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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 03:48 PM
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The ONLY time I ever threw a patient out of my office...
was when this RW MFer came in to my reception area laughing about John McCain's remark about Chelsea. To say the least, I was not amused...he just thought it was about the greatest thing he'd ever heard and I told him in no uncertain terms that I didn't care about 'patient abandonment' issues, if he didn't apologize to my staff, the people in my waiting room who were forced to listen to this crap, and to me, he could leave. He thought I was bluffing and said, "You wouldn't want to lose me." I suppose he figured that since I tell an occasional off-color joke or two, that I would 'get' the humor. I replied that I had a young daughter who was herself at an awkward age, and that if there is some sick guy who thinks that making fun of children gives him a hard-on, I for one, don't want to be associated with that person in any way, shape, or form. That it was lower than low and had nothing to with 'politics' and had everything to do with perversion.

At which point I took his x-rays, made a copy of his treatment records, handed them to him and said..."Good luck to you." Turned around and walked away. I never saw him again. Of course, the people in the waiting room, not only cheered, but I must have gotten 15 referrals directly from that incident. You can't buy that kind of goodwill.

I will not give an inch this time around...not one. I will concede nothing and in the words of Eliot Ness: "No deals".
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 03:51 PM
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1. My dear PCIntern...
Good for you!

That took courage!

Would that there were more like you!

K&R

:patriot:
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 03:51 PM
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2. Bravo! You're a good person! nt
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griffi94 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 03:53 PM
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3. what remark did mccain make
about chelsea? i've never heard this one before.
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 03:55 PM
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4. Now why in the hell would you want that repeated?
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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 03:55 PM
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7. There is another thread about this...
...or you can Google it.

I don't want to repeat it, not b/c I'm a prude or an asshole, but I just don't want to be the one to type it under my name.

It's vaguely pornographic...when you read it you'll know what I mean.
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SlipperySlope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 06:02 PM
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31. vaguely pornographic?
I guess I should look for the other thread.

I'm aware of one "joke" McCain made about Chelsea, but it doesn't seem to fit the description people are making here.
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rsdsharp Donating Member (516 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 03:56 PM
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10. Me either.
Limbaugh, yes. McCain, no.
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Mike03 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 03:55 PM
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5. Great Job!
I remember that McCain fiasco very, very well, and my hat is off to you for doing what you did.

It is exactly that kind of McCain indiscretion that I believe can be used against him to eviscerate any semblance of statesmanship or credibility people believe him to possess.

Thank you for jiggling our memories with this post. McCain has said many moronic things. Perhaps at one time they were amusing to a demented group of people, but they will come back to haunt him 1000X.

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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 03:55 PM
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6. Woooooodamnwhoo! You are my kinda man/woman/person!
:loveya:
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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 03:56 PM
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9. Man... n/t
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 04:35 PM
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22. Thanks man!
Too cool! High five and wootie woot woot!
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 03:56 PM
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Mountainman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 04:00 PM
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11. Seems to be a lot of low number posters who are intrigued by your OP.
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Eurobabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-01-08 11:12 AM
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68. the cockroaches are crawling out of the woodwork n/t
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qwertyMike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 04:00 PM
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12. What about
the Hippocratic Oath ???????

To hold him who has taught me this art as equal to my parents and to live my life in partnership with him, and if he is in need of money to give him a share of mine, and to regard his offspring as equal to my brothers in male lineage and to teach them this art - if they desire to learn it - without fee and covenant; to give a share of precepts and oral instruction and all the other learning to my sons and to the sons of him who has instructed me and to pupils who have signed the covenant and have taken an oath according to the medical law, but no one else.

I will apply dietetic measures for the benefit of the sick according to my ability and judgment; I will keep them from harm and injustice.

I will neither give a deadly drug to anybody who asked for it, nor will I make a suggestion to this effect. Similarly I will not give to a woman an abortive remedy. In purity and holiness I will guard my life and my art.

I will not use the knife, not even on sufferers from stone, but will withdraw in favor of such men as are engaged in this work.

