Why are waiting rooms so quiet? Nobody really talks to each other and if you do talk it seems like everyone else kind of stares at you. A few months ago I was in a doctor's waiting room with Dominic. When we first walked in it was very quiet and about half the people kind of looked over at us. I guess it was because I had a child with me. The median age of the people in this waiting room was about 65. After we had been waiting a little bit, Dominic started talking really loud. I tried to shush him, but that attracted even more attention. When you are waiting in a doctor's office, it would be kind of awkward to strike up a conversation. You can't really ask the person next to you, "so, what are you here for?" One thing I've learned about doctor's waiting rooms is to bring your own reading material!! I was in my cardiologist's office a few weeks ago and there was a husband and wife waiting to see the doctor. The husband said quite loudly, "these magazines here are 12 years old!!" I was going to offer the guy part of my newspaper to read, but then the nurse called me in. What's the worst is if you are in a waiting room that has no reading material and you didn't bring anything. Yikes!! Where do you look? At the person across from you in the chair?? The orthodontist's office where Lauren is being treated has the best waiting room ever! They have all of the most recent issues of my favorite magazines AND a television! An added bonus are the wonderful ladies that work the front desk. They are so polite and friendly! The next time you are in a waiting room, take a look around. Do most people have something to read? are they talking? texting? or are they staring into space??
We are heading towards 600 orders for Dominic's business. Since our long-term goal for Baked Goods By Dominic is having a "brick-and-mortar" and hire those with disabilities, it is essential and imperative that I continue to teach him all parts of the business. Since I prompted Dominic for so many years for speech, he has become "prompt dependent." What that essentially means is that he will look at me for a prompt, like, "what do you do next?" I do that one a lot. Dominic has been going to a private speech therapist for over ten years and she reminds me often that Dominic usually will know the answer, if I am patient and wait for him. That has been a very hard habit to break! Dominic has an incredible memory, so I put it to the test this morning. I didn't write out the steps, I wanted to see how much he could do completely on his own. We have a customer picking up his order today, but the only thing that had been done is putting the cookies into t...
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