Dr. Grumpy: "Also, since you had a seizure, you'll have to stop driving for 2 months."
Mrs. Imspecial: "That's ridiculous. My husband is a doctor."
Dr. Grumpy: "Yes, but that doesn't change anything. The law is pretty clear. No driving until you've been seizure-free for 60 days."
Mrs. Imspecial: "I'm married to a doctor. You work with him at the hospital. I'm sure there's some exemption you can get for me."
Dr. Grumpy: "No, there isn't. The only thing that matters here is that you had a seizure."
Mrs. Imspecial: "I'm very busy with our kids, and don't have time for such nonsense. My husband is a doctor."
Dr. Grumpy: "That doesn't place you above the law. Think about what would happen to the kids if you had a seizure while driving."
Mrs. Imspecial: "Don't play scare games with me. I'll have to get a second opinion. I can't believe he referred me to you. He's a doctor, you know."
You ought to be thankful that some people make it enjoyable to be reported to "the authorities" for special consideration.
ReplyDeletestay safe.
You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means.
ReplyDeleteGood thing y'all aren't in Georgia. It's 6 months here. And insurance doesn't pay transportation costs during that time.
ReplyDeleteGlad to know her husband "a doctor" can help when she has a seizure while driving and wraps her car around a pole. I hope it's only a pole she hits, and not another car.
ReplyDeleteThere is a woman around here who has a license plate that says drs wife.
ReplyDeleteShe's griping about two months? It's up to a year depending on circumstances here! My epileptic friends would be jumping for joy in her shoes. Mega eyeroll.
ReplyDeleteSet phasers to mega-stun, Jim...
ReplyDelete"A second opinion? All right, you're ugly too."
ReplyDeleteReminds of the ortho in this video...
ReplyDeleteThere is a fracture.. I need to fix it...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0S5EN7-RtI
Bet she drives anyway.
ReplyDeleteIt's a year in my state. Two months is nothing. Besides, if she's a "rich" doctor's wife, she can just have the chauffeur drive her and the kids around.
ReplyDelete"Dammit, I should have listened to my mother and married that mob hit man instead!"
ReplyDeleteIn the UK its a year! regardless of spouses profession!
ReplyDelete"Look, he's a doctor, and if he trusts me not to have a seizure while his dick is in my mouth..."
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking that that's why he referred her to you--let you be the bearer of bad news rather than him.
ReplyDeleteSo, I'm unsure. What does her husband do for a living?
ReplyDeleteA chiropractor is a doctor. A college professor is a doctor. Heck, Dr Phil is a doctor....
ReplyDeleteAnd, to think, my uncle would voluntarily stop driving when his meds were adjusted because he just didn't trust himself. Too many bad experiences. Of course, my aunt is not a doctor. It's six months seizure free here. Or, it used to be.
ReplyDeleteAnon 5:29 - that's some funny stuff, right there!
ReplyDeleteI needed the laugh today - thank you.
I think you've just discovered a new drinking game.
ReplyDeleteThis must be my mother-in-law, who complained when she had to wait at the emergency room even though she told them her husband is a doctor.
ReplyDeleteNow, on the other hand, if he were a Mongolian yak herder...
ReplyDelete...or the guy who cleans the fish tank...
ReplyDeleteI never understood the Dr's wife thing. I love it when they come into the pharmacy demanding that I issue a prescription (totally wrong drug/pronounciation most of the time) because they are so and so's wife and he wants her to have it. Really? I wasn't aware that the board issued companion passes?!?!
ReplyDeleteSorry, Dr. Grumpy, what is it her husband does again? I don't think she really answered the question.
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