30 Of The Best It Doesn t Work Like That Tales Shared By Representatives Of Different Professions

30 Of The Best It Doesn t Work Like That Tales Shared By Representatives Of Different Professions

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30 Of The Best It Doesn t Work Like That Tales Shared By Representatives Of Different Professions

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Publish Not your original work? Add source It's no secret that fiction spreads faster than truth. Myths are no exception. Blame the communal imagination, internet folklore, word of mouth and so on, but in reality, we are all susceptible to false claims and and wrong assumptions. Jobs we do are no exception. Just think of the way we imagine a spy (thanks, James Bond!) or a crime detective (thanks, X-files!) and you see how easy it is to succumb to cliches. So in order to debunk those stubborn myths surrounding common professions and see how they really work, we looked at various Reddit threads where people share the myths behind things they do for a living. The results are in below, so scroll down! This post may include affiliate links. #1 IT - that we just Google everything. It's not true. Sometimes we remember the solution from the last time we googled it. Nevermind04 , Solen Feyissa Report Final score: 481points POST KJ KJ Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Turn it off for 10 minutes and hope it works when turned back on. 88 88points reply View more comments #2 Contrary to popular belief, not every magician has a beautiful assistant. In fact, the only time I make women disappear is when I tell them I'm a magician. captainmagictrousers , Fengyou Wan Report Final score: 347points POST Vorknkx Vorknkx Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Ouch. 80 80points reply View more comments #3 No longer my profession - BUT I was a stripper for 5 years.

We, in my experience, tend to have MOTHER issues, not father.

I'm dead serious. I've been to a lot of ex-stripper weddings. Their dads are *always* there.

The mothers not invited. lubblylady , Eric Nopanen Report Final score: 343points POST Pumpkin Spice Pumpkin Spice Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Strippers both terrify and amaze me HOW DO YOU HOLD YOURSELF UP ON A SKINNY POLE 122 122points reply View More Replies... View more comments Although a myth exists for probably every profession, it's no secret that the jobs that attract the most myths are the ones that are the most unusual, intriguing and mysterious, like detectives and forensic experts.Other professions that feed our shared imagination are the more unique ones. Think of fragrance creators, ghostwriters, taxidermists and so on and so on. Sheila Lowe has one of these incredibly fascinating professions people don't normally know much about. Lowe is a professional handwriting examiner with more than four decades of experience. She has been qualified to testify in cases of handwriting authentication since 1985, and has also qualified in cases of personality assessment. Lowe is also a multi-published and award-winning book author with the "Forensic Handwriting Mystery" fiction series, among others. So Bored Panda spoke with Lowe to find out more about what it takes to be a handwriting examiner, and the myths surrounding this unique profession. #4 People always think welders are all stupid alcoholics. In my experience most of the welders I've worked with, and including myself, are pretty intelligent alcoholics. WAwelder Report Final score: 338points POST Vix Spiderthrust Vix Spiderthrust Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago I've worked with addiction services and I've never met a stupid addict. I've met plenty who didn't have the greatest education due to unsettled home lives, but none that were stupid. Lots of addicts become addicts precisely because their brains never leave them alone. 210 210points reply View More Replies... View more comments #5 That scientists know everything about every science subject. Typically, we are very specialized. I don't know shit about biology, for instance. Nonetheless, people think I know about anything sciency even though I only studied a very particular slice of something.

Another myth is that we are scientists all the time. When I play golf, I'm not calculating the trajectory of the ball. I'm just hitting the fucking ball. Usually off into the trees. 53504 Report Final score: 333points POST censorshipsucks censorshipsucks Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago THIS. I hate this c**p of "damn scientists flying to mars instead of curing cancer" idiots. Astrophysicists are NOT trained as oncologists. That's as thick as saying "damn auto mechanics can't fix my laptop". Grow the f**k up. 221 221points reply View More Replies... View more comments #6 I work retail. We are human beings with feelings and emotions. We just want to help you out.

