Disbelief
When I went to a new dentist yesterday, I was not full of disbelief. No, I had been suffering from severe tooth ache for a month. I just wanted relief.
But as I sat in their examination room in the dentist chair with long seat and blinding lights, one of the doctor started narrating to the trainee. But I said curtly, no, I do not want an X ray. I am not currently worrying about other teeth and the shape they are in. I just want to take of care of this tooth with terrible pain. She took the matter to the main doctor and main doctor said - ok, we will just extract that one tooth.
The young doctor took me to another examination room or was it a surgery room. And gave me a local anesthesia. And then one more. She poked the side of tooth and asked me if it pains - I answered yes. She gave me a third injection.
Then with the pliers she tried pulling my tooth. It hurt and I complained. I said, mommy, I want to go home. No, what I said instead is I will get it extracted another day, it is paining too much.
She consoled me and said. It will not pain, I should co-operate. Then she took her weapon again, and was ready to prick me with fourth anesthetic injection. I objected, you have already given me 3 injections.
She would have ignored me, but a nurse next to her convinced her to try again pulling the tooth. And this time, it did not hurt and came out of the socket. Both of us were relieved.
So I came out of the hospital with one less tooth, one K less in my pocket (or do I say mobile?) and a swollen cheekbone.
So now tell me, is my disbelief in people justified or not?

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