Acting Superior

It's funny how life throws you these really weird curve balls.

I've spent the past month working as a medical Intern at the OB-Gyne Department of ZCMC. I've been busting my ass off trying to please my superiors, doing all the dirty work, sticking my two fingers into incredibly rancid orifices, skipping lunch and dinner, running madly towards the laboratory to secure blood, and still I get insulted by/screamed/yelled/ at by my superior resident for something so mundane.

And contrary to the rumors flying around, no, she did not tell me na sayang ka lang naging most outstanding student (heller! sino ba nagkakalat ng balitang yan!).

And then lately I realize that it's really not her fault. She is my superior after all. We are all someone's junior and someone's superior. This is simply how the world works. So I made my superior resident wait for quite some time. For her, that was a sign of disrespect. She had the right to get mad. And I already paid for that with an hour of embarassing sermon during CS at the OR, amidst the student nurses and anesthesiology team, but who cares? Someday, I'm probably going to end up doing the same thing to my intern or junior resident.

No, wait, I already did.

The unlucky victims of my act of superiority? The student nurses at the ER who take too much time doing the TPR when all I really want from them is the BP and for them to shave the patient's pubes.

Hehehe... Yes, ang sama ko talaga.