I did see their point, but I also saw the table completely empty of anything readable and wasn't going to give the receptionists first dibs! You need something to read to take your mind off things when you are at the Dr's. And that doesn't include posters warning you about nasty genital warts etc.
I once went to a Dr's who had a little tv showing a short film about various exciting sexually transmittable infections one could catch, on a loop. It was about ten minutes long and I had to watch the bloody thing three times before I was called in. I would have done anything for a twenty year old Reader's Digest, I can tell you.
Do you still wear you original wedding and engagement ring