Whatever houses I may visit, I will come for the benefit of the sick, remaining free of all intentional injustice, of all mischief and in particular of sexual relations with both female and male persons, be they free or slaves.

What I may see or hear in the course of the treatment or even outside of the treatment in regard to the life of men, which on no account one must spread abroad, I will keep to myself, holding such things shameful to be spoken about.

If I fulfil this oath and do not violate it, may it be granted to me to enjoy life and art, being honored with fame among all men for all time to come; if I transgress it and swear falsely, may the opposite of all this be my lot.
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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 04:07 PM
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14. First of all, I'm a dentist....
Edited on Wed Jan-30-08 04:08 PM by PCIntern
but second of all:

No professional is obliged to treat anyone who is abusive, and even more importantly, as long as a session of treatment(s) has/have not been initiated, and that there is no discrimination as to race, gender, country of origin, or religion, then I or any other professional may refuse to provide services to an individual, and make a referral, if we feel,in our professional opinion, that we cannot provide reasonable care. Period.

If you come into my office and grab my assistant's chest (it happened), you will not be treated here.
Period - feel free to call your lawyer, and I'll call mine. They'll have a talk.

I have too much pride to endure this after nearly 30 years of practice.
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DemGa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 04:07 PM
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13. You must have considered the ethics
Had he been undergoing a course of treatment and you discontinued, you would be in breach of ethics, correct? Surely you would not compromise your ethical code for a patient who said ignorant things.
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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 04:09 PM
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15. See above...and you are correct.
this was for a recall visit.
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Yael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 04:21 PM
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16. Hey -- I'm in the market for a Dentist!
New insurance this year. :D
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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 04:23 PM
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18. I never ever solicit nor accept DU patients...
I am certainly happy to try to make a referral, however.
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Triana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 04:23 PM
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17. Now THAT is how it's done! Congratulations and thank you (n/t)
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 04:25 PM
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19. At least you had the power to do so
Once we nurses are assigned a patient, he's ours for 12 hours unless we can manipulate him into firing us, and that will mean an incident report and negative brownie points at pay review time. So we kiss his repellent, pustule ridden arse for 12 hours and then refuse his care the next night, simpering that we just didn't click and that his care will be better offered by some other poor victim, preferably one with the next night off.

I've known docs to fire patients for noncompliance. Thanks for firing one for making a hostile office environment for you, your staff, and the other patients.

It's the only way these assholes are EVER going to learn any manners.



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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 04:28 PM
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20. ...and the only way I can relieve my staff of the
obnoxiousness.

Let me just say however, that I have many spirited discussions with my RW patients who actually enjoy coming in for the 'arguments'. We do have fun at times!

"Now open wide while I come at you with the 23 ga. long needle" (normally, we use 30-short).

Just kidding of course...!
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Tulum_Moon Donating Member (556 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 04:37 PM
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23. John McCain has a filthy
mouth. Maybe you as a dentist could help him out in some way. LOL. ;) He drops the F bomb on the senate floor like it's dust off shoes.
BTW, you would still take a patient who happened to be a DU'er if they did not know you were PCIntern, but you just happened to be thier dentist?
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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 04:49 PM
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25. Yes...I believe in serendipity...
but not all that much...

maybe someday someone will surprise me...

:hi:
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 04:38 PM
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24. Well, if they were really shrieking and obnoxious
we got to sedate them.

That helped.
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drbtg1 Donating Member (932 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 05:08 PM
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29. Oh, c'mon. I thought we talked about this.
Endo irrigation needle time, not the 30-short ;)

I get the spirited discussions too. It can be fun at times. Can't do it with the hardcore types, though.

In any event, I'll never under stand the folks that want to piss us off before treatment. It's like arguing with the waitress or waiter before getting the food.

