"Are you angry?" I really hate it that people assume that since I'm not constantly smiling and perky that I must be pissed off.
The one question they always ask you that you hate
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Tell me about it. Along with "have you seen a dead person?" (yes many) and "can you score free drugs?" (no really I can't). Then there's my least favourite "you must be smart?", I'm not really, I worked hard and took advantage of a schemes/loop-hole for people from rural areas.Kaboose the Moose said:
BTW what year are you studying? I'm currently about to begin my fourth, with no additional research years.
Lol, I bet you that if there wasn't as many TV dramas about the profession, the number of exaggerated questions asked would be halved. I wonder if law students get asked similar questions as well, judging by the number of crime/law dramas on the telly?WolfThomas said:
I have actually finished medical school, the six year MBBS ordeal is done! The next step is my FHO placement at a hospital come February, pretty excited and nervous all at the same time.
What about you? I take it from your profile that your are Australian so that's, I am assuming, the American system right? 4 years pre-med and 4 years MBBS? Will you be done by this year then or are you doing a "Rural placement" year/semester?
So FHO is the intern year? Goodluck, it is truly an exciting/scary prospect.Kaboose the Moose said:
In Australia we use an undergraduate system I think more in line with you guys. I've done three years already out of a five year course (with an optional research year). So roughly two calendar years and I guaduate. I've done two years of pre-clinical education and one year of clinical (last year), this year I focus on Obstetrics/Gyn and Psch Health for six months and do six month of GP placement. Then the final year is made up of a variety of six week placements in different fields.
Edit: So yeah mine's a MBBS too, but there has been a recent move by some of the universities (fortunately not mine) to go for an American-ish model with three years bio-medical sciences, then five years post graduate.
Yeah FHO = Foundations House Officer = Intern.WolfThomas said:
Last year I got a chance to go on a clinical exchange program to Australia, to Canberra in fact. It was fantastic, mostly because the medical system is not the NHS..but then again I was surprised that there is no system to channel a doctor in ACT hospitals (don't know if the other states have a similar system) so patients with milder injuries have to wait for hours before being tended to. I know its critical cases first but it struck me odd that hospitals didn't allow to "book" a doctors time slot for a non-critical patients.
Also, the teaching hospital I was attached to got medical medical students from a university that employed (I think) the US system, because they had just finished their 3yr med.sci course and as 1st year medical students, were taking a tour of the hospital. All of them kept been ecstatic about how awesome 4 years of medicine would be (poor, silly fools!)
Ah, first year..such good times.
Edit: So, any particular specialisation in mind or will you stick to general practice?
In Japan, students ask that sort of question to anyone who doesn't have naturally black hair. You are not alone in that particular pain.exarkunsith said:
OT:
"Are you half?" (as in, half-Japanese)
"Are your eyes blue?"
"Is that your natural hair color?" -- Also, if it gets called blond one more time...
Yeah it's a funny thing over here in Australia, if you're not immediately dying the attitude is that you see a GP out of hospital or wait for hours, I've never known anything else so it seems the norm to me.Kaboose the Moose said:
As for specialisation, I'm not particularly sure yet. There's rotations I've loved and those I've hated. The thing I've enjoyed the most was Urology funnily enough (hence the penis question in your original quote is pretty valid) but I understand how difficult it is to get into that field. So yeah just really cruising along seeing where life takes me.
In Australia due to shortages and huge distances, our GPs can sub specialize in fields, there's a lot but stuff like minor surgery, anaesthetics, endoscopy and obstetrics are possible. I wouldn't be unhappy doing something like that in a rural area.
Many many questions for me. I just hate being asked questions in general...
Bit of a rant here but hey, that's what forums are good for. Reader discretion is advised
"Are you OK" - no. there isn't really anything you can say now is there?
"Have you got a girlfriend yet" - no, I prefer random shameful drink induced sex with people I'll never meet again to a steady relationship, as do they. But don't worry, I'm sure one of them will appear at my door with our illegitimate child one day, so it's not like you need to worry about my family name dying out.
"is mr xxxxclxxxx there?" - no. he fucking isn't. the C comes AFTER the L.
