August 28th, 2008



The Top 7 Ways to Tell
the Doctors From the Janitors


7> Doctors wear scrubs. Janitors scrub wares.

6> A doctor’s job is to make you stick out your tongue and say “Ahhhh!” A janitor’s involves holding your nose and saying “Pyewww!”

5> Janitors look harried, tired and irritated. Doctors look harried, tired and irritated, with just a hint of smugness.

4> Doctor: Driving the Jag. Janitor: Drinking the Jag.

3> Doctors duck out back to smoke and/or drink. Janitors duck out back to practice a capella jazz singing.

2> They try to connect with the patients on a human level, and make them feel better. The doctors do that, too, but only with each other.

and the Number 1 Way to Tell the Doctors From the Janitors…

1> Janitors clean up messes made by patients. Nurses clean up messes made by doctors.




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Credits:

Selected from 42 submissions from 10 contributors.
This week’s list authors are:

Randy Lee, Burke, VA — 1, 6, Banner tag
Doug Frank, Crosby, Tx — 2, 5
Michele Lord, Lincoln, NE — 3
Brandon Eldridge PharmD, St. Louis, MO — 4
Phyllis Reinhard, E. Fallowfield, PA — 7
Kim Walker-Daniels RN/NWA, Madison, WI — Charge Nurse