If you're an a*****e to us, we won't help you. Poggystyle , Patrick Tomasso Report Final score: 329points POST Vorknkx Vorknkx Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago This should become an official rule. Being rude to the person serving you = refusal of service. "Yes, do take your business elsewhere." 146 146points reply View More Replies... View more comments "In my case, my handwriting career has taken me in two different directions. The first twenty years I focused on personality assessment through handwriting," Lowe told us. "After that, I branched into handwriting authentication-working within the court system to identify forgeries. These days, that's mostly what I do," she added. What Lowe likes the most about her profession is her ability to help people. "Whether it's understanding them better or helping them with their legal battles-though I am not an advocate for the client, but for the truth." #7 Farmer here.

I do not delight in killing the livestock, nor are any of them mistreated. We do not all support factory farms. anon , Stijn te Strake Report Final score: 328points POST angel B angel B Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Are you in San Diego I would love to buy a fifth of a cow 30 30points reply View More Replies... View more comments #8 From bomb squad, I'd say the "Do I cut the red wire or the blue wire!" cliche is tiring.

Terrorists don't follow standardized wire coloring codes. More_Bort , wikipedia Report Final score: 327points POST Raven Sheridan Raven Sheridan Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Do I cut the red wire, with the blue stripes? Or the blue wire with the red stripes? ? 68 68points reply View More Replies... View more comments #9 That I, a simple cashier, am responsible for the pricing in the store. consultingrodent Report Final score: 305points POST Monday Monday Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Or the coupon policies....angry humans are dumb. They rarely stop to think about whatever they're so angry about before ranting. 108 108points reply View More Replies... View more comments When it comes to myths surrounding Lowe's profession, she argues that some people believe that handwriting tells everything about a person, which is certainly not true. "People are too complex for that," she adds. "At the other extreme, there are those who think handwriting doesn't reveal anything about them. Also not true. I could write a lot about that." Moreover, According to Lowe, most people don't know anything at all about handwriting analysis and are surprised when they learn just how much it reveals about them. #10 Unemployment is not as relaxing as people may believe. -917- , Anna Shvets Report Final score: 303points POST InvincibleRodent InvincibleRodent Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago I like to say that for many, the two worst feelings in the world are having a job, and not having a job. 206 206points reply View More Replies... View more comments #11 > 'Therapists will make me talk about s**t I don't want to.'

We really don't. If we are working on your anxiety I'm not going to ask you about your first sexual experience unless YOU think it's relevant.

> 'Therapists get in to your head and make you do s**t you don't want to'

That's Jedi. Not us. If I could do that I wouldn't be a therapist.

Absisvenomous , Alex Green Report Final score: 284points POST Tracy Wallick Tracy Wallick Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago It's also not just paying someone to vent to them, there are actual therapeutic techniques involved. Which is why venting to your girlfriend is NOT the same as therapy. 123 123points reply View More Replies... View more comments #12 That doctors are super humans who don't need to eat, sleep or have a life.
We are all human and almost all of us would put your lives before ours at the drop of a hat so please don't abuse it.
orchidbonsai , Jonathan Borba Report Final score: 268points POST LesAnimaux LesAnimaux Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago I think everyone has a reason as to why they are frustrated with doctors. I myself am very frustrated with doctors. 59 59points reply View More Replies... View more comments Having said that, Lowe pointed out that with so few students being taught how to write in cursive these days, there is a tremendous loss. "Brain research shows how important handwriting is to training of young brains, and how it helps develop many areas, including reading, spelling, and retention. "Historically, illiterate people have been kept at the bottom of society. Plus, many kids today cannot read historical documents, nor even letters from grandma. We must maintain this vital skill," the handwriting examiner concluded. #13 Criminal defense attorney. People think our job is to find "technicalities" that allow alleged criminals to go free. Those "technicalities" are most often fundamental constitutional protections, not something like a typo in the charging documents. Our job is to make sure the government is playing fair. seanamott Report Final score: 255points POST Jessica Amber Jessica Amber Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Lol When does the government ever "play fair". 120 120points reply View More Replies... View more comments #14 No, not everyone should learn to code. It is not the new literacy. Literacy itself is a worthy enough goal, and we are losing on that front.

Also, programming is hard, and not necessarily that fun when you have to do it for work.