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TheFriendlyAnarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 05:34 PM
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53. 23 gauge needle hurts just thinking about it
:hurts:
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sentelle Donating Member (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-01-08 10:05 AM
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62. but in the spirit of 'Marathon Man'
Do you think its safe?
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ecstatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 04:35 PM
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21. Good going. It makes me wonder if McCain is a pedophile
Why was he even looking closely enough to judge how pretty she was at the time?
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Tulum_Moon Donating Member (556 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 04:53 PM
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27. Good point!
She must have have been all of eleven or twelve at the time. Ewwwww. I just made myself a little sick!
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bluedawg12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 07:53 PM
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36. Dr. Mac attack- StrangeGlove is a time bomb. n/t
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Vidar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 04:51 PM
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26. Well done!
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Irishonly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 05:03 PM
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28. Good For You
What a wonderful thing to do.:hug:
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roguevalley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 05:59 PM
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30. bravo!
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 06:10 PM
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32. K&R
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 06:35 PM
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33. Good for you, PCIntern.
:thumbsup:

I'm getting ready to enter Physician Assistant school, and I've dealt with enough abusive patients as an M.A. to know what to do as a P.A. I'll treat anybody of any political persuasion, but if they get abusive and ugly, out they'll go.

I used to work for a doctor who was a real far-right right-winger. Oh man, were his politics screwed up! But we got along pretty well, (it helped that he was a very good doctor) and had a good rapport with each other. So I try not to let politics screw up a working relationship. But with people like that guy, what else can you do?
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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 07:33 PM
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34. Good luck to you...
there are Rethugs with whom you can deal, and those with whom you can't. You can tell the difference early in the conversation.

In the old days, we used to be able to have dialogs and there was some, though occasionally less-than-you'd-like-to-have, respect for each other if not for the opinions expressed. The water has been poisoned, however, and as I said in my OP, I'm not taking any prisoners this time out.
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AlertLurker Donating Member (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 07:50 PM
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35. Nice way to honour the oath.
I really hope the patient (een though he may have been an a$$hole) did not suffer as a result of your unprofessionalism.

I hope, at some point in your life, you find your point of view diametrically in opposition to someone who provides you with an essential (potentially life-saving) service. I sincerely hope that this person is a little more tolerant and professional than yourself.

It's more than you deserve, however.
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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 08:29 PM
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39. first of all...
I didn't take any 'oath'...maybe in YOUR USA, people will have to take 'oaths' of patriotism and subservience. Second, you did not read or at least you did not comprehend the essence of what I said and wrote. But you know that and are just trying to pick a fight.

Fact is, I an more humanistic, compassionate, caring, helpful, (and of course modest), than almost any other H/C prationer whom I know. I have provided more pro bono services, more free consulations and referrals for the poor, taught for years in two dental schools and assisted the underpriveleged, worked in free screening clinics, and generally given away more services in a year to those in need than you will 'donate' in a lifetime. I have forgotten about more acts of charity than you have ever executed, so don't you dare, dare, attempt to tar me with any of your pseudo-moralistic brush strokes. And please don't bother to tell me what a caring, giving, individual you are. Actions speak much louder than words. I for one, have walked the walk for decades.

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AlertLurker Donating Member (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 08:54 PM
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41. I read your post, and understood it.
The oath I spoke of was the Hippocratic Oath. Only after I posted and I read others' comments did I find out that you were a dentist.

Everything now fits into place. Describing yourself as caring, giving, compassionate, etc., while kicking someone out of your office for being insensitive...Actions speak much louder than words.

Yup - sounds like "walking the walk," to me. A regular paragon of virtue.

Again - I sincerely hope you are confronted by something similar at some point, and I hope THAT HealthCare provider acts in a more professional manner than you have.

And once again, it's much more than you deserve for such childish retribution.
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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 09:19 PM
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42. As if
I care what you think.

Anyone who's worked in healthcare knows the story. You're an amateur -and, as far as I'm concerned, deliberately disruptive and unduly sanctimonious. However, you are more than entitled to your opinon.

You're welcome.

Any person who would make the statement that Chelsea is -blank- because blank is her blank, does not deserve 'consideration' imo. Go fight with them, not me.

