Comments on: Annoyance http://www.vetschoolblog.com/2010/01/23/annoyance/ Wet Cleanup on Aisle 5 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:27:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: VetSchoolBlog http://www.vetschoolblog.com/2010/01/23/annoyance/#comment-285 VetSchoolBlog Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:14:33 +0000 http://www.vetschoolblog.com/?p=306#comment-285 It would also have been fun to tell the woman you were compounding drugs in your basement, or something, just to see the look on her face. Okay, not really, but still... She could have asked you, nicely, "Did your doctor recommend that?" Because, sorry lady, they make aspirin for kids for a reason...sometimes it's indicated! Heck, maybe YOU like chewables. I do... Yeesh. Anyway, glad I am not the only one to be annoyed by unsolicited medical advice! I like the asking detailed questions idea, except I probably wouldn't be able to pull it off without sounding super snarky. :) It would also have been fun to tell the woman you were compounding drugs in your basement, or something, just to see the look on her face. Okay, not really, but still…

She could have asked you, nicely, “Did your doctor recommend that?” Because, sorry lady, they make aspirin for kids for a reason…sometimes it’s indicated! Heck, maybe YOU like chewables. I do… Yeesh.

Anyway, glad I am not the only one to be annoyed by unsolicited medical advice! I like the asking detailed questions idea, except I probably wouldn’t be able to pull it off without sounding super snarky. :)

]]> By: Life in Vet School http://www.vetschoolblog.com/2010/01/23/annoyance/#comment-284 Life in Vet School Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:02:52 +0000 http://www.vetschoolblog.com/?p=306#comment-284 This tangentially reminds me of an encounter I had with a pharmacist in CVS a few months ago -- I asked where their low-dose chewable aspirin is, and she snapped, "You shouldn't give aspirin to children!". I said, "I'm aware of that; I'm just asking if you carry it" and she said angrily, "I'm telling you, you can't give it to children!". So I stared at her for a few seconds, and said "It's for my DOG." ". . . . Oh. It's in aisle 3." Of course, the outcome of giving aspirin to my dog kind of takes the wind out of those particular sails (and I know, I know, she was genuinely trying to protect my nonexistent children from their mother's apparent ignorance) but it was still kind of obnoxious. This tangentially reminds me of an encounter I had with a pharmacist in CVS a few months ago — I asked where their low-dose chewable aspirin is, and she snapped, “You shouldn’t give aspirin to children!”. I said, “I’m aware of that; I’m just asking if you carry it” and she said angrily, “I’m telling you, you can’t give it to children!”. So I stared at her for a few seconds, and said “It’s for my DOG.” “. . . . Oh. It’s in aisle 3.”

Of course, the outcome of giving aspirin to my dog kind of takes the wind out of those particular sails (and I know, I know, she was genuinely trying to protect my nonexistent children from their mother’s apparent ignorance) but it was still kind of obnoxious.

]]> By: Life in Vet School http://www.vetschoolblog.com/2010/01/23/annoyance/#comment-283 Life in Vet School Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:57:01 +0000 http://www.vetschoolblog.com/?p=306#comment-283 Sometimes I can cut these people off quickly and politely, by assuming they really ARE experts and asking detailed questions -- you quickly outstrip their level of knowledge, which (unless they're not intelligent enough to realize it, which *sigh* is not that rare) both indicates to them that you know enough to not be worth BSing, and that maybe they should learn some more about whatever topic it is they're blustering about. It will be fun to say "Oh, I'm a vet and I'm just browsing" one day, though! :) Sometimes I can cut these people off quickly and politely, by assuming they really ARE experts and asking detailed questions — you quickly outstrip their level of knowledge, which (unless they’re not intelligent enough to realize it, which *sigh* is not that rare) both indicates to them that you know enough to not be worth BSing, and that maybe they should learn some more about whatever topic it is they’re blustering about.

It will be fun to say “Oh, I’m a vet and I’m just browsing” one day, though! :)

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