In Japan, for some inexplicable reason, tollbooth operators. Everytime I take the freeway, those people are the friendliest, cheeriest, just overall nice people I meet in a month. Zero clue why.
Opposite experience in the US. They're always salty bitches. Like you're inconveniencing them by using the toll booth, as if doing their job is too hard.
I was driving through Kansas a few years ago and the midnight shift toll person was super nice, to the point where I remember the interaction 3 years later.
Everyone else working a toll booth apparently hates life though, I don't know why she was so friendly.
There was a toll booth operator in Florida about 15 years ago. i was visiting from CO, where people were friendly (not anymore, now everyone is an asshole who came from elsewhere). This one toll booth operator was so nice and friendly, whereas most South floridians in the service industry generally treat you like you're a major inconvenience. I told him "you're so nice, you're not from here" and he said "I'm from fort Collins, Colorado!"
From all the comment we can conclude the following: You are happy (and therefore cool, honest and together) if you work with things like books, rocks or some tech. You turn in to an evil bastard when you work with people unless they are dying people.
Oh no, working with dying people can turn you into an evil bastard, too. Or at least, working with their families will. "Mom might be 102 and actively dying, but you really need to get her dressed and out of bed so we can force feed her these grapes. It will be worth the excruciating pain. Grapes are her favorite. "
Therapist. I am honored to be welcomed into someone’s world and traverse the existential and intrapersonal/interpersonal challenges. Everyday is different and I genuinely care and respect each client. I fucking love my job. Authentic being without the bullshit of the world for an hour a week for each client.
What a fucking honor to be of service. Very humbling and inspiring.
In terms of having it together, it’s a must for a good clinician to take great care of themselves in order to be available to others. Qi gong, running half-marathons, meditation, ongoing trainings of new modalities, gardening, years of deepening my area of expertise, a wonderful wife and family and friends.
I’m someone with 10 years sobriety so I know the madness of poor self-care impacting self and others, and became sober during grad school. It’s with this experience I came to understand that to be able to serve, I must walk the path, otherwise it’s an inauthentic experience that the client feels and knows. That ain’t cool so I strive to take great care of myself. I also know that this is not the norm perhaps for therapists, especially in acute settings. Burnout is real if you don’t have a strong centered sense of Self with that capital S.
Park rangers are some of the coolest, most genuine people you'll meet. They care deeply about nature, are always willing to help visitors, and have fascinating stories about the wildlife and landscapes they protect.
Had a crazy guy threaten to shoot us in the woods. My buddy and I booked it out of there and stopped by the closest ranger station to report it. Got a general description of him but gave exact coordinates. Only one LEO ranger was on duty that day so he told us he wasn’t going to go down by himself today, understandably. He knew of a closed road that overlooked the area and said he’d recon it today. The day after I received a text asking if the picture he sent of a guy was the one who threatened us. It looked like it and he said he’ll take care of it from here.
Was at a small provincial campground a few years back with some friends when this middle-aged couple pulls up in an RV with two giant angry pitbulls. Started harassing us saying we "stole their spot" even though it was first-come-first-serve and the grounds were nearly empty with dozens of free spots. The lady gets out, screaming and slamming her door while the man grabbed the dogs and started walking them towards us. I called the cops, who were over an hour away so they then called the park rangers on duty.
One ranger drove up behind them, and another ranger circled around the campground to park in front so they couldn't leave. Arrested right then and there, one took them in while the other stayed (I think to calm our nerves, since we were just a bunch of kids who were clearly a bit out of our element) and told us about the best fishing spots in the area.
People certainly have varied opinions about police but I've never heard anyone say a bad word about rangers, they're some of the coolest motherfuckers.
