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[fuego.livejournal.com]

Someone once told me that I shouldn't get so annoyed with people who can't comprehend simple things like "count ten seconds" or "press the power button" becuase they may be able to do all sorts of things that I can't, like they might be an ER doctor who saves lives all day or something.

That's all well and good to remember. But if they're having problems with "count out ten seconds"....I'm not so sure I'd want to entrust them with my life.

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[katyism.livejournal.com]

The medical students call another helpdesk, usually, but I've had a few other gems like when an optometry intern misspelled her own name repeatedly. And the time some doctors at the emergency clinic called us to reserve a room for a meeting and wanted the room to be equipped with TWO coffee machines... one for decaf and one for regular... and when I said we can only handle the computers and projector equipment, he asked me if I could make an exception if they agreed to provide the coffee. WTF. I guess that's not so much dumb as an entitlement complex, but damn.