The after-hours call still has to go somewhere
It is 9pm and a dog has eaten something it should not have. The owner rings you first, because you are their vet. Your team went home at six, and the recording they reach tells them nothing about where to go now.
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In your caller's language, in your business's own words — not a menu, not a voicemail.
She reads your own services, prices and hours, so she answers the way you would.
My dog's been throwing up since last night and he won't eat. Can somebody see him today?
I'm sorry, that's worrying. Can I take his name and yours, and how old he is?
Buster, he's a beagle, seven years old. I'm Anne.
Thank you. Since last night, and nothing at all to eat? Is he drinking, and has he been himself otherwise?
He's drinking a bit. He's quiet, not himself. Is that serious?
I can't tell you that, I'm not the vet, and I don't want to guess about Buster. What I can do is get you in and make sure they see this first.
Please. Anything today.
There's a slot this afternoon, and I've put the sickness, no food since last night and that he's drinking on the booking so the vet reads it before you walk in. If he gets worse before then, call the emergency line and go straight in. You'll get a text with the time.
No, and she says so out loud on the call. She is not the vet, she does not triage and she will not guess. She writes down what the owner described, puts it on the booking so the vet reads it first, and tells them to call the emergency line if it gets worse.
Never. No dosage, no home remedy, no opinion on whether something can wait. Anything clinical becomes a note for the vet and a callback, not an answer.
Those do not go in the calendar on her own. She takes the details and marks the call so a person rings back, because that conversation is not one to have with a receptionist on a first call.
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No new handset, no app for your customers, nothing to learn.
Keep the number on your van and your cards. Unanswered calls roll to her.
She answers, asks what you would ask, and puts the job in your calendar.
Name, number and what they wanted — texted to you, and in your CRM.
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