Another one bites the dust

As with any institution, you have your heterogenous mix of residents.. The brilliant goofballs, the eccentric know-it-alls, the overly serious straight-arrows, etc..

I'm here to talk about two types in particular: The toxic slacker, and the hardheaded buffoon.

Bear in mind that, based from my experience working in other institutions, these two types are almost nonexistent in more reputable hospitals because their kind are weeded out early in the selection process.. but I digress..

One of these, after (probably much thought and atonement for his multitude of sins against the departrment) suddenly decides not to show up for work for the past two days, with no attempt to contact the higher ups and cannot be contacted when called.

I can't say I didn't see it coming, although I was quite surprised because I figured he'd be too thick to do something like that and that it would be the training committee who would terminate him.

Oh well, that''s life. Now, onto the next guy..

This other one is apparently the former's best buddy out of all the residents. They share the same strange sense of humor and apparent lack of concern for the gravity of their position as residents in a hospital who are directly responsible for taking care of patients. In other words, they seem to have a telling lack of a sense of responsibility.

This second guy often acts like a total scrooge to his patients, wastes a lot of time doing a lot of nothing, and works terribly slow, as in! :P

And the funny thing is, now that he's pushed to the wall because his buddy is being shown the door, he's venting his frustrations on people who may have rubbed him lightly the wrong way, yours truly included. :P I personally think he's being too much of an overly sensitive primadonna, and to think that he's a guy (or is he?). It's bad enough that we have to cover up for him when something goes wrong, but who the fuck gave him the right to threaten people when his very presence sometimes does more harm than good?

What a total ass. Why he was accepted remains a total mystery. These isolated instances are proof that being book smart isn't everything. You may be able to get high in exams, but if in order to achieve that, you just hide out in the room while the ward implodes outside, there's something very very wrong with you. Even the nurses don't like him because of his lousy attitude.

I was actually reluctant to speak out about this, but even my patience has its limits..

Oh yeah, not to make me seem important or anything, but for both of these jerks (or their patients actually), I did some important instances of ward work that may have actually saved lives when they could not (or did not.. its kinda hard to tell because even though they write so much in the charts, its hard to make sense of it all).

Oh well, it goes with the territory, I guess.. I'll do my best to bring in quality juniors when the next batch of pre-residents come around. I need more competent people to work with! :P

Whew! Niow that that's out of my system, I can resume my regular programming.. :P