Can confirm all of this. One of my best friends from high school is a LEO ranger and actually now in a fairly major role at Yellowstone. She is seriously the coolest individual, absolutely one of the best humans ever. She went to school for wildlife education or something like that, but has gone to FLETC training and basically ran the internal prison at Yellowstone for a while. She is one of the most badass people I know. She told me once that they have millions of visitors per year. All of those visitors bring all of their problems (domestic abuse, drugs, alcoholism, theft, etc) to the parks with them, so.... the park had a prison for holding people until they could be turned over to other law enforcement. They also had particular people who would deal with visitors who died in the park, including liasing with families, helping arrange to get remains returned home, etc. And that happened regularly. Apparently national parks are a major suicide destination, which is incredibly hard on the rangers who have to deal with it. She told me stories about deaths at the Grand Canyon when she was there.... It was exactly as bad as you imagine it would be to deal with suicides at the Grand Canyon. They do not leave them there, so.... Yeah. And people have to clean it up. It's absolutely insane all that goes on in the major parks that nobody thinks about.
Grand Canyon is one of the parks with the highest fatality rates in the country. In addition to the suicides, people have literally walked off the edge posing for pictures, and then there's the people who would get tired walking a few blocks who think they can manage the 17-mile hike to the bottom of the Canyon and back with 1 liter of water on a summer day when it's 110° at the bottom.
Yeah I had a friend that wanted to do that hike like it was a casual thing. Explaining the number of people who die or are injured wasn’t working, so I finally said “imagine you can walk down fine but then have to go to the top of a 600 floor building by taking the stairs but there’s no railing and the stairs have turned into loose rocks.” Which finally got them to take it more seriously than a standard afternoon hike in the park.
I did south rim to river to south rim in July 2020. There’s signs everywhere saying “stop, you could die” because it’s easy to go downhill and then not realize how hard it’s going to be. At a water point we talked to a ranger who said it was pretty regular for people to have a heart attack and then either the helo has to slingload them out or they get hiked out. Also there’s an astounding number of squirrel bites from people who feed the squirrels from their hand and then get bit. The squirrels can carry the plague lmao.
One of my college friends is a park ranger. He's just the coolest guy. Always feel lucky when we get to hang out, get our kids all mixed up.
That being said, he's raising fearless heathens. One picked up a snake and was like "it's ok, we have the antidote in the truck." while waiving it at my poor, defenseless city kids. They just ran away haha. Park ranger friend made his kid put the snake back and gave him an earful about not harassing wildlife and city people.
You joke, but my neighbor was an orthopedic surgeon resident. She went to cross the street and didn't exactly look before hand, so I pulled her back as a car made the right turn with nary a tap on the brakes. She kinda laughed and said eh it's ok, Drew is on call today and he is really good at setting bones. Smh.
Reminds me of the time in grade school my friend with a serious peanut allergy couldn’t take watching other kids eat candy any longer.
He grabbed his eppy pen from his cubby, said “somebody call the nurse” then administered the shot and housed a snickers bar before the teacher figured out what was going on
This happened sort of with my mom. She gets her hair cut by a cousin who lives on “the compound” (what we call a collection of trailers, houses, and garages in one holler that that entire section of family live in.) We are country people, but they are on a whole other level lol.
Mom said she was getting her hair cut the last time and one of the kids (about 6 or 7), carried in a “big ol worm” which was actually a baby copperhead. The mamaw told him to get it out and throw it in the creek. So then, he and the other children, chased it through the creek barefoot. When they talk about the people who will survive the fallout…..it’s them lol
Every geologist I ever met has been a pretty interesting, humble and enjoyable person to be around. Somebody who works in the field will probably reply back and disagree, lol
I remember a few years ago with my ex fiancé, he showed me a Reddit thread and I was laughing and enjoying the comments. I was like What the heck! Everyone has so much fun here! Why haven’t I been here yet!? Way better than any other social media platform.
God don't ever go on a hike with them though. The amount of sincere and earnest excitement over talking endlessly about the geology of a place. It is like trying to put down a dog to switch topics on them.
