To OP (and not the other mean people): You can tell that some if not all of the responses so far are from those mean people you are bitching about! How ironic! Anyways, I've been where you are, and am still there at times. I even considered leaving medicine for it, until I realized that, as someone else has said, those people are everywhere. The point is that you don't want to get up and dread going to work b/c you don't know if people are in a good mood or not. Also, not to say that you "suck" as another person has said, but even if you did "suck" there's a certain way people need to acknowledge others and express their concerns in a respectful way. I think anyone can like any job as long as they get respect for what they do. Period. And to grow some thicker skin is not the answer, and in my opinion that's why this country is so f***ed up....people think that they can walk all over others without any consideration or respect, and this is evident in the home, at schools, and, yes, even in our profession....notice the word "profession", "professional".....doesn't that require respect?!?! My point is I'm not one of those really sensitive people who cries when someone yells at me...in fact I should take some of my own advice at times and try to be more respectful....I just wish people would stop responding in such a negative way to posts like this b/c it is a big issue in most places, and it ends up trickling down to others including patients. Also, don't forget about mental health in health professionals....not an insignificant issue at all! Finally, I've been around enough surgeons to know that they don't take this issue lightly, and there are changes being made to make the specialty more amenable to people who don't want to be pissed on all day!
True, that!
