sf wrote:
>
> On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:35:41 -0500, "Pete C." >
> wrote:
>
> > Nope, it seems the medical service industry is the only one plagued by
> > ego issues. All those other service industries you mention realize that
> > they are a service industry and are there to service their customers,
> > not the other way around.
>
> The other industries are not responsible for their customer's physical
> well being and are not routinely sued when a client's health
> deteriorates or life terminates.

That's why they are paid better than those other service industries.
More risk = more pay. It does not however justify the ego issues seen,
nor does it change the legal and human right of the customers to refuse
their recommendations.

Pete C. wrote:

> That's why they are paid better than those other service industries.
> More risk = more pay. It does not however justify the ego issues seen,
> nor does it change the legal and human right of the customers to refuse
> their recommendations.

....and then there are the "customers" who refuse or are non-compliant
with the care and later sue because they're not perfect or healthy.

Goomba wrote:
>
> Pete C. wrote:
>
> > That's why they are paid better than those other service industries.
> > More risk = more pay. It does not however justify the ego issues seen,
> > nor does it change the legal and human right of the customers to refuse
> > their recommendations.
>
> ...and then there are the "customers" who refuse or are non-compliant
> with the care and later sue because they're not perfect or healthy.

And they loose in court.

On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:34:18 -0500, "Pete C." >
wrote:

>
> Goomba wrote:
> >
> > Pete C. wrote:
> >
> > > That's why they are paid better than those other service industries.
> > > More risk = more pay. It does not however justify the ego issues seen,
> > > nor does it change the legal and human right of the customers to refuse
> > > their recommendations.
> >
> > ...and then there are the "customers" who refuse or are non-compliant
> > with the care and later sue because they're not perfect or healthy.
>
> And they loose in court.

Not before dragging the Dr and nurse's names through the mud, keeping
them out of work & in court, paying for lawyers & court costs and
generally causing needless stress.

--

Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.

sf wrote:
>
> On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:34:18 -0500, "Pete C." >
> wrote:
>
> >
> > Goomba wrote:
> > >
> > > Pete C. wrote:
> > >
> > > > That's why they are paid better than those other service industries.
> > > > More risk = more pay. It does not however justify the ego issues seen,
> > > > nor does it change the legal and human right of the customers to refuse
> > > > their recommendations.
> > >
> > > ...and then there are the "customers" who refuse or are non-compliant
> > > with the care and later sue because they're not perfect or healthy.
> >
> > And they loose in court.
>
> Not before dragging the Dr and nurse's names through the mud, keeping
> them out of work & in court, paying for lawyers & court costs and
> generally causing needless stress.

Yes, but no profession is immune from that crap. Hell, you have people
suing dry cleaners.

On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:04:52 -0500, "Pete C." >
wrote:

> Yes, but no profession is immune from that crap. Hell, you have people
> suing dry cleaners.

Is that supposed to make it okay?

--

Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.

On 8/12/2010 21:54, sf wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:04:52 -0500, "Pete >
> wrote:
>
>> Yes, but no profession is immune from that crap. Hell, you have people
>> suing dry cleaners.
>
> Is that supposed to make it okay?

It must, since a dry cleaners is a service business and the employees
are there to kiss his feet by virtue of that. His life must be hell on
earth, what with all the disrespect he gets from these shop clerks, fast
food kids, professional nurses, physicians and other menial laborers.
He's gotta take it out on somebody somehow.

<advice: don't do it on a plane, Pete C., or you might get shown the
slide yourself>

sf wrote:
>
> On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:04:52 -0500, "Pete C." >
> wrote:
>
> > Yes, but no profession is immune from that crap. Hell, you have people
> > suing dry cleaners.
>
> Is that supposed to make it okay?

Nope, but it does not provide an excuse for the medical service industry
to have ego trips.

On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:32:42 -0500, Pete C. wrote:

> sf wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:35:41 -0500, "Pete C." >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Nope, it seems the medical service industry is the only one plagued by
>>> ego issues. All those other service industries you mention realize that
>>> they are a service industry and are there to service their customers,
>>> not the other way around.
>>
>> The other industries are not responsible for their customer's physical
>> well being and are not routinely sued when a client's health
>> deteriorates or life terminates.
>
> That's why they are paid better than those other service industries.
> More risk = more pay. It does not however justify the ego issues seen,
> nor does it change the legal and human right of the customers to refuse
> their recommendations.

wait - aren't you the fruitcake who wanted 'do not resuscitate' tattooed on
his chest?

blake

blake murphy wrote:
>
> wait - aren't you the fruitcake who wanted 'do not resuscitate' tattooed on
> his chest?

I'm one of the people who have considered that. I'm thinking of getting
a tattoo of that on my chest on my 70th birthday. Maybe also a medic
alert bracklet that says the same thing as a double check.

Doug Freyburger > wrote:

>blake murphy wrote:

>> wait - aren't you the fruitcake who wanted 'do not resuscitate' tattooed on
>> his chest?

>I'm one of the people who have considered that. I'm thinking of getting
>a tattoo of that on my chest on my 70th birthday. Maybe also a medic
>alert bracklet that says the same thing as a double check.

This may be of no interest, but a local tattoo shop has a $13
dollar tattoo special on any Friday the 13th (which happens to
be today).

I'm not sure how large a one they'll do for the special price
but a simple "DNR" might be within range.

Steve

On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:42:41 +0000 (UTC), Steve Pope wrote:

> This may be of no interest, but a local tattoo shop has a $13
> dollar tattoo special on any Friday the 13th (which happens to
> be today).

Because they don't disinfect the instruments that day?

-sw

Doug Freyburger wrote:
>
> blake murphy wrote:
> >
> > wait - aren't you the fruitcake who wanted 'do not resuscitate' tattooed on
> > his chest?
>
> I'm one of the people who have considered that. I'm thinking of getting
> a tattoo of that on my chest on my 70th birthday. Maybe also a medic
> alert bracklet that says the same thing as a double check.

Yes, it's important to make very clear that you do not want to be yet
another victim of the grotesque medical machine.

"Doug Freyburger" > wrote in message
...
> blake murphy wrote:
>>
>> wait - aren't you the fruitcake who wanted 'do not resuscitate' tattooed
>> on
>> his chest?
>
> I'm one of the people who have considered that. I'm thinking of getting
> a tattoo of that on my chest on my 70th birthday. Maybe also a medic
> alert bracklet that says the same thing as a double check.

I would prefer to let my husband choose...


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Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "Doug Freyburger" > wrote in message
> ...
>> blake murphy wrote:
>>>
>>> wait - aren't you the fruitcake who wanted 'do not resuscitate'
>>> tattooed on
>>> his chest?
>>
>> I'm one of the people who have considered that. I'm thinking of getting
>> a tattoo of that on my chest on my 70th birthday. Maybe also a medic
>> alert bracklet that says the same thing as a double check.
>
> I would prefer to let my husband choose...
>
>

I once had a friend whose husband would never believe she was under the
weather. I told her she should get a tattoo that said "I TOLD you I was
sick!"

gloria p

On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:02:05 -0400, blake murphy wrote:

> wait - aren't you the fruitcake who wanted 'do not resuscitate' tattooed on
> his chest?

Oops. I should have read ahead.

Drat, foiled again!

-sw

On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:00:01 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:

> On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:02:05 -0400, blake murphy wrote:
>
>> wait - aren't you the fruitcake who wanted 'do not resuscitate' tattooed on
>> his chest?
>
> Oops. I should have read ahead.
>
> Drat, foiled again!
>
> -sw

i welcome the confirmation. seems my memory is pretty good for a
pre-codger.

your pal,
blake