tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post4005180103760395079..comments2024-03-18T09:00:31.992-04:00Comments on Doctor Grumpy in the House: My Readers WriteGrumpy, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-53193019013004493912011-02-28T00:04:44.589-05:002011-02-28T00:04:44.589-05:00I think you guys have it wrong--I think this was a...I think you guys have it wrong--I think this was a fishing expedition.Loren Pechtelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08348494458707790769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-1413288392493194132010-04-21T16:14:40.382-04:002010-04-21T16:14:40.382-04:00I've learned over the years that a good bout o...I've learned over the years that a good bout of hold time for a recalcitrant phone-caller helps a lot. Three or four minutes of hold takes the fight right out of 'em.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-23736671179534261592010-04-18T13:02:00.389-04:002010-04-18T13:02:00.389-04:00Ok, I'll be the one to say it: I had a flash o...Ok, I'll be the one to say it: I had a flash of sympathy for the guy. If I look at my phone and see a missed unknown call + voicemail, I'm far more likely to simply call back the number than to waste the minute or so it takes to get to the &%*$ message on my crappy voicemail ("please enter your passowrd, followed by pound....you have 3 new messages...message saved...messaged saved, "hi, this is bill, just calling to say hi, perhaps I'll blah blah blah..."). <br /><br />In this guy's case, that was obviously the wrong call, but *he* couldn't have known that when he called back. He just assumed that he'd get more immediate, relevant info from touching base with his caller than fudging through voicemail. Moreover, his comment at the end kinda reflects the fact that *he* realized he'd made the wrong decision. <br /><br />I don't think I'd have hung up, but I certainly can imagine being in his shoes.Arinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-89675749593156995262010-04-17T23:48:10.284-04:002010-04-17T23:48:10.284-04:00Just for the tape-the-head folks, from an old skoo...Just for the tape-the-head folks, from an old skool rock-n-roll techie: <br /><br />Instead of duct tape use gaffer's tape [aka "gaff tape"]. It costs a lot more than duct tape but it holds together much better, it can withstand a lot more abuse. Best of all, you can peel it off when you're done and it doesn't leave that nasty sticky stuff behind.<br /><br />So if you want to try more to keep the pieces together, and then to be able to use them again later for another brain, zombies, stew, a zombie named stu, whatever, trust Moose and get yourself some gaff tape.Moosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10397412122635951126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-25263285556591696882010-04-17T23:47:05.804-04:002010-04-17T23:47:05.804-04:00oh my gosh! this happens in the veterinary field t...oh my gosh! this happens in the veterinary field to.....at LEAST once a day!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-10552839373552690072010-04-17T22:49:26.022-04:002010-04-17T22:49:26.022-04:00As a neuropsychologist all my patients had a nice ...As a neuropsychologist all my patients had a nice dose of crazy on top of their medical issues. But family members take it to a whole new level. Sometimes our receptionist and I used to discuss creating a new hospital protocol where we put a couple of drops of haloperidol in their coffee about 20 mins before I had to talk to them.Michelle Rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16472120868084570461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-47555406367868645432010-04-17T19:59:00.200-04:002010-04-17T19:59:00.200-04:00LOVE the name "Datingabozo." That's ...LOVE the name "Datingabozo." That's been my name a few times.terri chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09398808840234914275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-5197267185568503092010-04-17T19:46:58.135-04:002010-04-17T19:46:58.135-04:00Okay, I was thinking that you get strange calls fr...Okay, I was thinking that you get strange calls from people who aren't feeling well and can't think 'cuz their head hurts . . . or something. But a boyfriend...????<br /><br />I don't get that one at all.Kimbra Kaschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16955657301998255029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-52770502481761039832010-04-17T19:22:41.344-04:002010-04-17T19:22:41.344-04:00"Just tell me- is she pregnant, or isn't ..."Just tell me- is she pregnant, or isn't she?"Li'l Azathothnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-82878724641282071532010-04-17T17:13:38.504-04:002010-04-17T17:13:38.504-04:00Makes me wonder if it's something about the sp...Makes me wonder if it's something about the specialty of neurology that attracts oddball patients: perhaps the patients' neural issues making them statistically more likely to do and say irrational things?