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Here's a brief transcript of an actual conversation I had recently with the 20-year-old phlebotomist at my local place of employment. As a back story, I was having my annual cholesterol check as required by my employer. They also check for plasma cotinine levels. (So, gotta put the cigars away for a couple of weeks for this one.)
Anyway... here goes... (And, I swear to you this is 100% true and not making this up. I'm sure many of you have been in similar situations):
Phlebotomist (P): "So, you're a doctor right?"
Buzz (Me): "Yeah, how could you tell?"
(P): "Haha. Yeah, right. So, what kinda doctor are you?"
(Me): "I'm an anesthesiologist."
(P): "Hey, I'm going to be in your field too! Cool, right?"
(Me): "Oh, really. That's interesting."
(P): "Yeah, I'm in nursing school. Well, actually I'm not in nursing school yet. I just applied. I'm gonna get my LPN. Then when I start working I'm going to finish my BSN. Then I'm going to be a nurse anesthetist. Maybe we'll be working together someday. Wouldn't that be cool?"
(Me): "Yeah, I dunno. We'll see. Maybe."
(P): "Yeah, maybe. Being an anesthesiologist is awesome, right? What do you think?"
(Me): "Well, I think there are a lot of ambitious young people who want to be nurse anesthetists."
(P): "Yeah, the pay is so incredible, right?"
(Me): "Yeah. Cool."
In situations like this, I really wish she'd just taken the needle she was drawing blood with and stuck it in her own eye. Or, better yet, rammed it through my carotid and just let me bleed out right there on the spot.
This is the mentality out there. No f'in clue what I do. Just see the $$$. For the love of all that is pure and good, I sincerely hope that people like this don't even get into nursing school in the first place.
Anyway... here goes... (And, I swear to you this is 100% true and not making this up. I'm sure many of you have been in similar situations):
Phlebotomist (P): "So, you're a doctor right?"
Buzz (Me): "Yeah, how could you tell?"
(P): "Haha. Yeah, right. So, what kinda doctor are you?"
(Me): "I'm an anesthesiologist."
(P): "Hey, I'm going to be in your field too! Cool, right?"
(Me): "Oh, really. That's interesting."
(P): "Yeah, I'm in nursing school. Well, actually I'm not in nursing school yet. I just applied. I'm gonna get my LPN. Then when I start working I'm going to finish my BSN. Then I'm going to be a nurse anesthetist. Maybe we'll be working together someday. Wouldn't that be cool?"
(Me): "Yeah, I dunno. We'll see. Maybe."
(P): "Yeah, maybe. Being an anesthesiologist is awesome, right? What do you think?"
(Me): "Well, I think there are a lot of ambitious young people who want to be nurse anesthetists."
(P): "Yeah, the pay is so incredible, right?"
(Me): "Yeah. Cool."
In situations like this, I really wish she'd just taken the needle she was drawing blood with and stuck it in her own eye. Or, better yet, rammed it through my carotid and just let me bleed out right there on the spot.
This is the mentality out there. No f'in clue what I do. Just see the $$$. For the love of all that is pure and good, I sincerely hope that people like this don't even get into nursing school in the first place.