Everyone should learn how computers work, and everyone should be able to understand what code is, but people who imagine some kind of utopia where 80% of the population are happily employed as computer programmers...you are all smoking crack. jseego , Ilya Pavlov Report Final score: 239points POST Vorknkx Vorknkx Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago I am well-versed in computers, a database administrator and can fix a lot of problems... but I've never studied anything IT-related, and I know exactly nothing about coding. Computer-related skills can be very diverse and people should never assume a person can do everything simultaneously. 88 88points reply View More Replies... View more comments #15 Dog trainer

No Cesar Millan did not fix all those dogs issues in 30 minutes. He spent all day with the dog and family working with it getting the dog to a point where HE could prevent some of the behavior issues from occurring while in HIS control. Which is great and although the methods he used in the Dog Whisperer series tend to be pretty controversial he accomplishes a lot with the dogs he worked with. But watch the video testimonials at the end, the families always say, "we're still working with behavior X things are getting better..."

Also quick rant about people who watch Dog Whisperer and try to replicate his "Alpha" methods. Be really careful, you can do more harm than good. If you see a dog on his show being aggressive and he alpha rolls it and dominates it and your dog does the same thing and you try to replicate it, first be prepared to get bit. Second if the dog is displaying aggression because of fear or lack of socialization and you do this you'll make it worse almost without exception. Also there are other and arguably better methods of dealing with genuinely aggressive dogs.

Also most of what you learned about pack theory is wrong. It was taken from watching captive wolves from differing packs the behaviors you've been taught are "pack" behaviors are actually stress behavior occurring because of captivity and because of the mingling of different family units. So the social interactions that we've learned about don't actually occur with packs in the wild. stoph999 , Richard Brutyo Report Final score: 234points POST N Miller N Miller Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Much of the dog training you see on TV is about training the owner more than the dog. 160 160points reply View More Replies... View more comments #16 Being an accountant does not require good math.

Whenever I tell people I'm an accountant, I frequently hear, "oh, you must be good at math."

Math in accounting is adding and subtracting. The difficulty lies in the rules and regulations of accounting. LEGOF Report Final score: 226points POST DuchessDegu DuchessDegu Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 2 weeks ago Software does all the maths usually. 45 45points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Woman Shows How "Harry Potter" Characters Were Supposed To Look According To Book Descriptions (35 Pics) 50 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective #17 That wait staff/bartenders are uneducated/stupid.
I've worked in hospitality for seven years and worked with so many highly educated people. Nurses, refrigeration mechanics, robotic engineers, marketing graduates, aged care workers, marine biologists. I have a degree in ecology.

I can almost guarantee that your waiter has studied something after high school, whether it was a certificate, trade or university degree. But waitressing pays the bills while you're searching for something better. alittlebitcheeky , Anna Tukhfatullina Food Photographer/Stylist Report Final score: 214points POST Tilfeldig Forbipasserende Tilfeldig Forbipasserende Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Students paying their bills through "uneducated" work are all around you. For me it was driving taxi and painting houses. 70 70points reply View More Replies... View more comments #18 I am a cable man. No sex is given to me by ladies who need the cable fixed. PM_ME_YOUR_XBOX_KEYS Report Final score: 207points POST Nathaniel Nathaniel Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Time to change career and become a plumber? 147 147points reply View More Replies... View more comments #19 Men in the nursing profession aren't necessarily gay. (Not that there's anything wrong with that) Many of us were Paramedics and military medics/corpsmen before going into nursing. SCCock Report Final score: 189points POST James016 James016 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago The midwife that helped deliver my son was male. Just happened to be his shift. 67 67points reply View More Replies... View more comments #20 Librarian. I don't sit at a desk and read all day, I don't shush you, I don't get an advanced degree to learn how to shelve books in order, and I'm not a woman.