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-51063396616819550122010-04-17T15:52:43.669-04:002010-04-17T15:52:43.669-04:00That has got to be the best comment! I busted out...That has got to be the best comment! I busted out laughing at PharmBiker's comment. I loved that!Chrysalis https://www.blogger.com/profile/00757696627388704079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-62588294067658904362010-04-17T15:50:36.641-04:002010-04-17T15:50:36.641-04:00'House of Brains', I like that. Sort of c...'House of Brains', I like that. Sort of calling a chiropractor's office 'the Crack House'Marcohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09930813831113945752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-45639868423025352382010-04-17T15:09:12.607-04:002010-04-17T15:09:12.607-04:00For one brief, shining moment I worked as the rece...For one brief, shining moment I worked as the receptionist at a hospital billing office. Well, actually for a very stress-filled year. I was answering three lines, getting angry patients, confused patients, and even, occasionally nice patients. <br /><br />Eventually I left that job for another position and was rewarded with a much lower stress level. <br /><br />In boot camp.Lokihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06290936791524026416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-34340934244566178482010-04-17T14:34:28.823-04:002010-04-17T14:34:28.823-04:00This is I have called putting the patient in "...This is I have called putting the patient in "time-out" I simply ask them to hold, and do something mindless like check my email, fax something, ... maybe I will ask my co-worker if she left a message for said patient. Then I get back on the phone and tell him that I couldn't figure it out that I could take a message or he can listen to the previously left message :)Melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01066902314654456276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-8393631610124549612010-04-17T13:40:55.300-04:002010-04-17T13:40:55.300-04:00(Pharmd Biker: "the pieces are easier to find...(Pharmd Biker: "the pieces are easier to find." I should have thought of that myself. I'm going to use that method from now on.)<br /><br />These posts leave me feeling, "Nah. Couldn't be. Grumpy's making it up." And then I think, "But <i>how</i>?" Who in their right minds could even imagine this stuff? So it must all be true....<br /><br />/*reaches for duct tape*/quixotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12650030894065858444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-17981608038636471832010-04-17T12:45:21.048-04:002010-04-17T12:45:21.048-04:00when i feel a call is going down this road, i usua...when i feel a call is going down this road, i usually do the following;<br /><br />1- open desk drawer<br />2- take out duct tape <br />3- wrap head with duct tape<br />4- pray my head doesn't explode, if it does, the pieces are easier to find.<br /><br />--PharmBikerPharmd Bikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10778665371601282617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-18633129560764250882010-04-17T12:29:30.063-04:002010-04-17T12:29:30.063-04:00Neurologists, Veterinarians, OBGYNs, Physical Ther...Neurologists, Veterinarians, OBGYNs, Physical Therapists, the list is unending. We all get these calls. I'm surprised that the top of my head hasn't actually blown off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-87663448468619793082010-04-17T12:03:18.834-04:002010-04-17T12:03:18.834-04:00When I burst into laughter and exclaim, "You&...When I burst into laughter and exclaim, "You've <i>got</i> to be kidding!" my kids no longer ask what's so funny or who I'm talking to. Now they glance at one another, roll their eyes, and say, "She must be looking at Grumpy's site again."<br /><br />I seriously hope that I never do anything blogworthy to any of my doctors.WarmSockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12192702662231361355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-35120311095275567982010-04-17T11:56:35.668-04:002010-04-17T11:56:35.668-04:00I don't know how our receptionists do it witho...I don't know how our receptionists do it without sneaking a sip out of a flask of whiskey after every other call.thegooddrlaurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08435755211517374081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-58132368675355452862010-04-17T11:55:09.228-04:002010-04-17T11:55:09.228-04:00yes it is. yes you could have.yes it is. yes you could have.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-35636108999872626112010-04-17T11:10:17.515-04:002010-04-17T11:10:17.515-04:00Well, he got a point there...Well, he got a point there...instant studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13684270639990817671noreply@blogger.com