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Observational and Situational Humor
of 3rd Year
Bernard Tawfik
Scut work is like cigarettes in prison, it’s the dominant form of money. You do scut work to build rapport, suck up and in exchange to do procedures. Unless the residents don't reciprocate, then it’s still like prison but now you dropped the soap in the men's shower.
Getting up at 4:30 a.m. for surgery knowing your roommate is on Peds and is still asleep: Annoying
Getting home at 7:00 p.m. from surgery to find your roommate who is on Peds laying on the couch napping: Disheartening
Going to bed on Saturday night at 9:00 p.m. because surgery is at 6:00 a.m. on the weekend while your roommate who is on Peds tells you about the party last night: Aggravating
Do all the same things to him in 2 months: Priceless
(Student in surgery at 9:30 a.m. who has been there since 5:00 a.m.)
Student: Do you want me to switch sides, Doctor, so I can get a better view?
Doctor: Not really, this part of the procedure is like watching paint dry.
Student: Oh, and everything else has been so interesting (lying).
Doctor: You can go find something else to do.
Student: I could go read…
Doctor: I would go consult a sausage biscuit...
Student: Yes, Sir! (halfway out the door while breaking scrub)
Doctor: …if I was you.
Text Paging can be really good…or not so good.
When you text page to find out where the lecture is…good.
When you text page the rest of your team when you get separated…good.
When you text page to meet up with your friends for lunch…good.
When the circulating nurse reads the text page joke about what your friend did to your mom last night to the whole operating room…not so good. |