My father is a doctor
as were three of my four grandparents. And I was married to a nurse. As a result, I think I can speak pretty authoritatively on doctors.

Basically, most doctors are assholes of the first water. Seriously. Most of them are arrogant, have a god complex and consider the rest of us who don't work with life and death every day to be pretty much worthless and beneath contempt. And nurses tend to idolize the doctors and adopt their attitudes.

Some doctors are worthy of this treatment, but most are not. Condescending arrogant fucks, the lot of them. They may make a lot of money, but do they genuinely enjoy life? Do they have good close friends, or do they just have other arrogant smug bastards that they associate with who are just as crap as they are?

I'm not a doctor, I'm an engineer. Before I was an engineer I was a racetrack groom, a house painter, a fry cook, a waiter and a lot of other low-end jobs. And you know what? I have lived far more of life than my cousins who are now doctors. I've seen parts of life that they'll never know outside of TV dramas. I have good and close friends, and have a good life outside of my work.

I wouldn't trade places with any of them, no matter how much they make.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Mon 9 Feb 2009, 14:30, Reply)