How do people react when you tell them you're a Doctor?

[deleted862527]

1) Guys: Do chicks immediately want to be your girlfriend? Girls: are guys suddenly interested in you?
2) If you have attended your High School reunion, or have seen former classmates from High School, how did the AKA "Popular Kids" who may have looked down on you for being studious react?
3) Did people suck up to you?
4) Comment any stories below! This is meant as a fun thread to describe the various amount of experiences encountered in social situations once revealing to others your role as a Doctor.

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[Doctor or bust]

Obvious troll is obvious.

 

[Dox4lyfe]

:troll:

 

[deleted862527]

:troll:

Not a troll thread. I talked to an M.D. recently, and he claimed that since being an M.D. he is more respected than he was before earning it.

Just wanted to hear other people's stories. Sorry if you interpreted it that way.

 

[ChymeofPassion]

This is only a troll thread in the premed forum, where any acknowledgment of prestige or money is disregarded as foolish and selfish, and the expected motivation of a physician is to pursue a life more altruistic than Gandhi and Jesus combined. This kindling of the firey, altruistic passion to be a physician was borne at the tender age of 6, when you applied a suture on a disabled classmate who fell on the swings at recess

 

[cactusman]

This is only a troll thread in the premed forum, where any acknowledgment of prestige or money is disregarded as foolish and selfish, and the expected motivation of a physician is to pursue a life more altruistic than Gandhi and Jesus combined. This kindling of the firey, altruistic passion to be a physician was borne at the tender age of 6, when you applied a suture on a disabled classmate who fell on the swings at recess

It's no my a troll thread, it's just stupid. I honestly have no interest in other people's high school reunions.

"I'll show those popular kids by being a doctor! Proving mean high schoolers wrong is why I went to med school!" Nah.

 

[ChymeofPassion]

It's no my a troll thread, it's just stupid. I honestly have no interest in other people's high school reunions.

"I'll show those popular kids by being a doctor! Proving mean high schoolers wrong is why I went to med school!" Nah.

I agree its stupid.

 

[deleted862527]

It's no my a troll thread, it's just stupid. I honestly have no interest in other people's high school reunions.

"I'll show those popular kids by being a doctor! Proving mean high schoolers wrong is why I went to med school!" Nah.

That's not really how I wanted my post to be interpreted. Just thought it would be rather interesting. It's not about proving anything to popular kids.

But anyway, just end the discussion here considering a lot of the feedback has generally been negative.

 

[Med student 18]

common reactions:
1. awe. They are amazed. Especially with people who don't know me.
2. awe. I was a bit of a **** up in high school. This is for people who knew me.
3. Hostility. The fact that you finished med school seems to irritate some people and they immediately seek to ask you questions to discredit you.
4. Reactions of insecurity. They immediately praise you and compare themselves and say whatever they did is ****ty (although I would never think that and never said anything to even hint at that).

why is everybody considering this a troll thread?

 

[LizzyM]

The one physician in my HS graduating class didn't show up to our reunion. Still carrying a grudge after being passed over for a specific prize at graduation.

Most common reaction after someone learns that you are a physician: "I have this funny rash/spot/pain right ...over... here. Whadda ya think it could be?"

 

[Tenk]

I tell people I am in the service industry.

 

[gyngyn]

On an airplane, I tell them I am a respiratory therapist.

 

[Mad Jack]

On an airplane, I tell them I am a respiratory therapist.

I should use that line, since it's technically true

"I work at the hospital. I do a lot of paperwork, it's boring, you wouldn't want to hear about it" is probably my future go-to.

 

[gyngyn]

I should use that line, since it's technically true

"I work at the hospital. I do a lot of paperwork, it's boring, you wouldn't want to hear about it" is probably my future go-to.

You have no idea how hellish travel was before I figured this out!

 

[787593]

Most people say "have fun paying off all that debt." Lol

 

[md-2020]

On an airplane, I tell them I am a respiratory therapist.

This was mildly funny at first.

Then I remembered that you're an OB/GYN.

And it became hilarious.

 

[LnSin]

You could just say you're in the life insurance industry


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[Chromium Surfer]

You have no idea how hellish travel was before I figured this out!

What did you encounter when you identified yourself as a physician? Did the attendants treat you much differently and make you do extra things? ​

 

[Light at end of tunnel]

Sympathy. That's the reaction.

 

[gyngyn]

What did you encounter when you identified yourself as a physician? Did the attendants treat you much differently and make you do extra things? ​

The only reason to identify yourself as a physician is in the rare case of an on-board emergency. Even then, you hope for an internist to volunteer first.
If a seat mate strikes up a conversation, letting them know you are an ObGyn is a good way to open up grisly tales of 2o hour labors...and worse.

