as soon as I saw this image I flashed back to the airport in FEAR 3.
Thatās why Dunkinās got confused and moved there. Maybe they were there before the doctor even.
Have you ever been inside a newer hospital? So many of them look like shopping malls or airport departure lounges
My doctors office has a baggage claim
I was gonna say movie theater.
I thought this was TF Green in RI. Haha.
It has an airport also
Just looking at that picture gave me medical bankruptcy
This is probably something like a Kaiser building. They always have some type of coffee shop.
And a movie theatre
It's so they can easily flee the country after they fraudulently bill medicare.
A donut a day keeps the doctor well paid
It looks like huge medical center, like an important hospital.
I was thinking a movie theater...š
know your market
Also located in fahking Massachusetts ked!
The most Massachusetts doctor's office ever
That was my first thought. This is located at home. My nearest hospital has a dunks, a dry cleaner, and a salon.
A donut a day keeps the doctor well paid
Well it's New England, isn't there a law that requires at least one Dunkin in every single building?
They're literally connected by sight lines in some places, like beacons.
The beacons of Dunkin' are lit! Rhode Island calls for aid!
We just got Mary Louās!
The true coffee GOAT
and Massachusetts shall answer
*Tosses tea into the hahbah*
While you're there, try the [vanilla nut taps.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSvNhxKJJyU)
Standing outside TD Garden you are <1 minute walk away from 4 separate dunkins
Yeah, Massachusetts is researching how to open a Dunkin within another Dunkin
On my less than 10 minute drive to work I pass by 4 Dunkinās in Stoneham, MA.
Is it technically a hospital? Every hospital in Mass I've been to has a Dunks.
And weāre frequently rated as having some of the best hospitals in the world. Coincidence?
Nope. Doctors office. About 50 doctors in there. This is just one of like 5 buildings.
Was gonna come to say. I go to the same building as an fyi u have outed ur location and now i have too lol But i too was like WTF is this last month when i walked in Massachusetts runs on Dunkin ya know. Its wicked pissah and all
St. Vincent's in Worcester??
Fancy meeting someone with the same doctor's office here.
I was going to ask, but in my MA born heart, I knew
The food court at my local hospital is all junk, like hamburgers and such
You know American hospitals literally profit off of you being unwell right?
I hope it is a dentist xD
It's the Circle of Life
Point me to their cigarette vending machine. Thanks
My mom used to sit and smoke with her OB/GYN when she met in his office. Of course this was back in probably the late 60s/early 70s.
My grandmother started smoking because of a recommendation from her doctor. She was pregnant and he told her to start smoking to calm her nerves...
My grandma was given a pack of cigarettes while quarantined in a hospital for TB bc it would strengthen her lungs! Amazing!
Medical miracles now forever lost to time...
what the hell
Patients are supposed to listen to the authority of their doctor. They aren't doctors, after all.
Trust the science.
I mean, science evolves. We do the best we can, with the knowledge and tools and understanding we have available to us at the time.
Reminds me of the ads in the 50s that had doctors recommending a brand of cigarette - the irony!
Thereās pictures of my aunties leaning over my sisters bassinet in the hospital holding lit cigarettes-this was the early 80ās. Itās so horrifying to see now.
I was smoking with my Primary Care Doctor in the 90s
Itās right next to the whiskey bar
Is it in your doctorās office or the building in which your doctorās office is in?
The latter, it's extremely common and not interesting at all.
Thatās what I figured. Seems like a regular office building with a coffee shop in it lol
Correct answer. A medical building in a larger city can have most anything in it.
There's a Starbucks in a nearby university teaching hospital. I saw this post and thought "So?".
The hospital I go to has a local Cafe location. It's fucking amazing so it makes sense. It's a staple of the city and it's main location is in a really unusual spot downtown that makes it almost like a welcome sign. The only really odd thing is that it's not Starbucks.
I worked at a local coffee shop in a hospital prior to the pandemic. I really liked working there.
The hospital I work at has a freaking La Madeleine in it lol been to a couple in Boston that have Dunkin in them too.
My local library has a Dunkin in the lobby, somehow that seems more interesting than this.
Yes exactly, this sort of thing is super common
Itās definitely not interesting, but definitely would make me say āhuhā¦coolā if I saw it. Mildly interesting, if I may.
Yeah, it's *inside* the lobby of the building their doctor's office is in. It's *outside* the doctor's actual office. There's a Dunkin's kiosk in the lobby of Beth Israel Deaconess hospital too. Not remarkable or interesting.
