[ FIFTEEN ] I SHOULD GET PAID TO DO THIS.

[pink_caduceus]

Some of my patients have not yet realized that they're in a hospital and not a country club. I accompanied the hospital nutritionist today on her rounds -- my resident told me to learn something -- and I tried, really. I had my palm pilot at the ready in preparation -- soft diet, diabetic diet, cardiac diet, I knew them all -- but nothing could

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[intoinfinity]

Service jobs tend to require more patience. The masses in general are not known for their impeccable courtesy.

[laconic_agate]

If the masses had but one shared neck - I would strangle it.

[pink_caduceus]

How long have you been feeling this way?

[laconic_agate]

Long enough to wonder why people don't applaud serial killers.

A couple of years now..

[pink_caduceus]

I don't know if I would consider medicine a service industry per se.

[intoinfinity]

You interact with the members of the public on a daily basis servicing their physical needs. Medicine is a service job, a very high level one, but a service job nonetheless.