Friday, January 20, 2012

The surgery mindset

On rare occasions an orthopedic surgeon will rent a half-day of office space from Dr. Pissy and I, and today was one of those.

Unfortunately, the power was out for a few hours this afternoon due to the snowstorm. This is a major inconvenience, but what can you do? So the patients and I work through it as best we can.

Not the ortho doc, though. 10 minutes after it went out he came storming out of an exam room and went up to his secretary.

"Suzy! This power outage is unacceptable! Call the electric company and have them turn it back on immediately!"

Pissy and I had a hard time not cackling as he marched back into the exam room.
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26 comments:

  1. Lisa January 20, 2012 at 11:42 PM

    Well, my heart goes out to Suzy. I hope that a$$ doesn't end up causing her so much stress she develops cancer.

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  2. MooseJanuary 21, 2012 at 12:05 AM

    ok, to play grammar jerk, Dr Orthotwerp "rents from Dr Pissy and me", not I.

    The way to remember how to get it right is to remove the "other-noun and" (or "and other-noun"). So, Dr Orthotwerp "rents from [...] me."

    It feels wrong, because we get hammered about saying "Bob and me went to do this" - but that's wrong because "me went to do this" is wrong. The correction gets made to "Bob and I" without the explanation, leaving people making knee-jerk corrections that are often incorrect.

    In related news, Dr Orthotwerp is an idjit. But that, you knew.

    Today's grammar lesson has been brought to you by the captcha word: affevugh. This is the word that describes how most people feel after reading impromptu grammar lessons.

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 21, 2012 at 12:24 AM

    Well if God rules the heavens and the earth, and created
    Eve from Adam's rib, then it follows that a such a super duper surgeon believes he can lord over the power company.

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  4. UnknownJanuary 21, 2012 at 3:42 AM

    "Suzy! Make it happen!"

    I have a feeling, though, Suzy has a very similar mindset, and would be the first to achieve something with the electrical company, were that possible. At least our secretaries are a lot more gung-ho about getting things done than the rest of the hospital.

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 21, 2012 at 5:51 AM

    Doesn't he know how a power outage works yet?!?! Thanks for the chuckle

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  6. ER's MomJanuary 21, 2012 at 6:18 AM

    Hey now! That's an ORTHO surgeon's mindset...don't go blaming all surgeons for that!

    ;)

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  7. Reds KevinJanuary 21, 2012 at 7:04 AM

    Hope they put him on hold, and by that time, the power comes back outhl (wv)!

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  8. burnttoastJanuary 21, 2012 at 8:05 AM

    One of my favorite memories was being in an OR while a CARDIAC SURGEON was operating and yelling into a phone being held up to his ear. "You cannot turn off my power! Do you know who I AM?!! My wife is on the city council!! You will be sorry!!!" And then he said amazed "She hung up on me."
    It still makes me laugh. I am sure the person talking to him would have personally pushed the button turning off his power!

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  9. AnonymousJanuary 21, 2012 at 8:55 AM

    the power is out. they must fix it.

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  10. AnonymousJanuary 21, 2012 at 9:07 AM

    Why do I have the feeling that Mary actually COULD get the power back on?

    --Queen Anne's Lace

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  11. ErinJanuary 21, 2012 at 9:46 AM

    I've yet to meet or work with an ortho that didn't think he was the reason the sun rises and sets every day.

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  12. Medic2RNJanuary 21, 2012 at 10:32 AM

    Your office phones would work during a power outage?
    Surgeons - they are such a hoot.

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  13. AnonymousJanuary 21, 2012 at 11:37 AM

    "HEY YOU GUYS!!!!"

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  14. bobbieJanuary 21, 2012 at 3:51 PM

    I'd rather deal w/ a cardio surgeon than an ortho ANY day!!!

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  15. Loren PechtelJanuary 21, 2012 at 4:25 PM

    I suppose that if things go bad in the OR he'll just command the patient to survive and blame the patient if they don't comply?

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  16. AnonymousJanuary 21, 2012 at 5:38 PM

    Cellphones would work in a power outage, as well as old-style rotary dial phones, provided you have a land line and non-digital type service. Thus, after a hurricane a few years ago, we had phone service, but no power for a week. We could call relatives to tell them we were fine, but thankfully they could not smell our laundry bin.....

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  17. gloria pJanuary 21, 2012 at 6:05 PM

    If I remember correctly, my genetics course taught that arrogance and entitlement are both carried on the surgeon gene.

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  18. MJJanuary 21, 2012 at 10:49 PM

    Sounds like one of the doctors i work for. A few months ago there was an earthquake on the east coast, and being in delaware we were affected, not only was he inconvienced by the earth quake but he wanted me to hurry up the fire marshal so we could re enter the building

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  19. BeckyJanuary 21, 2012 at 10:56 PM

    Gloria P wins the comment game.

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  20. myoclonicjerkJanuary 22, 2012 at 12:31 PM

    The beauty of these types is that it takes no effort on our parts to make them look silly.

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  21. DaniJanuary 22, 2012 at 11:44 PM

    And my friends wondered why I ended up in therapy after working at an orthpaedic institute for 4 years while in college. UGH. Jerks

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  22. AnonymousJanuary 23, 2012 at 2:48 PM

    I have had the “opportunity” to visit two surgeons as a patient this year. (It sucks to have met my 2012 deductible in the first 3 weeks of the year.) One was Ortho the other Neuro, both were crazy.

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  23. History DocJanuary 23, 2012 at 4:39 PM

    Orthopedists.

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  24. DebbieJanuary 23, 2012 at 8:29 PM

    Abracadabra!!

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  25. AnonymousJanuary 27, 2012 at 5:33 PM

    CARDIOLOGY ATTENDING, AFTER HEARING SATURDAY CONFERENCE WAS SCHEDULED ON SAME DAY/TIME HIS FAV COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM HAD MOVED START TIME BECAUSE OF TV COVERAGE START, TO CONFERENCE PLANNER:

    WELL, YOU NEED TO CALL (O-HECK COLLEGE) THE SPORTS COORDINATOR AND TELL THEM THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE, AND THEY NEED TO REVISE THE START TIME (OF THE GAME, AS NOT TO AFFECT HIS PRESENTATION SCHEDULE)

    I AM NOT CERTAIN HOW LONG WE BOTH STOOD WITH OUR MOUTHS OPEN. ANOTHER REASON WHY I SELECTED ANOTHER FIELD OF MEDICINE....

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  26. AnonymousJanuary 8, 2014 at 12:24 AM

    I am positive I worked for that guy!

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So wadda you think?