Good night to you.
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northzax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-01-08 10:35 AM
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64. well, you could look at it another way
in that PCIntern was simply assuring his staff of a safe working environment. Even if he/she were a "real" doctor (sorry PCI) their staff took no such oath and should not be forced to endure such an unpleasant working envrionment (especially since there was no ongoing course of treatment or emergency. I am sure that if the fellow in question had an emergency, PCI would have treated him first, and then kicked him out)

or is your arguement that even in non-emergency situations, a provider cannot refuse to see a patient?
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knitter4democracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 08:13 PM
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37. As a doctor's wife, I salute you.
:patriot:

Hubby's had to work with right-wingers and smile and keep on working, regardless of what they're saying. He got into a mini-war in 2004 with one of the partners, a seriously right-wing guy who started it by putting a Bush bumpersticker on Hubby's car. He got the Bush toilet paper in his favorite bathroom for that one (not one patients used). ;)

He's had patients tell him they can't have him as their doctor because he was wearing a Dean pin in his lab coat in 2004, and he has had patients try to convert him back to the Republican side. Most of the time, it's gentle ribbing or a fun debate. When it comes to that kind of stuff, he usually changes the subject. He's staff, so firing a patient is hard for him to do.

You had every right to fire him as a patient. He could've fired you as his dentist, too, if he'd so desired. Instead, you beat him to it and were the better for it.
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MrsMatt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 08:22 PM
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38. I love my dentist
he served in Viet Nam, and has volunteered his services overseas to the poor.

However, earlier this month, when I was in for an emergency root canal, he confessed that he was a Ron Paul supporter. I just kept my mouth shut (figuratively), and made a non-committal noise. In the 10 years I've seen him, that's the first political comment he'd ever made.

You did a good thing - thanks.
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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 08:31 PM
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40. ...and I applaud him for his honesty
and his political candor. He obviiously felt comfortable with you and that's great. It is a tribute to you, that he chose to quietly speak of his preference. We're human beings too...
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 09:24 PM
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43. You're a hardcore Mensch, dude
Not sure what the "joke" was, but knowing most conservatroids, it was probably offensive on many levels.

Cheers!
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water Donating Member (504 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 10:03 PM
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44. Free market at work! Good job.
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Hardrada Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 11:03 PM
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45. My grandfather was a dentist.. He would wait until the RW patients
were in a position where all they could do was make incoherent noises and then he would make disparaging remarks about the repug candidates and party. But he was good enough that they forgave him and came back anyway. This was a hoot!
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newmajority Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 11:12 PM
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46. My grandmother used to be a fan of McCain
She lived in AZ and even though she was never actually a Republican, she admired McCain for some reason.

That little "joke" of his changed her mind permanently.
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Hekate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 11:46 PM
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47. I never heard that slur until I looked it up tonight. Good for your grandma....
Welcome to DU! :hi:

Hekate

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raccoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 09:17 AM
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48. Good for you! Maybe that one RW a-hole learned a lesson.
They've gotten away with way too much for way too long.

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progressoid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 03:08 PM
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49. HA! Ironically I left my Dentist after the 04 election.
I walked in to hear him gloating to his receptionist about President Dumbass's re-election and "getting rid of some useless Democrats". I left and never went back. It felt great!
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Snarkturian Clone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 03:31 PM
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50. You're disgusting. Shame on you.
You don't agree with someone else's opinion so you throw them out on the street? That's pretty awful no matter how much you can condescendingly justify it. So every one of your patients has to be ideologically pure for you to treat them? That's pretty fucking bad. When you taught at dental schools did you say "Class, feel free to deny service to any patient that even slightly disagrees with your outlook on life. Anyone without the opinions of we, the truly enlightened, deserves to suffer."?


The worst part is you might be my dentist because I live in Center City!!!
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JerseygirlCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 03:39 PM
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52. I don't think this i sabout idealogical purity. The guy didn't need
to spout that stuff in the waiting room (which *is* after all private property). You can think whatever the heck you like, but your words have consequences.
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Orangepeel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 08:05 PM
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56. way to spin
asking someone who insults a child (and Chelsea Clinton was a child at the time) to either apologize or spend his money elsewhere isn't the same thing as insisting that everyone you serve is "ideologically pure" or doesn't even "slightly disagree" with you.

