Struck a Nerve - angry post. read w/ caution

So it's official. I'm a fatty. While doing the physical exam on my patient today, I sat on his trendy $200+ glasses and destroyed them. On the flipside, his blood sugar was 34, so he didn't really notice.

After spending a couple of weeks in primary care, I'm completely turned off to it and am starting to check out surgical-subspecialties and radiology. At first I thought it was because I didn't enjoy working with the patients. In fact, I usually have a blast working with the patients. I'm just sick and tired of all of the doctors that work in primary care. Like rabbit said, medicine is full of whiners, but the primary care is chalked full of the biggest poons in the profession. Seriously, all they do is bitch and moan. wah wah. People don't respect us. wah wah, we don't get paid enough. I hate my job. ad infinitum...

Seriously, the primary care docs are so freaking annoying. No wonder none of the other docs don't have any respect for them. None of the other groups are like these guys. Don't tell me that the only reason you went into primary care is because you had to fulfill some grant or some shit. I don't wanna hear that you're so poor. $150k boo hoo. I can think of a million jobs that suck ass more than yours - the guys picking up your trash, the guy who cleans the bathrooms, the dude who sells fruit on the streets, etc. So you work a lot of hours. You knew what you were getting into. In addition, there are plenty of people that work crazy hours. Joe was going in at 4am every day to get the restaurants ready and prepped every day, my buddy Nelson in china was working 20 hours a day 7 days a week to get his business ready, all of lawyer friends and ibanking friends sleep at work. They knew what they were getting into. I don't hear a peep from them. Oh you poor overworked docs...seriously, you're tired, but deal with it. You hate talking to patients and their whining? Why the hell did you go into primary care? Why didn't you go into surgery or radiology or something else. I mean, give me a freakin' break. Take some responsibility for the way your lives turned out. It's not like you didn't have any say in this matter. Oh what? Your parents made you go to medical school? Damn...what a bunch of wimps.

-bender is annoyed