Bad service in the ER?

traumawolfe posts a list of Rules of the ER in

customers_suck. Complaints start at the first comment, where it is pointed out that s/he ripped off the list from another site. People also point out, at various points and in various ways, that some of the demands/complaints are irrational. Many personal anecdotes are invoked on both sides and I learn more about hemorrhoids than I wanted to.

Others defend the OP and there is discussion of exactly how bitchy a patient is allowed to be.

Eventually, the OP deletes her journal, but the post remains.

stella4809 makes an off-topic post over here and people complain there as well.

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	ichigatsu 2007-02-19 05:22 am UTC (link)
	I have funny ER stories! It makes me sad though that I can't talk about most of them because that would be violating patient-doctor confidentiality and all that. So. Cat macros? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	seiberwing 2007-02-19 05:24 am UTC (link)
	How far does that stretch, anyway? Can you say "this one time I saw this guy that..."? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

ichigatsu
2007-02-19 05:35 am UTC (link)

Honestly? I don't know. Like some bioethics professors told us we aren't even supposed to discuss cases in the elevator, but then it's not like we don't tell our colleagues about "interesting" cases. And yes, a lot of our stories are prefaced with "this one time I saw this guy that"...but if you're going to be strict it's still kind of iffy to relate stories even if you don't use any names.

I don't know how to explain that without being funny. I am sorry, otf_wank.

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	seiberwing 2007-02-19 05:37 am UTC (link)
	Point, point. Do whatever you think is right, don't worry about the LOLs. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	luthe 2007-02-19 06:59 am UTC (link)
	As Things I Learned From My Patients has taught us, you can tell us funny ER stories as long as you file the serial numbers off. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ichigatsu 2007-02-19 09:34 am UTC (link)
	It still makes me feel guilty though. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ichigatsu 2007-02-19 05:35 am UTC (link)
	*that should read, I don't know how to explain that and still be funny. I fail at both funny and explanations. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	jocondite 2007-02-19 08:49 am UTC (link)
	Is that Gerard Way in your icon? I find it hypnotising. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ichigatsu 2007-02-19 09:30 am UTC (link)
	Yes it is. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	waterfront 2007-02-19 09:34 pm UTC (link)
	HIPPA ruins all my best work stories. :'( (Reply to this)(Parent)

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