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In reply to the discussion: I LOST it with my doctor today. [View all]TomSlick
(11,035 posts)53. In my experience, many doctors (and lawyers) are incompetent outside their profession.
I have been amazed through the years with doctors in my law office as a result of really bad business decisions. Then again, lawyers are notorious for taking better care of their client's affairs than their own.
Really good doctors and lawyers are almost as capable of general idiocy as the rest of the population. Some doctors and lawyers who have done well financially are often Republicans as part of the "I got mine" syndrome.
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That's it exactly. I sure wish it wasn't what it is. But as my Dad would say,
SammyWinstonJack
Mar 2020
#48
I'd find another doctor if possible because I won't use a doctor I can't trust.
rickyhall
Mar 2020
#64
I had to pull hospital call during my clinical rotations with a right-wing doctor.
Aristus
Mar 2020
#10
You know what you call the person that graduates last in their medical school class?
Vinnie From Indy
Mar 2020
#28
Yeah, but everybody else in the class knows who it is, and they are not impressed.
Aristus
Mar 2020
#30
There are many good doctors who were morally and politically ignorant. You got one.
The Wielding Truth
Mar 2020
#8
That is the only way to change their views of tRUMP, epecially with his campaign tv rallies blocking
WyattKansas
Mar 2020
#14
Your post made me feel very fortunate that I not only have access to a wide selection of
smirkymonkey
Mar 2020
#22
Damn, I hope you don't start political arguments with your dentist, sharp instruments, lol
Baclava
Mar 2020
#23
Oh yes. In my Medicare claims processing days I got a full load of that
yellowdogintexas
Mar 2020
#83
In my experience, many doctors (and lawyers) are incompetent outside their profession.
TomSlick
Mar 2020
#53
Q) What do you call the guy that graduated last in their class in Med School?
Evolve Dammit
Mar 2020
#56
From what he said, it sounds like he was referring to work stoppage - not the virus itself.
MisterProton
Mar 2020
#62