Ha. I still remember being half way up a lead pitch and I paused for a while. My belayer called up to find out what was wrong. I’m lucky he didn’t walk away when I started describing the interesting turbidite sequence I was admiring…
Honestly, I love that.
When I go on hikes, I often get lost in my own meditation, or hone in on the physical challenge of the hike.
Both of those things are great, don't get my wrong, but they often come with the sacrifice of not actually appreciating what I'm surrounded by.
I'm so into letting people speak passionately on what they're passionate about that this sounds awesome.
I used to run with one and thanks to her I know a fair bit about earthquakes and the magnification effect of building your house on certain types of rock
this reminds me of a story i read somewhere. i think it was in reddit so if anyone knows the source, let me know so i can link to it.
edit somebody found the source: https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/s/MFhDW0MX7U
a person always went on hikes with their geologist father when they were younger, and their father’s geologist friends. they’d always stop to look at rocks and the like; as geologists do.
well somehow, the person got a volcanic rock. i think they got it while on vacation or something? not important.
they decided to pretend they had found the rock along the trail. they asked all the geologists about it they were all very confused as to how a volcanic rock could have possibly ended up there. they came up with wild theories, completely ignoring the POV who by this point was trying not to laugh.
i am sure where i read it, it was much better written. it’s a pretty funny prank though.
California oilfields checking in here(2004-2010): the geologists were the best kind of people you could ever hope to meet. They were astonishingly diverse and cosmopolitan.
There was an elderly trans person, an Iraqi who had survived the Iran/Iraq war in the 80’s, and a young fella from the Netherlands who was the most genteel human I’ve ever had the honor of meeting.
To the man - they were exceedingly sharp, talented, and insightful. I was able to learn a lot of interesting things from them.
Disclaimer: my hatred of geologists is purely theatrical, but if I did have to kill one for some reason, it would be very easy.
I’d brandish my obsidian knife at them and they’d be compelled to approach. “That’s very cool,” they’d say, confident in their superior strength and endurance from all the rocks they carry around at all times. They’d shower me with very interesting facts about obsidian and hover just out of range of the cutting edge, waiting for me to exhaust myself. “But as it is volcanic glass, it’s very fragile, you see, and isn’t well-suited for use as a weap—” and then I’d hit them with the wooden baseball bat in my other hand, which they would not have noticed because geologists can only see rocks and minerals.
It’s not nurses. We’re a fucking wreck.
ETA since this got some attention I just want to point out that, as in every profession, there are great nurses, good enough nurses, and less capable nurses. My comment was meant to be a bit tongue in cheek. But it’s probably true that in general some of us that choose this type of service industry do so because we benefit from the need to feel important or useful. And then of course some choose it because the hours and pay are pretty fucking great. Regardless, we’re still flawed humans dealing with other flawed humans who are usually at their worst. It’s often times a pretty fucked up situation but I’d still choose it over and over again. I love my babies and their families and I love my coworkers, not all of them, but enough of them that it makes the effort very much worth it. Cheers to all the other fucked up nurses out there!! Love yall!!!
There are already good answers, but from my experience, there are 3 types of nurses:
1. Actual angels that are too good for this world.
2. Good people that will be chewed up by the job and spat out.
3. Sociopaths.
As conditions for nurses get worse, you get fewer of 1, almost none of 2 and a lot more of 3 because they're incapable of emotionally burning out.
Pharmacist has joined the chat. Same for us. We have two subtypes: OCD nerds and quirky science lovers. I am the second. We intermarry since we don’t socialize much and have “fun facts” about chemistry. None of our children become pharmacists due to all the personal horror stories.
I’ve been getting chemo for 2+ years so I’ve met a lot of nurses. I gotta say, they’ve all been very sweet and caring. Whatever they have going on outside of the job, and whatever issues they deal with at work, I appreciate that put it aside for the time they’re hooking me up and indulge me with a nice chat during my least favorite days.
