Sucking up. Fact of life??
When I was on my observership on Wednesday, one of the cardiology residents just happened to step by to have a “chat” with my facilitator. When the doc came in, the following convo ensued:
Doctor
Hey, what’s up?
Resident
Hey Dr. __, so I was wondering if you have plans tomorrow night?
Me to self
Oh boy…
Doctor
Hmm, well nothing really. Why?
Resident
Well it just happens that I have these tickets for tomorrow but I TOTALLY FORGOT that I have a meeting that night. So I just randomly thought of you, and wondered whether you’d be interested in going…
Me
[Eyes beginning to widen]
Doctor
Yeah that’s really nice of you. Thanks. How much are they?
Resident
Oh no, no don’t worry about it.
Doctor
No, seriously. I’ll pay you back. How much are they?
Resident
No, no, it’s nothing, it’s nothing.
Me
[Rolling eyes]
Doctor
C’mon. I’ll pay you
Resident
Okay fine, they’re $___ each. But honestly, it’s nothing.
Me
[Making kissy faces behind their backs]
The doctor then leaves to do another procedure, leaving the resident and me in the room by ourselves. They don't say anything to me at all, considering I’m just the lowly medical student in the room. They stay, I'm guessing they were hoping the doc comes back, but he doesn't. So they up and leave.I have no idea how the doc felt about this. He knew right? Like c’mon I could see it a mile away. But maybe it’s just part of the culture. Thoughts??
Note: This post was edited to protect the identity of those involved. AKA Stuff does not want the off-chance that fellow reads this and recognizes themselves and then DESTROYS her (Please refer to March 20th) ....
Gosh ha ha, uh.... I think the docs are probably used to these sort of situations by now. But I wonder, so was the doc really interested, or just polite? I wonder how old this Fellow is, and it's just weird how he said: "I randomly thought of you"... sounds creepy, they're both men.
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Ha, lotsa questions. But yah, uh Stuff try not to turn into that Fellow... even if you idolize the doc. There's other ways to be friends with the doc than offering up front like that.
He was probably late 20s, early 30s. I think the doc was interested in the hockey tickets. I mean if it was me, I would be too. And the fellow, I think he wanted to suck up more. He's going into the same field so I guess he wanted an in with the attendings.
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