"are you interested in coming back to BT?" (asked after pronouncing my name wrong) FFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
"Are you growing your hair" - yes. i see your hair also grows. lets hang, k?
"why do you have a beard" - because it grows on my face. as if by magic.
"Are you human" - 39CuZZ0
"Are you OK really?" - Are you?
"Why did you start a 5 round campaign if you are going to quit?" - You know who you are you whiny l4d2 ragequitter. The answer to this question was that I didn't know I had to go when I started the game, obviously. Secondly playing a game with a whinging whelp like yourself is no more important to me than picking my nose. Neither is your incessant questioning.
I didn't answer that at the time but one of my clanmates performed an epic putdown on my behalf over VOIP which I was still laughing about 3 hours later
"what do you do?" - I hate this because it's always been really hard for me to pin my job down to a clear and concise description that someone in a pub could understand. So normally i just grunt "websites" and they nod sagely while thinking up their next question, which is inevitably....
"can you fix my pc" - yes. will I? no. Why not? the only way to fix your problem is by removing the user. besides, I know you are somehow expecting it for free possibly because this discussion isn't taking place in my office and the moment I mention payment you will baulk inwardly, nod and smile and never mention it again.
"why don't you smile" - actually I do, from time to time. Sometimes I'm grinning like the cheshire cat. as to the why part, I don't need to explain myself.
"why don't you accept my friend request" - if you're asking this you already know why
"why are you such a dick" - if you weren't such a fanny* there would be other options
"are you gay?" - why? are you?
"why didn't you do something a while ago that, in hindsight, would have saved use all this trouble now, 2 weeks later" - why didn't you bloody well do it then?
Most of it boils down to me being, by nature, very stoic, and having a deeply ingrained distaste for explaining myself to people who, when this type of question is asked of me, I look upon as petulant children.
I really enjoy discussions about big, serious topics that involve difficult questions that others would prefer not to ask (or attempt to answer) but when it comes down to being asked to explain to someone why I am the way I am I just want them to FOAD.
* I know in the states a fanny is something entirely different... UK context here please.
Bit of a rant here but hey, that's what forums are good for. Reader discretion is advised
"Are you OK" - no. there isn't really anything you can say now is there?
"Have you got a girlfriend yet" - no, I prefer random shameful drink induced sex with people I'll never meet again to a steady relationship, as do they. But don't worry, I'm sure one of them will appear at my door with our illegitimate child one day, so it's not like you need to worry about my family name dying out.
"is mr xxxxclxxxx there?" - no. he fucking isn't. the C comes AFTER the L.
"are you interested in coming back to BT?" (asked after pronouncing my name wrong) FFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
"Are you growing your hair" - yes. i see your hair also grows. lets hang, k?
"why do you have a beard" - because it grows on my face. as if by magic.
"Are you human" - 39CuZZ0
"Are you OK really?" - Are you?
"Why did you start a 5 round campaign if you are going to quit?" - You know who you are you whiny l4d2 ragequitter. The answer to this question was that I didn't know I had to go when I started the game, obviously. Secondly playing a game with a whinging whelp like yourself is no more important to me than picking my nose. Neither is your incessant questioning.
I didn't answer that at the time but one of my clanmates performed an epic putdown on my behalf over VOIP which I was still laughing about 3 hours later
"what do you do?" - I hate this because it's always been really hard for me to pin my job down to a clear and concise description that someone in a pub could understand. So normally i just grunt "websites" and they nod sagely while thinking up their next question, which is inevitably....
"can you fix my pc" - yes. will I? no. Why not? the only way to fix your problem is by removing the user. besides, I know you are somehow expecting it for free possibly because this discussion isn't taking place in my office and the moment I mention payment you will baulk inwardly, nod and smile and never mention it again.
"why don't you smile" - actually I do, from time to time. Sometimes I'm grinning like the cheshire cat. as to the why part, I don't need to explain myself.
"why don't you accept my friend request" - if you're asking this you already know why
"why are you such a dick" - if you weren't such a fanny* there would be other options
"are you gay?" - why? are you?