"Librarian" is a bit like "engineer" in that it's a term that covers a lot of sub-fields and jobs. A public librarian will do things like developing the collection (buying books for the community and removing books from the collection that aren't circulating), developing and running programs like classes and special events, and doing outreach and administrative things like budgeting. A digital librarian will work with special collections - digital or not - to organize and display them and don't interact with the public at all (one I've worked with recently: https://d.lib.msu.edu/). An academic librarian is assisting with research, conducting research of their own, assisting students in learning how to use the library, and assisting professors in developing coursework. marisachan , Tima Miroshnichenko Report Final score: 183points POST Minath Minath Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago I used to work in a college library in the UK, mainly students aged 16-19 with some adult learners and I loved my job. 35 35points reply View More Replies... View more comments #21 I work in the laboratory, background in medical lab science.

People in other departments of the hospital seem to think that the lab is full of antisocial introverts who don't care about patients at all, and that we think of our work like an assembly line.

The introvert part is usually true, but that doesn't mean we don't care. We f*****g care, a lot. In my experience the lab is usually full of empaths who want to help people, but can't afford to get emotionally invested. Outrageous_Claims Report Final score: 181points POST MantisGirl15 MantisGirl15 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago I think I chose the right career path... I'm going to school for biology to hopefully work in a medical research lab. I'm an empathic introvert who can't get emotionally invested 62 62points reply View more comments #22 We don't abuse inmates or arrange to the death fights. The f****d up system deals with them far more cruelly than we ever could. No need to take it further. BeardsuptheWazoo , RODNAE Productions Report Final score: 163points POST October October Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Hopefully not a teacher 87 87points reply View More Replies... View more comments #23 You don't "go to sleep" under general anesthesia, and the chances of you "waking up" in the middle of surgery are practically nil.

I get that your worst fear is watching people operating on you and you can't do anything about it, but the instances of that are so low, you have a bigger chance of dying in a car accident on the way to your surgery than that actually happening to you.

x_Sligh_x , Ivan Babydov Report Final score: 148points POST Minath Minath Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago An anaesthetist once described it to me as poisoning you enough to put you under but not so much that we kill you. 114 114points reply View More Replies... View more comments #24 I have worked at a hotel for 8 years now in positions of power at the front desk, reservations and group sales.
First, we do not hold rooms out of inventory! When we say we are sold out, we are sold out. We are here to make sure you have an enjoyable stay, but we are a business, why wouldn't we want to sell all possible rooms? First come first served is a real thing.
Also, being rude when there is the smallest thing wrong with your stay will not get you a free night. Comping a whole stay is very rare, compensation by discounting your room rate, parking or food is much more common. If you approach me with respect I am more likely to compensate a greater monetary amount than if you're a d**k. TheSeed2point0- Report Final score: 145points POST Jaaawn Jaaawn Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 2 weeks ago I hated cleaning hotel rooms. Some of the things I had to were so degrading- all on a time limit too. Humans can be utterly vile creatures. 61 61points reply View More Replies... View more comments #25 Graphic Designer.

No, my job is *not* colouring in.

No, it does *not* mean that I know how to draw or paint perfectly well.

And no, just because you watched some Photoshop tutorials on Youtube, does *not* mean you can suddenly do my job for me.

EDIT: Spacing. (Yes, bad spacing *does* make us cringe) babaorom , Flo Dahm Report Final score: 135points POST Tilfeldig Forbipasserende Tilfeldig Forbipasserende Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Yes, bad spacing *does* make me cringe, too. 49 49points reply View More Replies... View more comments #26 I'm an accountant. No, I don't actually enjoy talking about tax law on my day off, so your "quick tax question" that takes me 30 minutes to explain beyond 'that depends...' is really annoying at a family BBQ. abqkat Report Final score: 130points POST Michael Largey Michael Largey Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago When I worked for the IRS people wanted me to justify various government spending projects. Do I look sleazy enough to be a congressman? 58 58points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Overworked Employee Quits Because He Wasn't Getting A Fair Wage, Costs The Company $40 Million 40 Embarrassing Moments People Didn't Know Who They Were Talking To And Made A Fool Of Themselves #27 Storyboard artist in the animation industry. Making cartoons isn't playtime. My position in particular is demanding, physically exhausting, and under-appreciated. On top of that, it is more "cog in the machine" work than "creative fulfillment." My faith in my work is tested constantly.

