I’ve been in this room for what feels like hours, when I look at the clock I see it’s really only been thirty minutes. I’m just supposed to have my ears looked at, I noticed a weird sound, a high pitched buzzing that comes and goes.

The room is soundproof and I have no idea what’s going on. The woman who led me in here seemed nice enough. She smiled, told me not to worry, said the doctor would be in soon then closed the door on her way out. 

I’m locked in. I didn’t notice at first until I tried to leave the room to use the bathroom I had seen on the way here. It was probably just an accident though, right? A faulty lock, maybe. I tried knocking but the hallway is empty so there’s no one to see me looking through the tiny window in the door. The rest of the room is featureless; a chair, a medical table like the ones you see in every doctors office. Nothing else of note. The only things on the wall are a vent and  a poster saying ‘You Matter’. 

I rolled my eyes at that. At the very least they don’t seem to think my time is important. It’s been almost an hour now and still nothing. Come to think of it, it’s a little weird that the nurse didn’t ask me anything about why I was here. The only thing I had done was fill out a form at the front desk about my past and present health and any possible problems. Standard procedure they said. I also had to confirm that I had come by myself. They couldn’t have people waiting around taking up seats needed for patients. 

I pulled out my cell phone and tried to call my wife to let her know I was running late. No signal. Great. Enough waiting. I went to the door and jiggled the handle hoping the lock might not have fully engaged, it was. I knocked on the window as a woman in scrubs and a mask walked by. She didn’t seem to notice me. She had to have heard me though. Maybe she was just busy and didn’t have time. 

I can’t keep justifying this anymore. Four people have walked by and nobody has so much as glanced at me. I just heard a click and there’s a strange smell, something chemical but sweet. I’m feeling light headed and have to sit down. There's a voice now

‘Please relax. Your organs are very important to us. You matter.’

Getting harder to think

Might jus have time to hitsend…