Let me just drop everything for your convenience.

[draggonlaady]

"Hi. Can you neuter my dog today?"
"Not today, our surgery schedule is already full. I can get you in tomorrow, though."
"But we were told you do surgery every morning."
"We do, but we try to have things scheduled a couple days ahead, so we aren't just wondering what will show up. And today's schedule is full, but I can get you in tomorrow."
"Well, I'll just call back."
"Alright, but chances are we won't be able to get you in on the day you call, because we do schedule things ahead of time."
"Uh huh." *click*

Because apparently we should just be a walk-in surgery, with no warning and no preparation (and she's probably already fed the dog a nice, big breakfast to vomit up all over after we sedate him).

Comments

[jacksontwobears.livejournal.com]

So ... you're saying that surgery is more complicated than getting a hair cut or a car wash?
Psh!
If it were, there would be several years of education required, licenses, procedures, controlled environments, and medical-grade pharmaceuticals!

[draggonlaady.livejournal.com]

I know, what was I thinking? We could just have let the technician do it!

[jacksontwobears.livejournal.com]

Even better, treat it like a Build-A-Bear Workshop and let people perform surgeries on their own pets!
What? Liabilities? Malpractice? What are you talking about?

[draggonlaady.livejournal.com]

Actually, there's kind of a grey area there for what people can do to their own animals, since it's technically their own property... as long as it's only their animal, or a friends and they don't charge for it... scary, huh?

[jacksontwobears.livejournal.com]

Frightening.
I may not sleep tonight.