Friday, September 5, 2014

Condescending Scold: We Have Pamphlets On That


Me: I might have just nicely told a patient to be proactive about her healthcare.

Mona: Weird.

Me: She was trying to get me to do stuff for her next month when all it would take is for her to call her doctor today and take two seconds.

Becky: lol That was such a mature way to scold someone.

Mona: Right?

Me: I really just wanted to say "Hell, no. You are a grown ass woman. Do it yourself."

Mona: I like the first one. It is more a condescending scold.

Me: And more professionally acceptable. I can't get fired for encouraging someone to be proactive about their healthcare. We have pamphlets on that.

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6 comments:

  1. Karen PetersonSeptember 5, 2014 at 12:47 PM

    Haha! Love it!

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  2. Luna LablueSeptember 5, 2014 at 1:15 PM

    You have to get creative on scolding people when telling people "no" when you work in customer service.

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  3. Karen PetersonSeptember 5, 2014 at 1:16 PM

    It's true. I work with students at a college and have to get creative about how I tell them to do things for themselves, etc. You can always just be mean about it.

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  4. Luna LablueSeptember 5, 2014 at 1:34 PM

    Oh I don't think I would want to work strictly with college students. They still have their parents tagging along doing everything for them when they are suppose to be the adults.

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  5. Karen PetersonSeptember 5, 2014 at 1:34 PM

    Yep. And sometimes I have to politely scold the parents too.

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  6. Luna LablueSeptember 5, 2014 at 1:39 PM

    Oh I bet. Probably more then the students.

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