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stanwyck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 09:43 PM
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60. Shame on you
McCain made a very offensive remark about a child in front of other adults for his own self gratification. A girl who is totally blameless was the brunt of an ugly joke told by a man who wants to be the leader of our country. And you're offended by the dentist's actions in his own office? You've got some bizarre priorities. The man retelling the "joke" has a responsibility to behave as a decent person in someone else's office. The dentist had every right to throw the man out. We don't have to tolerate base behavior. There are people with standards. And holding an innocent child up to public ridicule with an ugly slur crosses the line for people who have a moral basis.
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GoneOffShore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-01-08 11:04 AM
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66. You've delurked just in time to be ignored.
:spank:
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-01-08 12:50 PM
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71. Unless the guy was bleeding and in pain...
no oaths were broken or immoral acts committed.

After all, should the OP be forced to treat the guy?




I'm pretty sure that if the guy had rushed in fresh from a bicyle accident, blood and broken teeth filling his mouth, pleading for emergency dental care a mere two hours after the incident, the OP would have treated him.
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JerseygirlCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 03:37 PM
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51. Good for you! nt
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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 07:50 PM
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54. I love you! I'll bet your staff does, too.
That's backbone!

You're my new hero this week. :yourock:

PS: I work in my internist's office, so I have that special viewpoint on it.
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SalmonChantedEvening Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 07:55 PM
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55. That was perfect.
I for one, would like to stop by your office just to shake your hand :)

Well done PCI :yourock: :pals:
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treestar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 08:35 PM
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57. Wonderful!
:yourock:
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Chovexani Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 08:49 PM
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58. I wish you were my dentist, sir.
Edited on Thu Jan-31-08 08:52 PM by Chovexani
:yourock:

I just got insurance again and need my teeth fixed...too bad you're not in the Phoenix area.
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KT2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 09:00 PM
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59. Excellent!
There is a point at which RW behavior is just abusive.
They are bullies and love nothing more than to spread their hate. I guess it makes them feel normal.
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 10:21 PM
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61. Why didn't you put him in the chair and ask what he thought of torture?
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KansDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-01-08 10:16 AM
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63. Are you accepting new patients?
Edited on Fri Feb-01-08 10:18 AM by KansDem
Oh, wait. You're in Philadelphia. That'd be an awfully long distance to drive with a toothache.

Best of luck to you and thanks for this story! :hi:

edited for spelling
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-01-08 10:44 AM
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65. Error: you can only recommend
threads which were started in the past 24 hours.

Great post.:hi:
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Sequoia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-01-08 11:09 AM
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67. So where's your practice, I need a doc.
I'll bet it's not where I live but good for you for doing that!
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Highway61 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-01-08 11:14 AM
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69. You are my new very best friend
If only more were like you!
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DaDooRonRon Donating Member (418 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-01-08 12:38 PM
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70. On a somewhat similar note
Two weeks ago I visited a dentist to get a second opinion on some dental work I needed done. As I sat with an assistant giving my medical history I noticed two framed pictures of individuals whom I know I had seen before, but couldn't place.

After meeting with the dentist for a period of time, he asked me how I found about about his practice, and I answered "Google." He then asked if I listened to the radio, and I responded that no, not really, I preferred satellite radio. He then became quite animated and told me I should listen to conventional radio, mentioning an FM station in a large metropolitan area. He told me if I really liked politics I should listen to this station, and then went on about how his practice does all the dental/cosmetic work for the on-air personalities.

Bingo! - light bulb goes on. The framed pictures I had seen were of two of the on-air people - two of the worst right wing sloths that one would ever care to meet.

Last night I called his office and told them that I could not in good conscience patronize any business who would find any type of redeeming features in cretins like the "picture boys."

"No deals" indeed.
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