Chicks-n-Scratching

My BFF works in a doctor’s office. The doctor decided he wanted to help with the Haiti disaster, so he went down to Haiti to help render medical care to the injured. Hooray Doctor!

So, the office staff set about rescheduling his appointments and surgeries. For the most part, people were cool. Some people were very pleased the doctor was going to help (I’d fall in that camp), some were ambivalent – okay, whatever. But then there were some serious WTF responses.

The least homicidal-tendency-inducing of these was the people who didn’t know anything had happened. They thought maybe he was going on vacation. To Haiti. So BFF (and/or other staff members) had to explain that, no, this was not a pleasure jaunt – Haiti had experienced a massive earthquake and evidently you, dear patient have been living under a rock. With earplugs and a blindfold. WTF?

Then there was the lady who was quite put out that she had to reschedule because of his decision. It was inconsiderate of him, you know. And a similar one who, when she found out he wasn’t going to be back in time for her appointment said “Didn’t he think about his patients before he left…hrmmfff.” Because, you know, the entire world revolves around you. Forget the dead and dying hundreds of thousands in Haiti. It’s all about you. WTF?

And my absolute favorite – and this one really does tempt me to violence, at least in the sense of hunting them down and beating a clue into them. Background: patient had been told they should have surgery in AUGUST (note: this is not a life/death surgery, it’s a help chronic pain kind of surgery). They didn’t get around to deciding to have the surgery until December. And then they had to get cardiac clearance from their cardiologist. So, they finally scheduled the surgery. Now, when called to reschedule, the patient’s WIFE talked to the staff. With me so far? Her response: So, a thousand dead people in Haiti are more important than one dead American?

Uhhh. This is a whole cluster of WTF. One – lady, your husband isn’t dead and this surgery isn’t to save his life. Two – Obviously you didn’t think it was that important in August. Or September. Or October. Or even November. So… he can wait a week. Really. Three – He isn’t going down for the dead Haitians, he’s going down to help make sure there aren’t MORE dead.  And Four – well, actually, yes. A thousand Haitians are, indeed, more important than your whiny, ethnocentric butt. In fact, I have to say that, given your response, I think just nearly anything would be more important to me than saving your worthless, egotistical, racist rear end. Though, since it wasn’t your husband who made the comment, I might make the effort for him. You? Not so much. OMGWTF.

So, that is this weeks WTF. Because, after I talked to BFF, I had to share that level of WTF.

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