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Aristus

Aristus's Journal
Aristus's Journal
December 22, 2015

I've put away most of a bottle of Pinot Noir this evening.

Don't judge me.

I'm on vacation...

December 21, 2015

Anybody remember GoLeft TV? Who was the monstrously hot blonde reporter with the glasses?

I was sad when I couldn't find their podcasts anymore...

December 18, 2015

Will Shakespeare is still in Stratford. Anyone want to drink with me?

Ask me anything about Will Shakespeare.

December 12, 2015

I kicked a foul-mouthed bastard out of the clinic today.

I've visited with him a few times. He's a not very pleasant diabetic patient who refuses to comply with his treatment plan. His hemoglobin A1c is sky-high.

He came in today for I don't know what; he obviously doesn't care about the state of his health. I had ordered a glucose and A1C level on him anyway. I was at my desk closing out the chart of my previous patient when the lab tech came to me and told me: "He won't let me get his blood. He told me to fuck off."

I got up off my chair, opened the door to the exam room and told him to get out.

"I wasn't doing anyth-"

"I don't care. Get out! You don't talk to the staff like that."

I turned around and went back into my office.

After he left, my team members gave me a round of applause, which I hadn't expected. Then I went back to my desk to document the incident and cool off. I was shaking so bad. I hate confrontations!

But you don't fuck with my staff; in any sense...

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Hometown: Puyallup, Washington
Member since: 2001
Number of posts: 66,316

About Aristus

I truly believe that we will all live in peace and brotherhood someday. And so that I don't lose my faith in humanity, I will live my life as if that day had already happened.
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