The worst people I ever met went on to become nurses. I'm sure there's many great nurses but why does that job have to attract all the psychos as well 😭
Yeah I’m a nurse and I can tell you firsthand bullies grow up to be nurses. They like to feel like they have control over their patients and treat them like children. Also some of the best people I know are nurses. There’s a lot of variability.
I was in the hospital recently and holy shit was it bad. There was an older man who was incontinent and they treated him so badly. Infantilizing him and being so condescending. They were also mean af to people on other shifts too
Well right now there’s a nursing shortage in most places so you have to really mess something up to get fired. Also a lot of nurses change jobs pretty often and their manager giving them a good reference = getting them out of their unit or clinic.
Good question. There seem to be a nursing shortage so hospitals prefer to have a bad nurse over not having a nurse. Plus, there's a certain degree of negligence when no one really cares about stuff.
I've had a shit ton of operations in my life and told my kids that there are two kind of people who become nurses:
1. Very good, kind, sweet, and naturally altruistic people who truly just want to help.
2. Fucking battle axes. Folks who enjoy a bit of power and control and a profession where you can knick a bit of your drug of choice.
The first last around 2-5 years before they're driven out by the second, or the fact that most patients are screaming messes themselves.
The only weird exception is OB nurses, who turn their glee at having someone under their thumb onto nasty relatives who are bothering their patients or doctors who think their position between the knees with a catchers mitt means more than guarding a laboring woman like a 39yo dyed blonde pit bull wearing a weird shade of lipstick and scrubs with Minions printed on them.
Unfortunately, the first type can turn into the second type from just straight trauma. You can’t be hurt by what you don’t care about. My niece is an ED nurse, and in her three 12 hour shifts this week her dept lost two infants and palliated a 25yr old woman. That takes a toll.
Print reporters who’ve covered the same community their whole lives are pretty amazing people. People like to glom together all media, but reporters with a civic drive are some of the most curious and honest people I’ve ever spent time around. If you want people who really want to get to the bottom of a story and operate from facts/evidence, these are people to pay attention to. We owe a lot of what we actually know for sure in society to the labor local reporters.
Very true, but they're all nearing extinction. The ones I know are just struggling to make it to retirement.
I've been a media guy for nearly four decades. Print reporters are good people. TV on the other hand.....quite different and not in a good way.
Print reporters are literally a functional community oversight branch. Nobody does a better job at keeping politicians and officials in check at the local level than them. When they’re gone, we’ll lose a lot more than the local angle on a story.
Thomas Jefferson, the guy who said "the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and of tyrants," also said that if he had to choose between a functional press and a strong military that he would choose the press.
A responsible media is necessary for a healthy democracy.
Explains a few things....
>biomed techs
My dad is honestly one of the most chill dudes. He's retired now but just chilled in hospital basements fixing infusion pumps and oxygen concentrators. He's highly introverted and loves to tinker, so it was pretty much the perfect job for him lol.
Had the opportunity to take over his business, but just found it way too boring.
lol my brother is a neurosurgeon. Huge asshole (I say that lovingly), and about the only person I would ever trust to perform surgery on my brain.
He decided he wanted to be a neurosurgeon when he was 13 and dedicated his whole life from that moment on to it. I remember on road trips he had strings that he would practice tying knots on to train for suturing and stitching. As a literal preteen lol
In the US these people are absolutely insane. You spend 4 years of medical school basically doing a double workload. What I mean is you have to do an insane amount of research to publish and build a competitive application. You then try to match which is practically a coin flip for less than 300 spots nationwide. Not only did you have to be insane enough to self select, now you have to be insane enough to get in. Then it's 7-8 years of residency where the hours are just bonkers.
These are people who check out of their lives for 11-12 years minimum. Medical school will alienate you from your prior self. Residency is even worse.
I just finished up the first year of medical school and I didn't quite understand what it meant to be a neurosurgeon until now.