And I am not the only one who feels like this. Virtually every artist I know always thinks about changing careers or retiring all-together. It's a hard job, and it really doesn't have to be, but... it is. hermeown Report Final score: 124points POST censorshipsucks censorshipsucks Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago I appreciate this job so much, especially the old disney hand-drawns. I mean, to re-draw 24 pictures just to get 1 second of footage is INCREDIBLE, especially since they need to not flicker and wobble (ed edd and eddy excepted, that cartoonist sucked). 50 50points reply View More Replies... View more comments #28 That working in the film industry and especially doing what i do which is directly on set is glamourous.

Let me tell you its the opposite of glamour.

14 hour days , 6 days a week, sh**ty weather, sh**ty actors, sh**ty director, sh**ty crew ( of which I am part of), sh**tymembers of public trying to get photos and asking dumb questions, sh**ty mud, sh**ty creative types making delusional demands etc.

But there are some fun things

good food, good pay and filming sex scenes is hilarious. raquille- , Martin Lopez Report Final score: 118points POST Minath Minath Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago A retired friend of mine is a "lowly extra" (his words) and he absolutely loves it. He's probably the most affable person I know, but even he says that the arrogance shown on set can be a bit much. 43 43points reply View More Replies... View more comments #29 QA tester here. We find glitches/ bugs all the time. But it is impossible to find every one. But some that get through baffle me. hkd001 Report Final score: 105points POST censorshipsucks censorshipsucks Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago you have to lower your IQ to average end-user level., that's how you find all bugs. 59 59points reply View More Replies... View more comments #30 1. Engineers do not design every cool thing in the world.

2. Most engineers never actually make all that much money.

3. Chances are, if you study engineering you will end up with an insanely boring office job, or an insane high pressure job working 16+ hours a day.