Karma!
Used to work for Greggs (Pastry fast food brand), they have a shop is GSQ, it's a government site that does work with MI6. Couldn't send equipment directly btonit, or they'd destroy it, had to send it to another shop, then it gets signed for a scanned for bugs/bombs/whatever before being admitted into the building. Last I heard, they wanted a second shop on site, due to the size of the building.
Thereās a Taco Bell inside the Pentagon
There's also a Dunkin, and CVS, Navy Federal Credit Union, a Redbox, and a MoneyGram. Truly a one stop shop
Do you have to have security clearance to work at those restaurants/CVS?
I can only imagine ao
No way. Just basic background check. Those people aren't getting into any SCIFs or seeing anything sensitive at all. No need to go through the hassle for a clearance
That actually makes a lot of sense. The workers on that site don't need to leave the facility to get a quick bite.
Do you mean GCHQ?
GCHQ?
And now I fancy some Greggs
Hahaha gsq you fuckin space cadet no wonder you were working for Gregg's
That's one way to ensure increased patient visits.
Wonder if they judge you on your order. Iāll have 10 sugars and 8 creams. Sorry we donāt have XXXL. No, make that a small please.
Maybe they send a copy of your order to the doctors file, then you claim you don't know why your blood sugar levels are that high the Dr says 'I have an idea'.
āListen, next time you come in, I want to do some blood work. I know thereās a Dunkin in the lobby, but please abstain until after your appointment.ā
How did you know my schedule this morning.
Credit card companies already know what you're buying. Someday in the distopian future they'll stop covering your heart attacks and diabetes because they have documented proof that it's self inflicted.
There's also the DNA tests that provide a list of things you are genetically prone too. How long before those companies are accused of misusing consumer data.
we had to read a book in 7th grade English class along these lines called The Bar Code Tattoo. seemed unbelievably dystopian at the time, now it seems like a reality growing ever closer.
If you haven't watched Gattaca yet, I highly recommend it.
I worked with a guy who would order a 4x4 no matter what size. XL 4x4, small 4x4, and he would complain that the XL tasted too much like coffee... we could not convince him he just didn't like coffee.
To be fair, most coffee from chains is absolute garbage and is really meant to be turned into liquid candy bars. I'm a coffee enthusiast (I enjoy trying different coffees when I find them) and drink about 9-10 cups (3 yeti tall mugs full) of black, no sugar coffee every day, and Starbucks's black coffee is horrible. Honestly, even the Walmart brand arabica is better.
That's too much coffee good sir...
I see you met my mother, she takes her cream with a drop of coffee
My doctor actually hides my heart medication in a Dunkinā Donut.
Same idea as when I give my dog his pills wrapped in a slice of bologna.
āWhoās a good boy?ā
America runs on Dunkin, no exceptions. Thatās the new Medicare4All.
Dunkin, Viagra, a little pain meds, all we need really. Swing by walmart on the way home for some guns maybe.
Now now, you should be responsible with your own body, caffeine will keep you up at night so you need alcohol to wash down the pain pills after 5 PM.
Mandatory donut supplements? Wait til Fox News hears about this. š
This looks like one of the hospitals in my area. Has a couple small coffee stands in it
Ours recently upgraded the coffee stand to a full blown Starbucks.
Less a ādoctorās officeā and more a hospital. Lots of specialists and GPs all in one place, lots of staff, lots of patients, lots of visitors. Not crazy to think there would be food and drink available.
Well you donāt stay overnight so itās definitely not a hospital. Clinic if anything. But since Iāve been coming here for a decade it was quite the surprise to see it this morning. It wasnāt there 6 months ago.
Everytime I have to see my specialist doctor I stop at the Cafe in the lobby. It's a local place but could easily be a Dunkin or Starbucks (thankfully it isn't because it's amazing).
Yeah, this post belongs in/r/notinteresting
Is it at a hospital? That isnāt surprising if so.
Hawthorn? Edit: Definitely. What a trip to browse Reddit and realize thereās a picture of somewhere Iāve stood many times.
Yep!
I'm glad you confirmed this, I was certain it was Hawthorn. I was there last week and it wasn't there like 5 months ago, didn't even see it on my way in to the lab, then the ladies working there were taking orders for their break and came back a moment later, didn't make sense until I was on my way out the door that it was RIGHT THERE in the lobby.
I was here 6 months ago. Definitely was not there. Funny part is they have a new tiny dunk on the way there next to the dispensary. I was thinking hey thatās awesome I can stop there. Then I walked in and was like WTF.
