BTW, there's absolutely nothing you can do if a doctor is rude, unless he's part of a huge bureaucratic medical group. If he's in private practice, or part of a small group, the most you can do is quit going and post a bad review. As doctors tend not to get many reviews (unlike restaurants and hotels), you can greatly affect their business with just a single bad review.

I am not advocating for posting frivolously bad reviews about doctors, but if you really do have a bad experience, it's fine to post a truthful one which is critical. I would not have cared about the Trump remark if it were my doctor.

In Vegas in 2010, I had the worst cold of my life, which I caught during the WSOP. The one I had last year was also pretty bad (also from WSOP), but nothing compared to the 2010 one. Anyway, I ended up getting pink eye in the later stages of the cold. This was almost certainly viral pink eye (which isn't uncommon to occur along with really bad colds), but it had a weird discharge which actually sealed one of my eyes shut until I picked it off, so I got concerned and went to a doctor.

The good news was that I got a same-day appointment.

That bad news was that it was a giant ophthalmologist mill, and had swallowed up pretty much every single ophthalmologist in Vegas. I got to my appointment on time, but I waited about 90 minutes to be seen. When the doctor finally came in, he gruffly said, "Hi, how are you?"

I said, "I'm ok. Long wait today!"

I said it in a cheery sounding voice, trying to make it clear I wasn't complaining, but was just remarking that I had waited awhile.

He then launched into a tirade about how I need to be appreciative that they saw me on such short notice, and I had no right to complain about anything. How about just responding with, "Sorry, we're really busy today", and then getting on with the exam?

But dude didn't give a shit because he knew I had no other choice but that office if I wanted to see an ophthalmologist in Vegas.

He also likely misdiagnosed it as bacterial pink eye. He didn't bother asking what color the discharge was. Apparently clear discharge which occurs while sleeping is usually viral (plus usually follows or rides along with a separate virus), and a yellowish discharge during the day is bacterial. Mine was the former. But I was given antibiotics anyway, and when I asked why he felt it was bacterial, I got yelled at again and told I didn't have to take the antibiotics if I didn't want to.

I didn't bother complaining to anyone or writing any reviews.