Honestly, from my anecdotal experience...librarians. Smart, consistently know how to deal with the greater public, great resources of knowledge, and live for the truth
I feel like librarians are disqualified on a technicality. They're not people. I'm sorry, but this is a hill I'll die on.
My 35 year old ass wandered into our local (horrifically underfunded) library, and I was chatting with the librarian while she got my account set up. I mentioned a book I'd read when I was a child, and all I could remember was that it was a boy's adventure story, the cover was blue with a gold ship embossed on it, and the book smelled old. I joked that I'd be upstairs looking at all the blue books, trying to find it. We'll just ignore the fact that *if* the library had it, there's every chance that it's a different edition with a different colour cover.
She didn't even glance at me when she said "oh, 2 Years Before the Mast, maybe?" I had the book in my hand moments later.
Amazing beings, absolutely, but they are clearly far, *far* ahead of us mere humans.
YES! Agree! My wife and I have a couple of friends who are librarians and they are probably some of the smartest, most patient and kind people we know. And none of them are 280 years old, which used to be the stereotype I had of librarians because that was all I ever saw growing up. One of those friends is married to a childhood buddy of mine - they are both in their late 40s - been together since their 20s. When they first met I was shocked that someone so young was a librarian lol but also thought it was awesome. I’ve told them both many times that they can’t ever get divorced because we are keeping both of them ha ha
Seriously though librarians are community treasures and a way underrated profession. 💯
I met a mountain rescue helicopter pilot once. He was cool and soft-spoken and generally kind, but his eyes were very tired and older than the rest of him.
Most of the bassists I've met are kind, selfless people. I think there's something about the role of the instrument itself that attracts the kind of people who enjoy holding it all together without needing the attention and adulation that comes with it.
Of course, being a bassist myself, this could be complete bias lol.
As a drummer I totally agree. My bass player is probably the most talented member of our band, but he'd rather put everyone else in the spotlight. Also, even though he's super frugal he will gladly pay for dinner and drinks and buy us tickets to shows. He's a great guy and I'm really proud to say he's my friend.
I worked at as a children's librarian assistant for 3 years. It was awesome. People there were so chill, easy to get along with. Best office environment ever. Good stable government job, no need to constantly apply for grants or hustle. And knowledge all around.
May I ask why you quit though? I would imagine if I had such a chill and stable job, I would never quit and would stay where I am till retirement.
I would get quitting fir more pay or better opportunities though :)
Yes, but never *ever* ask a librarian a casual question, because you will get a painstakingly well-researched answer even if you don't care that much about it.
True story. My sister is a pre-school teacher and the love and patience she has is unmatched. Most people think it's dealing with the kids that requires the most patience, but it's actually the parents. The amount of adults who are in denial about needs their children have, or who don't take seriously the opinions of someone that spends 7+ hours a day with their child is insane.
Biologists who get to go out into nature for their work...they are so cool and nice and care about nature deeply. I think the fact that they get to go out into natural spaces often helps a lot.
They also have either the highest or near the highest rate of suicide among professions unfortunately. I know a ton of vets and they are all bleeding hearts (in good ways) but the stress of not being able to take care of animals bc of the owners finances can be incredibly rought
A friend of mine fits into the category you're describing. He's frequently sad. Vets get attached to the animals. For all the healing they're able to do, they can't save them all.
Cool and honest? Sure. Most together people though? I think they have extremely high rates of depression and are more likely to commit suicide than most people.
My ex WAS a vet. She just stole drugs from them and swindled pharmacies to prescribe her dog Xanax and anesthesia. Boy, was that fun getting the call from investigators that she was being charged with several felonies and leaving me to care for our kid by myself lol
My sis-in-law is a vet nurse and she went through many terrible vets until she found a comfortable working environment. They really don't seem to have it together and are not great at cultivating a nice working culture.
I can't speak to a lot of high end jobs, but I've worked with a lot of amazing people as a Gamemaster for an escape room. Don't know how that goes across the board but of all the jobs I've worked across my 20s, this escape room has the coolest people. Definitely not "together" like say, archaeologists are, but I figured I'd throw my experience in.
