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>

Pennyaline wrote:
>
> 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>

The funny thing is that I've yet to have an issue with *any* of those
other service industries. Only the medical service industry has ego
issues.

Dry cleaners clean my clothes without ego tripping. Shop clerks ring up
my purchases and check if they have stock in the back when something
isn't on the shelf without ego tripping. Fast food kids take my order
and get my food without ego tripping. The folks at the tire place put
new tires on my truck without ego tripping. The surveyor surveys my
property without ego tripping. The civil engineer designs my driveway
and septic system without ego tripping.

On 8/13/2010 08:43, Pete C. wrote:
> Dry cleaners clean my clothes without ego tripping. Shop clerks ring up
> my purchases and check if they have stock in the back when something
> isn't on the shelf without ego tripping. Fast food kids take my order
> and get my food without ego tripping. The folks at the tire place put
> new tires on my truck without ego tripping. The surveyor surveys my
> property without ego tripping. The civil engineer designs my driveway
> and septic system without ego tripping.

But you have not yet given us any examples of how health care workers
"ego trip," other than telling you to do things you don't want to do.
That's not a problem with their egos. That's a problem with yours.

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.