Doctor Grumpy in the House

Mrs. Pigg grabbed a McDonald's lunch on the way to my office, and chomped it down in my waiting room. That's fine, many of us live i...

I was doing a market research phone conference this morning. They always start with some demographic info. Market Research Guy: "Doctor...

20-something pretty blond drug rep cheerleader: "Doctor, our migraine medication is one of the fastest-acting pills in its class. It of...

Mr. Phone: "I need to come in today!" Mary: "We can see you at 1:15 this afternoon." Mr. Phone: "That's too soo...

Sorry I was kind of rude on the phone last night. I wasn't able to be at Cub Scout camp this weekend, as I was on call. It obviously bot...

"Hi, I think I saw Dr. Grumpy, or some doctor who knows him, at the hospital. It was either this weekend or last weekend. I was there f...

After rounds this morning I stopped by the doctors' lounge to get a Big-Gulp sized coffee. They were out of creamer, so when I got to th...

Okay, Grumpy fans. Put your books away and get out a #2 pencil. We're having another pop quiz. Mr. Knucklehead, please put away the issu...

Dr. Grumpy: "This is Dr. Grumpy, returning a page." Ms. Narc: "Yeah, I'm a patient of Dr. Notoncall. He has me on Vicodin...

Mrs. Bluehair: "I suddenly couldn't write with my left hand". Dr. Grumpy: "Are you left handed?" Mrs. Bluehair: ...

Being a brain doc, I don't keep up on the varying contents of the different birth control pills out there. But today I saw a lady whose ...

Lady, if you leave your work number as where to call you back, and ask that I call you back immediately, DON'T FREAKING YELL AT ME OR MA...

I'm writing to you for the first time. I don't want this to be a political blog. There are plenty of other sites for that. But we no...

It's my job to make up the schedule for my call group every 3 months. So, it's that time again. On Monday I e-mailed the other docs ...