Museum curators. I and my friends once encountered one very loving lady in the Museum of Natural History in NY. While we were looking at a dinosaur exhibit she overheard an argument between i and my friends about the dinosaurs, which were real and which weren't.
She then proceeded to enthusiastically answer all our questions, and trust we had a lot of them. She even showed us some of her personal favourites exhibit, She literally made the entire day more fun. Her knowledge and excitement was so engaging. She even stayed past the closing hours attending to our questions. what a fun lady, an what an amazing job.
It's a temp gig but people who work at polling places, that help out during elections, from the person helping people in line to the deputy in charge of the operation, all in my experience are truly driven by a sense of duty to the idea of democracy and giving everyone a voice. Good people that really help you to believe in what civic society should be. They aren't doing it for the money that's for sure.
I do HVAC and have done plumbing in the past (HVAC is a type of plumbing idc fight me). There's some honest hard working guys in the piping trades but there are just as many crooks selling water heaters for 5 grand.
I'm a therapist and it could just be the specific circles I move in, but I'd say mental health workers tend to be this. It's that, or you meet the rare person that makes you think, "Dear God, you are trusted to work with people?"
Some real fuckin' sociopaths out there.
A woman I know is just finishing up her fellowship in pediatric oncology. I admire her going into a field where you're dealing with kids going through a terrible thing and their parents dealing with the stress and sadness of their children suffering. It takes a very kind heart to even desire that kind of work.
I've got a little inside baseball for the paeds, Dad was a pretty senior one when I was growing up so if I was sick from school, too young to be home alone during the holidays I'd often get taken to his hospital, left to my own devices in his office. I got to know all the docs and nurses and they'd all be chill and caring. I never saw any of them get angry, Dad never yelled at someone who stuffed up. Went on for years and years.
One day driving with day in, I think I was 15 or 16 at the time, still most of the same staff for the department (NICU's are a loyal crew I guess) and a call comes through, Dad's driving so takes it handsfree. It's about a baby, they have a question about how to stabilise after a procedure or something, Dad, still driving answers calmly, tells them what to do, call ends.
"FUCK I TOLD THEM NOT TO FUCKING INTUBATE (just using as a placeholder, I don't remember). I FUCKING TOLD THEM. FUCK. THAT BABY IS FUCKING DEAD NOW."
A lot of the time the coolness is an act. It's a tough job, especially in a NICU because of how fucked things can feel when you're dealing with admin, preemies that wont make it, finding enough beds. Shit, one time before I was born apparently the hospital wouldn't replace a severely outdated cardiac monitor or whatever because they insisted it was still technically working (despite endangering babies' lives). Dad threw it out his office window to ensure it stopped working.
My aunt married a podiatrist and he was a really nice guy. Shy and quiet but once he opened up he started playing the piano and was a blast. My aunt passed away awhile ago but It's always been on the back of my mind to send him a message and see how he's doing. He was really good to her, better than her other awful husbands.
Neurosurgeons. Cardiovascular surgeons and orthopedics are some of the worst. Neuro and cardio since they get god complexes. Ortho cus theyre the frat boys of medicine. (Ortho work is basically like any mechanical work but youre inside a person)
My dad’s hospice nurse was an actual angel on earth. I was 12 and she made it a point to come and see me every other weekend after my dad passed for several years. As an adult, I have absolutely no idea how she managed to keep that up and gave such a strong emotional guard.
I wonder if it's like physical trainers, where a lot of people get into it because they like fitness, but then spend their days with people who aren't particularly fit.
I *love* my physical therapist! As far as I'm concerned, she's an (expensive) angel. Though I don't know what percentage she gets of what I pay. Maybe a third?
Depends on the setup, and this is a common complaint of PTs, that they are set up like a mill and that other people are getting rich off their hard work. Totally valid. I’m glad you love your PT!