"why didn't you do something a while ago that, in hindsight, would have saved use all this trouble now, 2 weeks later" - why didn't you bloody well do it then?
Most of it boils down to me being, by nature, very stoic, and having a deeply ingrained distaste for explaining myself to people who, when this type of question is asked of me, I look upon as petulant children.
I really enjoy discussions about big, serious topics that involve difficult questions that others would prefer not to ask (or attempt to answer) but when it comes down to being asked to explain to someone why I am the way I am I just want them to FOAD.
* I know in the states a fanny is something entirely different... UK context here please.
Whenever someone asks me if I'm ok. If I wanted your help to get me "ok", you wouldn't have to ask because I'd have already told you.
Also, I hate when people ask me my major. Maybe it's induced from the college-touring, but I still hate it with a passion. How can there be THAT MANY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD that I have to say the word "Physics" fifty-BAJILLION times a day, EVERY day.
Also, I hate when people ask me my major. Maybe it's induced from the college-touring, but I still hate it with a passion. How can there be THAT MANY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD that I have to say the word "Physics" fifty-BAJILLION times a day, EVERY day.
My last room mate had a terrible habit of asking this question (or some variation thereof). I always told him no. Being somewhat dim, it never occurred to him I probably wouldn't stop him from asking a question so nothing stood in his way and since I love to talk I'd almost certainly answer a question if it were asked.Sgt. Sykes said:
I always hate being asked about myself or the past. I don't like to talk about myself, and I find conversations about the past to be boring. I'm more interested in a conversation regarding what we're going to do or what we're doing or thinking.
ASL? Just that. I never leave my house, so that's the question I get most often.
The only other interaction I get is if i'm at a store and someone asks "Can I help you find anything." I know it's their job, but if I need help, i'll come looking for you. Otherwise i'm trying to think if I want to buy anything, or if there are any sales I see that look good, or something else, or just wandering around the store to procrastinate going back outside, in the cold, in the rain, or sometimes in the snow.
The only other interaction I get is if i'm at a store and someone asks "Can I help you find anything." I know it's their job, but if I need help, i'll come looking for you. Otherwise i'm trying to think if I want to buy anything, or if there are any sales I see that look good, or something else, or just wandering around the store to procrastinate going back outside, in the cold, in the rain, or sometimes in the snow.
"Why aren't you on school?/So what are you going to do next year?/Have you already made a choice?" Thanks for rubbing it in that I'm a horrible failure and have no damned idea what I want with my life. I'm trying aight?
"Gee you're tall aren't you?" Well damn I haven't heard that before now have I, Captain fucking Obvious.
"When are you going to bring home a girl?" Often asked when my little brother's girlfriend is the subject of conversation. Thanks for rubbing it in that I'm lonely as fuck. Thanks a whole damned lot. What business is it of yours (related to anyone who asks it[/i] anyway?! Do you so desperatly want (great-)grand children?!
"Gee you're tall aren't you?" Well damn I haven't heard that before now have I, Captain fucking Obvious.
"When are you going to bring home a girl?" Often asked when my little brother's girlfriend is the subject of conversation. Thanks for rubbing it in that I'm lonely as fuck. Thanks a whole damned lot. What business is it of yours (related to anyone who asks it[/i] anyway?! Do you so desperatly want (great-)grand children?!
Is it? That's new to me. Just like Bobby, learned that yesterday.ash-brewster said:
General school questions get annoying. I'm sick of saying the same exact thing every single time and then people give me funny looks because I'm doing Liberal Arts while I'm at the school I'm in now.
I also frequently get the following:
"How do lesbians have sex?" which is usually followed by some sort of lesbian porn reference.
"So you don't like guys at all?" What point of LESBIAN do you not understand?
I also hate hate hate when I'm asked any questions at all about my love life because it's a really touchy subject.
I also frequently get the following:
"How do lesbians have sex?" which is usually followed by some sort of lesbian porn reference.
"So you don't like guys at all?" What point of LESBIAN do you not understand?
I also hate hate hate when I'm asked any questions at all about my love life because it's a really touchy subject.