 

[Chromium Surfer]

The only reason to identify yourself as a physician is in the rare case of an on-board emergency. Even then, you hope for an internist to volunteer first.
If a seat mate strikes up a conversation, letting them know you are an ObGyn is a good way to open up grisly tales of 2o hour labors...and worse.

Hahaha I can only imagine lol. I was wondering about what to do in the case of an emergency, thanks for clearing that up!

 

[gyngyn]

Hahaha I can only imagine lol. I was wondering about what to do in the case of an emergency, thanks for clearing that up!

About the same things a boy scout would do.
It seems to make everyone calm down, though.

 

[DPTinthemaking15]

Advice from a vascular surgeon I shadowed... "Don't tell people you're a doctor. People ask weird questions, and it is impossible to land a good deal at a car dealership."

 

[sliceofbread136]

Have noticed zero difference in how people interact with me

 

[PTPoeny]

I find people tend to assume I know every other doctor in the country and get upset if I don't know someone. Or they tell me stories of any time they know of a doctor missing a diagnosis or messing up.

I didn't have a ten year class reunion because our class president was studying for step 1 and forgot to sign our class up. So I am not the only doctor in my graduating class and I don't think anyone would care.

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[ChiefsIntern]

The only reason to identify yourself as a physician is in the rare case of an on-board emergency. Even then, you hope for an internist to volunteer first.
If a seat mate strikes up a conversation, letting them know you are an ObGyn is a good way to open up grisly tales of 2o hour labors...and worse.

"Woops, sorry not much I can do I'm just a respiratory therapist, but if I was a doctor I'd say someone should start chest compressions STAT..."

 

[Goro]

The one physician in my HS graduating class didn't show up to our reunion. Still carrying a grudge after being passed over for a specific prize at graduation.

Most common reaction after someone learns that you are a physician: "I have this funny rash/spot/pain right ...over... here. Whadda ya think it could be?"

My HS class must have been a bunch of overacheivers. I estimate that ~5% of became doctors. Only three PhDs, though.

When I find out someone is a doctor, I immediately ask where they went to school, and why did they pick their particular specialty.

 

[bioboy23]

My HS class must have been a bunch of overacheivers. I estimate that ~5% of became doctors. Only three PhDs, though.

When I find out someone is a doctor, I immediately ask where they went to school, and why did they pick their particular specialty.

I may be way out of the loop, but what is your doctorate in, Goro?

 

[cactusman]

I may be way out of the loop, but what is your doctorate in, Goro?

In case you had the same line of thought, I'm pretty sure it's a bio field and Goro is NOT Walter Hartwig, author of Getting in, Getting Through, and Getting on with Doctoring.

 

[Goro]

I may be way out of the loop, but what is your doctorate in, Goro?

I could tell you, but then I'd have to reject you.

 

[OrthoTraumaMD]

A thread like this was bound to get a negative reaction because of the classic theme in movies where the nerd succeeds and suddenly everyone wants them. It's really not that dramatic in real life.

That said, most people stop at "doctor" if they ask what I do--but some will ask what kind. That's when I confess, i do get a real kick out of it, because people are shocked that I am a trauma orthopod. I don't fit the physical stereotype. (Then I open my mouth and it's like "yep.")

 

[bioboy23]

I could tell you, but then I'd have to reject you.

 

[bannie22]

Chicks dont give a ****. Maybe its because im still prepod.

 

[bioboy23]

In case you had the same line of thought, I'm pretty sure it's a bio field and Goro is NOT Walter Hartwig, author of Getting in, Getting Through, and Getting on with Doctoring.

Just looked this guy up. It's funny because he's the associate dean at Touro in Cali. Maybe that's why Goro always says to not go to Touro-NY

 

[jm192]

I did med school/residency at the same hospital.

Med school: nurses were annoyed when you asked about the patient.

Residency: here's my number, text me if you need ANYTHING.

But day to day life? Still the same ole g.
As LizzyM said, people will ask you medical stuff. My friends stoll make fun of me for lacking common sense at times

 

[Goro]

Just looked this guy up. It's funny because he's the associate dean at Touro in Cali. Maybe that's why Goro always says to not go to Touro-NY

Shill alert: he's a professional colleague.

 

[bioboy23]

Shill alert: he's a professional colleague.

We are getting closer to finding the hero behind the screen!

 

[Goro]

We are getting closer to finding the hero behind the screen!

Try not to venture into TOS violation land.