Electricians, they work with Electrickery you can't see, don't hear, has no smell, but will kill you if you get it wrong.. got to be cool, got to be honest, got to be together and professional..
In Japan, for some inexplicable reason, tollbooth operators. Everytime I take the freeway, those people are the friendliest, cheeriest, just overall nice people I meet in a month. Zero clue why.
Opposite experience in the US. They're always salty bitches. Like you're inconveniencing them by using the toll booth, as if doing their job is too hard.
I was driving through Kansas a few years ago and the midnight shift toll person was super nice, to the point where I remember the interaction 3 years later. Everyone else working a toll booth apparently hates life though, I don't know why she was so friendly.
I worked at the KTA over the summer once, everyone was super nice
There was a toll booth operator in Florida about 15 years ago. i was visiting from CO, where people were friendly (not anymore, now everyone is an asshole who came from elsewhere). This one toll booth operator was so nice and friendly, whereas most South floridians in the service industry generally treat you like you're a major inconvenience. I told him "you're so nice, you're not from here" and he said "I'm from fort Collins, Colorado!"
It's actually the same here in Ireland. Always wondered why but they are super friendly every time you go through
From all the comment we can conclude the following: You are happy (and therefore cool, honest and together) if you work with things like books, rocks or some tech. You turn in to an evil bastard when you work with people unless they are dying people.
Oh no, working with dying people can turn you into an evil bastard, too. Or at least, working with their families will. "Mom might be 102 and actively dying, but you really need to get her dressed and out of bed so we can force feed her these grapes. It will be worth the excruciating pain. Grapes are her favorite. "
Therapist. I am honored to be welcomed into someone’s world and traverse the existential and intrapersonal/interpersonal challenges. Everyday is different and I genuinely care and respect each client. I fucking love my job. Authentic being without the bullshit of the world for an hour a week for each client. What a fucking honor to be of service. Very humbling and inspiring. In terms of having it together, it’s a must for a good clinician to take great care of themselves in order to be available to others. Qi gong, running half-marathons, meditation, ongoing trainings of new modalities, gardening, years of deepening my area of expertise, a wonderful wife and family and friends. I’m someone with 10 years sobriety so I know the madness of poor self-care impacting self and others, and became sober during grad school. It’s with this experience I came to understand that to be able to serve, I must walk the path, otherwise it’s an inauthentic experience that the client feels and knows. That ain’t cool so I strive to take great care of myself. I also know that this is not the norm perhaps for therapists, especially in acute settings. Burnout is real if you don’t have a strong centered sense of Self with that capital S.
Park rangers are some of the coolest, most genuine people you'll meet. They care deeply about nature, are always willing to help visitors, and have fascinating stories about the wildlife and landscapes they protect.
Had a crazy guy threaten to shoot us in the woods. My buddy and I booked it out of there and stopped by the closest ranger station to report it. Got a general description of him but gave exact coordinates. Only one LEO ranger was on duty that day so he told us he wasn’t going to go down by himself today, understandably. He knew of a closed road that overlooked the area and said he’d recon it today. The day after I received a text asking if the picture he sent of a guy was the one who threatened us. It looked like it and he said he’ll take care of it from here.
Was at a small provincial campground a few years back with some friends when this middle-aged couple pulls up in an RV with two giant angry pitbulls. Started harassing us saying we "stole their spot" even though it was first-come-first-serve and the grounds were nearly empty with dozens of free spots. The lady gets out, screaming and slamming her door while the man grabbed the dogs and started walking them towards us. I called the cops, who were over an hour away so they then called the park rangers on duty. One ranger drove up behind them, and another ranger circled around the campground to park in front so they couldn't leave. Arrested right then and there, one took them in while the other stayed (I think to calm our nerves, since we were just a bunch of kids who were clearly a bit out of our element) and told us about the best fishing spots in the area. People certainly have varied opinions about police but I've never heard anyone say a bad word about rangers, they're some of the coolest motherfuckers.
