"Bring your stethoscope"
We pick up, again, nearly two weeks after the last time we saw our boys, and Reid is berating Nurse Gretchen. Luke arrives on time to see Nurse Gretchen walking away in tears and tells Reid he's there to coach him on his people skills.
Reid tells Luke he's decided that he doesn't need coaching; there's nothing wrong with his people skills. And, you know, if he's perfectly happy continuing in the job he currently has and NOT trying to be chief of staff, then I agree with him. But a chief of staff needs to deal with people problems on a regular basis, and not always with people he already knows and likes. So I don't have a problem with the idea that, if Reid wants that job, he might need to work on his people skills. (It's only when they start implying -- or stating flat out -- that Reid's poor people skills makes him something less than a person that I start seeing red.)
After Luke points out how Reid made Gretchen cry, Reid says that he gets along really well with people. Luke asks him, what people? He wants names!
Chris (aka Douche 2.0) shows up and is very upset about the fact that Reid hadn't told him how his surgery on one of Chris's patients had gone. (Isn't Chris supposed to be in pediatrics? How did he end up with a patient with Parkinson's? Oh, show... the writers really gave up even a pretense of trying to tell a coherent story in these last couple of months, didn't they?)
Reid then basically insists that, hey, he was the one operating, so Chris should just know the patient was taken care of. Chris makes it clear that that's not good enough, and as he walks away clearly frustrated with Reid, Reid tells Luke, "See? I handled that okay" and asks Luke if he wants to go get some coffee. Luke isn't interested until Reid can have a conversation with someone where they don't cry or end up wanting to kill him.
Luke tells Reid that he could stand to be more sensitive, and Reid says okay, but then asks Luke how he does that. Luke tells Reid he's coming back to Luke's place, and to bring his stethoscope.
At the Lilypad, we see that Luke invited Reid to his house to play some role-playing games. Unfortunately, these role-playing games are NOT of the sexy-fun times variety, but are an attempt to teach Reid how to deal with people a little better. Hey, Luke? I'm glad you're so determined to help Reid get a job he wants, but I really wish you had considered using sex as an incentive. There's no guarantee you would have had more success, but it would have made a lot of us happy! :D
They then role-play several different scenarios that Luke seems to think Reid might encounter at the hospital. In the first one, Luke pretends to be a nurse, and Reid asks him, if he has to be a nurse, does he have to be a stupid nurse. Luke insists on trying again several more times, and Reid responds by yelling at the "nurse" not to waste his time, then by hitting on the "nurse". Luke laughs and tells Reid not to yell at the nurse, and not to flirt with them either, because they might flirt back. I kind of love how Luke doesn't want any hypothetical nurses flirting with his Reid!
As the role playing games continue, and Luke insists he could go through 50 more, Reid insists that he's not Noah. (He then says he's not all warm and fuzzy, which seems like a complete non sequitur to me, because I can't imagine Reid's implying that Noah IS warm and fuzzy.) Luke says that he doesn't want Reid to be Noah, but insists that they try their role playing one more time.
Reid gets this one right, and Luke tells him that if he can play nice with Luke, then he can do it with anyone. Reid asks, "What if I only want to play nice with you?" Luke and I both get happy-silly grins on our faces. Then Luke repeats that he doesn't want Reid to be Noah, but that if there's going to be anything between them, then he needs to know Reid.
Reid asks Luke if he wants to work on it over dinner, and Luke agrees, but only after Reid passes his "final"... which amounts to him having a conversation with Nurse Gretchen -- the one who "leaks the tears" -- without making her cry.
Reid tries, he really does, but he just can't seem to help himself. She's convinced she must have done something wrong again, and Reid tells her that no, she hasn't... at least not that he's aware of, but given her track record.... When she runs away in tears again, Reid really doesn't understand why. He insists he was being civil. Luke tells Reid that he's lucky Luke likes him despite himself, and they go off to have dinner.
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Reid tells Luke he's decided that he doesn't need coaching; there's nothing wrong with his people skills. And, you know, if he's perfectly happy continuing in the job he currently has and NOT trying to be chief of staff, then I agree with him. But a chief of staff needs to deal with people problems on a regular basis, and not always with people he already knows and likes. So I don't have a problem with the idea that, if Reid wants that job, he might need to work on his people skills. (It's only when they start implying -- or stating flat out -- that Reid's poor people skills makes him something less than a person that I start seeing red.)
After Luke points out how Reid made Gretchen cry, Reid says that he gets along really well with people. Luke asks him, what people? He wants names!
Chris (aka Douche 2.0) shows up and is very upset about the fact that Reid hadn't told him how his surgery on one of Chris's patients had gone. (Isn't Chris supposed to be in pediatrics? How did he end up with a patient with Parkinson's? Oh, show... the writers really gave up even a pretense of trying to tell a coherent story in these last couple of months, didn't they?)
Reid then basically insists that, hey, he was the one operating, so Chris should just know the patient was taken care of. Chris makes it clear that that's not good enough, and as he walks away clearly frustrated with Reid, Reid tells Luke, "See? I handled that okay" and asks Luke if he wants to go get some coffee. Luke isn't interested until Reid can have a conversation with someone where they don't cry or end up wanting to kill him.
Luke tells Reid that he could stand to be more sensitive, and Reid says okay, but then asks Luke how he does that. Luke tells Reid he's coming back to Luke's place, and to bring his stethoscope.
At the Lilypad, we see that Luke invited Reid to his house to play some role-playing games. Unfortunately, these role-playing games are NOT of the sexy-fun times variety, but are an attempt to teach Reid how to deal with people a little better. Hey, Luke? I'm glad you're so determined to help Reid get a job he wants, but I really wish you had considered using sex as an incentive. There's no guarantee you would have had more success, but it would have made a lot of us happy! :D
They then role-play several different scenarios that Luke seems to think Reid might encounter at the hospital. In the first one, Luke pretends to be a nurse, and Reid asks him, if he has to be a nurse, does he have to be a stupid nurse. Luke insists on trying again several more times, and Reid responds by yelling at the "nurse" not to waste his time, then by hitting on the "nurse". Luke laughs and tells Reid not to yell at the nurse, and not to flirt with them either, because they might flirt back. I kind of love how Luke doesn't want any hypothetical nurses flirting with his Reid!
As the role playing games continue, and Luke insists he could go through 50 more, Reid insists that he's not Noah. (He then says he's not all warm and fuzzy, which seems like a complete non sequitur to me, because I can't imagine Reid's implying that Noah IS warm and fuzzy.) Luke says that he doesn't want Reid to be Noah, but insists that they try their role playing one more time.
Reid gets this one right, and Luke tells him that if he can play nice with Luke, then he can do it with anyone. Reid asks, "What if I only want to play nice with you?" Luke and I both get happy-silly grins on our faces. Then Luke repeats that he doesn't want Reid to be Noah, but that if there's going to be anything between them, then he needs to know Reid.
Reid asks Luke if he wants to work on it over dinner, and Luke agrees, but only after Reid passes his "final"... which amounts to him having a conversation with Nurse Gretchen -- the one who "leaks the tears" -- without making her cry.
Reid tries, he really does, but he just can't seem to help himself. She's convinced she must have done something wrong again, and Reid tells her that no, she hasn't... at least not that he's aware of, but given her track record.... When she runs away in tears again, Reid really doesn't understand why. He insists he was being civil. Luke tells Reid that he's lucky Luke likes him despite himself, and they go off to have dinner.
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