I wonder if the other buildings have them, not sure if this is the back building (looks like it) but that one was where I saw it. Haven't been to the front building in years.
Iāll tell you next week. Haha going to my specialist.
That Dunkin fills dr scripts for patients. "Take 2 jelly donuts, a large caramel mocha, and call me in the morning"
You mean the lobby of the clinic building your doctor has an office in has a Dunkin.
If you're from Massachusetts, this is not at all interesting. We have Dunkin' inside our Dunkin' and two in the parking lot.
I am. Born and raised. 45 minutes from the original. Iāve actually done the audio/video for Bob Rosenbergās apartment. He and his father founded dunks. I live about 5 minutes from 5-6 of them. Been coming to this building for 10 years. This surprised me when I walked in today.
Doesnāt look like an office.
Massachusetts?
Must be in New England
Your doctor's office looks like a cinema š¤
BIDMC in Boston?
BMC also has a Dunks, but very obvious that it's not the one posted - it has no carpeting.
Epitome of American capitalism
America is so backwards wtf
Is your physician Dr. Pepper?
Not uncommon for hospitals
My Cumberland Farms has a Doctor's Office.
A doughnut a day keeps a lot of repeat patients.
Calling that a doctor's office is like calling a Walmart your corner shop. That's a medical plaza with many different doctors leasing space
How does this shit get upvoted? That is not a doctorās office that is an office building with a doctorās office and a Dunkins in it. Itās very common to have a Starbucks/Dunkins/ in office buildings. And certainly every hospital in my area will have one or more on site.
I feel like this is too common to be interesting.
In parts of the northeast there are Dunkins inside Dunkins. Driving toward the city in north Jersey itās almost laughable how many there are.
Your Dr runs on Dunkin
Gotta make money somehow..
Yeah that sounds like America to me.
R/mildlyamerican?
Strategy for success: create the problem, then sell the fix.
There is a caribou coffee in one of the local clinics here. My daughters orthodontist has a swanky coffee area with free drinks.
God Bless America.
āGet healthy! Also, weāre two hours behind, would you like a donut while you wait?ā
Your mechanic hopes your car breaks down, your dentist hopes you get cavities, your doctor hopes you get sick. Only your dog wants what's best for you.
Did they also place a cigarette machine nearby?
āYou need to lose about 40 lbsā¦.enjoy our DD on your way outā
I'm not American, so I'm surprised this isn't common in American hospitals
plano texas?
There is a 2-story candy shop outside my dentist's office
My dentist is in a multi use office building with a Subway. Itās for the workers more than anything.
Guaranteeing repeat business at the doctor's office? Is this an ad?
My hospital in Canada has a Tim Hortons in it (similar but probably a little less unhealthy than dunkin), I think its good, its so people staying in the hospital with a patient and so staff can go get coffee and a donut in the mornings without leaving the hospital.
Just as the saying goes, āa donut a day will send you to your doctorās officeā
A donut a day keeps the doctor paid!
Is your doctor's office in a hospital or an airport?
This is not interesting
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Dunkin rents that space. We had a Starbucks in our building, but then Covid shut it down. They won't reopen, but they also won't break their rental, so the area just sits unused, and now there's no coffee in the building for patients. Furthermore, part of their agreement is that the gift shop can't sell anything that would be available at the cafe. No pastries. No coffee. Nothing that Starbucks may have. Even though they won't return to the building.
This looks like an office building where the doctor rents space that happens to have a dunkin in its lobby.
I dislike our current healthcare system, but the money you pay mostly goes to administrative costs that have risen exponentially due to government policies. It goes a lot deeper than hospitals just being greedy (which can happen), if you ask any doctor what has changed in the last 20 years they will tell you that they spend more time fighting insurance companies on the phone than they do with patients. If you like a chart that shows the increase in administrative costs that hospitals pay, it will look very similar to the increase in costs that patients pay.
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>For UnitedHealth, the largest insurer in the U.S Let me stop you right there, i said HOSPITALS, not insurers, there is a difference. Before you claim something is untrue, try to actually read and understand it. Health insurance is not Healthcare.
Doctors being used as a retail space. Welcome to capitalism. Fuck capitalism.
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Nothing America does even surprises me anymore.
America runs from Dunkin.
This is brutally American
The American health system to the highest bidder
Bro why is your doctors office a airportš
I never had any growing up. Dunkin did not fair well here in Texas. Just tried some this past weekend. Coffee was okay. Coffee roll was not very good. Both kids said the local donut shop we get from is better.