Not so manly pursuits?

[kenmac]

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I'm talking about stamp collecting, knitting (like Rosey Greer), reading poetry, bird watching, etc etc. All great things, but none of which is usually accompanied by chest thumping, spitting or butt scratching.




Only A Doc would have enough time to do these things

 

[N80]

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I'm talking about stamp collecting, knitting (like Rosey Greer), reading poetry, bird watching, etc etc. All great things, but none of which is usually accompanied by chest thumping, spitting or butt scratching.




Only A Doc would have enough time to do these things

Whoa now, I didn't claim to do all of those, well, except the butt scratching and bird watching....oh, and I've read a poem or two...but I draw the line at knitting and stamp collecting!

The real proof of how much time I have on my hands is how much time I spend here! But things have slowed down at the office lately...I've only seen 24 people today and I'm currently waiting on someone who is late for their appointment (I see patients on time.)

Of course I think I told a patient that he needed to change his hydraulic fluid and told someone here at TBN that their tractor needed an enema.

 

[MrJimi]

Of course I think I told a patient that he needed to change his hydraulic fluid and told someone here at TBN that their tractor needed and enema.

would that be called a transfusion of some kind

 

[kenmac]

I'm currently waiting on someone who is late for their appointment (I see patients on time.)



I need to make my Doc. wait on me from time to time. God knows I've waited on him plenty of times. If you see your patients on time . I would say you are one of a kind If you were here you would get all the Doc business


Why are we called patients instead of customers

Is it because we have to have patients when we go to the Doc.

My Wife & I have this discussion all the time . She calls them patients & I call them customers

 

[N80]

My belief is that if I tell a patient to be at my office at a certain time, then that is when I should see him. Failing to do so indicates that I think my time is more important than his. A lot of doctors will agree with this idea but few live by it. This philosophy comes from hours of sitting in other doctors offices when I need care or when I'm with a sick family member...it always made me mad. Granted, the task is nearly impossible because patients want you to be on time and spend lots of time with them, which can make things hard. But with good time management skills and a real respect for other people's time, I make it work most of the time. I will sometimes get as much as 30 minutes behind, but that is not common. My partners are continuously amazed. However, they tend to see more patients and make more money than I do. I'm not complaining, I do not want to see more patients than I currently do. I'm happy with my work pace, it suits me well and I still see more patients than most Family Medicine doctors. So seeing people on time makes me happy and my patients happy.

There are exceptions. Each day one of us is the 'urgent care' doc. We see anyone who thinks they need to be seen urgently on a first come first serve basis. Since patients who need urgent care often require more care (lacerations, broken bones, chest pains, sick elderly folks, etc) the wait times can really get long. We tell patients that ahead of time so I'm typically not apologetic under those circumstances. At worst, someone may wait an hour, rarely two. But the average wait time in the local ER is closer to 5 so most folks don't complain.

As for the guy I was waiting for, he showed up 15 minutes after the end of his appointment time and when I walked in he was talking on his cell phone. When I started to introduce myself he held up his finger for me to hush. I kept talking and made it clear that he couid talk to me or talk to the cell phone. He got flusterd and hung up. You get all kinds in this business.

 

[LMTC]

My internal medicine doc is pretty darn prompt most of the time....and I've had a fair sampling, as I started with him in 1981 when he went into practice. I rarely wait if I make AM appts. and late day appts. might result in a 15-20 minute wait...occasionally.

I once had a orthopedic surgeon who routinely ran 1-2 hours behind. I can understand an occasional emergency, but he routinely scheduled surgery right up against office hours, and always ran late. The day I waited 3 hours was the day I started looking for another surgeon. It's not manly to wait.... (thought I'd get us back on topic :>)

 

[3RRL]

Ok, I play golf. Does that count?
How about this. When the mens bathroom on the course is occupied, I use the ladies'... of course when there are no ladies in it.
My partner smokes cigars. The ladies rooms on the course have free tampons (private club) in them so I took one and put it in his cigar case. Is that unmanly enough? He didn't think it was funny, but I was LMAO.

Oh, I like photography too, but I'm not a shutterbug.



I also love animals of all kinds but find it hard not to shoot them during hunting season.

 

[irwin]

I've visited this thread several times, just to see where it's heading. Thought about it, what could I honestly say I do that could be in some way taken as "less than manly"

I'm still thinking....

Fishing, well I'd rather be on a river, pond or lake than on high seas, sometimes I get seasick, but blowing chunks is more masculine than feminine, so that's not good enough, I work in an auto repair shop, nothing there either, my music is blues, even though blues is about complaining, men complain pretty good some.

Nothing dandy about cutting trees and moving earth.... Wait, if I take a tangled mess of rotted vetatation, overgrow brush, trees, rocks, etc. and make a nice path that can be used to enjoy my home more completely, this can be viewed as having a artistic nature..right? there I did it! I gotta artistic nature..

 

[EddieWalker]

The list is pretty long, but I'm ok with my feminine side. hahaha

Bird watching

Flower gardening

Landscaping

Chick Flicks

Home Decorating

Playing in the pond

Sight Seeing

Eating Out

Board Games

Nature Walks

Plus just about anything Steph wants to do,
Eddie

 

[Egon]

I took a course on basket making!

And I like reading Agatha Christie novels!

And there is an awl and thread in my tool collection for sewing!