4. Not all engineers are super intelligent, quite a lot are actually below average intelligence. Only_One_Kenobi , ThisisEngineering RAEng Report Final score: 100points POST CHRIS DOMRES CHRIS DOMRES Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Having been an electronics repair technician for 45 years, we daily joked that the engineer who poorly designed what we are working on probably never held a screw driver in his life or gave a single thought as to making the product serviceable. 64 64points reply View More Replies... View more comments Note: this post originally had 68 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes. Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing! Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Add Your Answer! Not your original work? Add source Publish Change image Upload Photo Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB. Upload Upload Edit Image Error occurred when generating embed. Please check link and try again. Render conversation
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POST Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Speaking from my position as a medical doctor? No, we can't tell what's wrong with you if you *do not tell us the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth*. If you do drugs recreationally, even once a week, we need to know. If you go to hookers, we need to know. If you're not sticking to your diet and exercise goals, we need to know. Et cetera. We're bound by law to not discuss you with anyone but you, and whoever yous ay we can talk to. You lying will only make your medical treatment less accurate, less helpful, and more frustrating for everyone. We *can't know* what we're not told. On an average day, during Covid, I'd see over 2 dozen people a shift, sometimes over 3 dozen, in an ER. About half would lie. Like we can't tell a needle track from a cat scratch?... Oy. 19 19points reply Miss Frankfurter Miss Frankfurter Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago You know I’m with you on that one! Please tell us everything. We do not judge. At all. That’s not part of our jobs. We genuinely want to help you. If you have drug issues we definitely need to know. If you’re having surgery we need to know so we can keep you comfortable. We have pain control specialists, so there are plenty of ways we can do that. Also, if we aren’t aware that withdrawal could be an issue, we need to know that. If you aren’t truthful about how much you drink, and we encounter withdrawal we and you are going to have a serious, possibly life threatening issue. We aren’t going to judge. What we are going to do is give you medications before and after surgery that prevent withdrawl. We will thank you profusely for telling us. 11 11points reply Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago @ Miss Frnakfurter, amen! Even things you think are silly, as a patient ---- "well, I can't seem to handle the smel of XYZ lately" ----- can be a diagnostic hint. We've heard it all. While a patient may make choices I wouldn't, it's not my job to judge. it's y job to fix the damage, an dno, a hay baling accident does *not* look like that, so just tell us you were making a pipe bomb and failed. speed things along for everyone, y'know? 3 3points reply Miss Frankfurter Miss Frankfurter Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Ok. I shouldn’t be laughing at that. But, I am. Just know folks, we can have a very dark sense of humour. Sometimes it’s the only thing that gets us through. 3 3points reply Molly Morrison Molly Morrison Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Maybe you don't, but I've had horrific doctors that do judge and make assumptions. when I was in my 20's, I had a doctor call me an addict. I didn't drink, do drugs, but had sudden onset of severe pain in my neck and he said I was drug seeking. Literally could not have been more wrong. I had a 100 pound overweight doctor tell me I could stand to lose 20 pounds. I could go on and on. I've had good doctors, but a lot more trash ones. It's near impossible for me to trust in doctors anymore. 2 2points reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago @Molly, I've had docs like that and I *am* one. Real joy when one's own alleged "colleagues" in a profession say "Oh but that's normal" and I'm doubled up vomiting in pain, thinking, "No, this isn't!" But for the most part, as a profession, we do try. I think there are just certain places that seem to attract the worst docs. I lived in one for two years. They'd let you die to avoid interrupting their breakfast ----- and I wish that was exaggeration. I'm sorry you don't trust your docs. The doc's health, btw, is often shi**y, but we *are* human. I've had docs who were super-fit-conscious and they were the worst. "Just do CrossFit" is *not* a cure-all! Rant over. Hugs. (And I hope they treated the pain?) 1 1point reply Patti Vance Patti Vance Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago yes! my late mother was the kind that would never tell the doctor everything. as she got older and wanted me to go with her to make sure that she would understand everything that she was told she also hated it because i would pop up with important information. have never understood her logic on this. 6 6points reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago @Patti, my mom was a nurse 45 years and I still have to "out" her at her appointments. She spent over 4 decades complaining about patients like *her*! 2 2points reply Greta Kolding Greta Kolding Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago I have read that if your doctor asks how much alcohol you drink, whatever you reply - unless you are teetotal - the doctor knows it is at least twice as much. 5 5points reply Remi Flynne Remi Flynne Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago I tried being completely honest with my doctor. Said sometimes I might have a bottle OR two a week and sometimes I go months with nothing. They wrote down 'drinks two bottles a week'. 1 1point reply Vix Spiderthrust Vix Spiderthrust Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago An alcoholic is traditionally defined as a man who drinks more than his doctor. 1 1point reply Little Wonder Little Wonder Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Moderator. No your comment wasn't removed to hide your opinion, to censor you or because the company is hiding the truth about poor service or products - it's entirely because you said f**k. Don't say f**k, and repost. 4 4points reply Owen Jarvis Owen Jarvis Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Just add my own asterisks now. I don't want to offend anyone, and everyone that isn't offended knows what I'm saying anyway. 1 1point reply Load More Replies... Charles Whittaker Charles Whittaker Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago As a bus driver, can I say we don’t know what happened to the bus in front and we don’t know when your bus will arrive (if we say ‘it’s right behind’ that’s because we need to get on our way. Also the chances of us knowing street names are slim as we’re unlikely to live there and there’s a lot of streets on the many routes we drive. Oh and if you hit your head on the mirror on your way out, please put it back 4 4points reply Load More Comments POST Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Speaking from my position as a medical doctor? No, we can't tell what's wrong with you if you *do not tell us the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth*. If you do drugs recreationally, even once a week, we need to know. If you go to hookers, we need to know. If you're not sticking to your diet and exercise goals, we need to know. Et cetera. We're bound by law to not discuss you with anyone but you, and whoever yous ay we can talk to. You lying will only make your medical treatment less accurate, less helpful, and more frustrating for everyone. We *can't know* what we're not told. On an average day, during Covid, I'd see over 2 dozen people a shift, sometimes over 3 dozen, in an ER. About half would lie. Like we can't tell a needle track from a cat scratch?... Oy. 19 19points reply Miss Frankfurter Miss Frankfurter Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago You know I’m with you on that one! Please tell us everything. We do not judge. At all. That’s not part of our jobs. We genuinely want to help you. If you have drug issues we definitely need to know. If you’re having surgery we need to know so we can keep you comfortable. We have pain control specialists, so there are plenty of ways we can do that. Also, if we aren’t aware that withdrawal could be an issue, we need to know that. If you aren’t truthful about how much you drink, and we encounter withdrawal we and you are going to have a serious, possibly life threatening issue. We aren’t going to judge. What we are going to do is give you medications before and after surgery that prevent withdrawl. We will thank you profusely for telling us. 11 11points reply Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago @ Miss Frnakfurter, amen! Even things you think are silly, as a patient ---- "well, I can't seem to handle the smel of XYZ lately" ----- can be a diagnostic hint. We've heard it all. While a patient may make choices I wouldn't, it's not my job to judge. it's y job to fix the damage, an dno, a hay baling accident does *not* look like that, so just tell us you were making a pipe bomb and failed. speed things along for everyone, y'know? 3 3points reply Miss Frankfurter Miss Frankfurter Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Ok. I shouldn’t be laughing at that. But, I am. Just know folks, we can have a very dark sense of humour. Sometimes it’s the only thing that gets us through. 3 3points reply Molly Morrison Molly Morrison Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Maybe you don't, but I've had horrific doctors that do judge and make assumptions. when I was in my 20's, I had a doctor call me an addict. I didn't drink, do drugs, but had sudden onset of severe pain in my neck and he said I was drug seeking. Literally could not have been more wrong. I had a 100 pound overweight doctor tell me I could stand to lose 20 pounds. I could go on and on. I've had good doctors, but a lot more trash ones. It's near impossible for me to trust in doctors anymore. 2 2points reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago @Molly, I've had docs like that and I *am* one. Real joy when one's own alleged "colleagues" in a profession say "Oh but that's normal" and I'm doubled up vomiting in pain, thinking, "No, this isn't!" But for the most part, as a profession, we do try. I think there are just certain places that seem to attract the worst docs. I lived in one for two years. They'd let you die to avoid interrupting their breakfast ----- and I wish that was exaggeration. I'm sorry you don't trust your docs. The doc's health, btw, is often shi**y, but we *are* human. I've had docs who were super-fit-conscious and they were the worst. "Just do CrossFit" is *not* a cure-all! Rant over. Hugs. (And I hope they treated the pain?) 1 1point reply Patti Vance Patti Vance Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago yes! my late mother was the kind that would never tell the doctor everything. as she got older and wanted me to go with her to make sure that she would understand everything that she was told she also hated it because i would pop up with important information. have never understood her logic on this. 6 6points reply Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago @Patti, my mom was a nurse 45 years and I still have to "out" her at her appointments. She spent over 4 decades complaining about patients like *her*! 2 2points reply Greta Kolding Greta Kolding Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago I have read that if your doctor asks how much alcohol you drink, whatever you reply - unless you are teetotal - the doctor knows it is at least twice as much. 5 5points reply Remi Flynne Remi Flynne Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago I tried being completely honest with my doctor. Said sometimes I might have a bottle OR two a week and sometimes I go months with nothing. They wrote down 'drinks two bottles a week'. 1 1point reply Vix Spiderthrust Vix Spiderthrust Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago An alcoholic is traditionally defined as a man who drinks more than his doctor. 1 1point reply Little Wonder Little Wonder Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Moderator. No your comment wasn't removed to hide your opinion, to censor you or because the company is hiding the truth about poor service or products - it's entirely because you said f**k. Don't say f**k, and repost. 4 4points reply Owen Jarvis Owen Jarvis Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Just add my own asterisks now. I don't want to offend anyone, and everyone that isn't offended knows what I'm saying anyway. 1 1point reply Load More Replies... Charles Whittaker Charles Whittaker Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago As a bus driver, can I say we don’t know what happened to the bus in front and we don’t know when your bus will arrive (if we say ‘it’s right behind’ that’s because we need to get on our way. Also the chances of us knowing street names are slim as we’re unlikely to live there and there’s a lot of streets on the many routes we drive. 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