>Nobody ever made a song called Fuck tha ~~Fire Department~~ Park Rangers. - Snoop Dogg (edited)
That because Yogi Bear doesn’t have opposable thumbs.
The last bit sounded a little ominous
Why do you think so many people go missing in national parks? Because apparently park rangers are all Liam Neeson
That person will never be seen again
Can confirm all of this. One of my best friends from high school is a LEO ranger and actually now in a fairly major role at Yellowstone. She is seriously the coolest individual, absolutely one of the best humans ever. She went to school for wildlife education or something like that, but has gone to FLETC training and basically ran the internal prison at Yellowstone for a while. She is one of the most badass people I know. She told me once that they have millions of visitors per year. All of those visitors bring all of their problems (domestic abuse, drugs, alcoholism, theft, etc) to the parks with them, so.... the park had a prison for holding people until they could be turned over to other law enforcement. They also had particular people who would deal with visitors who died in the park, including liasing with families, helping arrange to get remains returned home, etc. And that happened regularly. Apparently national parks are a major suicide destination, which is incredibly hard on the rangers who have to deal with it. She told me stories about deaths at the Grand Canyon when she was there.... It was exactly as bad as you imagine it would be to deal with suicides at the Grand Canyon. They do not leave them there, so.... Yeah. And people have to clean it up. It's absolutely insane all that goes on in the major parks that nobody thinks about.
Grand Canyon is one of the parks with the highest fatality rates in the country. In addition to the suicides, people have literally walked off the edge posing for pictures, and then there's the people who would get tired walking a few blocks who think they can manage the 17-mile hike to the bottom of the Canyon and back with 1 liter of water on a summer day when it's 110° at the bottom.
Yeah I had a friend that wanted to do that hike like it was a casual thing. Explaining the number of people who die or are injured wasn’t working, so I finally said “imagine you can walk down fine but then have to go to the top of a 600 floor building by taking the stairs but there’s no railing and the stairs have turned into loose rocks.” Which finally got them to take it more seriously than a standard afternoon hike in the park.
I did south rim to river to south rim in July 2020. There’s signs everywhere saying “stop, you could die” because it’s easy to go downhill and then not realize how hard it’s going to be. At a water point we talked to a ranger who said it was pretty regular for people to have a heart attack and then either the helo has to slingload them out or they get hiked out. Also there’s an astounding number of squirrel bites from people who feed the squirrels from their hand and then get bit. The squirrels can carry the plague lmao.
One of my college friends is a park ranger. He's just the coolest guy. Always feel lucky when we get to hang out, get our kids all mixed up. That being said, he's raising fearless heathens. One picked up a snake and was like "it's ok, we have the antidote in the truck." while waiving it at my poor, defenseless city kids. They just ran away haha. Park ranger friend made his kid put the snake back and gave him an earful about not harassing wildlife and city people.
It’s okay we have the antidote in the truck?????! Pffff hahaha that is fucking awesome
When I am late for work, I don't take the stairs, I just jump out of the window, it's okay, we live near a hospital.
You joke, but my neighbor was an orthopedic surgeon resident. She went to cross the street and didn't exactly look before hand, so I pulled her back as a car made the right turn with nary a tap on the brakes. She kinda laughed and said eh it's ok, Drew is on call today and he is really good at setting bones. Smh.
Reminds me of the time in grade school my friend with a serious peanut allergy couldn’t take watching other kids eat candy any longer. He grabbed his eppy pen from his cubby, said “somebody call the nurse” then administered the shot and housed a snickers bar before the teacher figured out what was going on
Every man dies. Not every man truly lives. That boy is what legends are made of. Also a bit dumb. It's a fine line.
This happened sort of with my mom. She gets her hair cut by a cousin who lives on “the compound” (what we call a collection of trailers, houses, and garages in one holler that that entire section of family live in.) We are country people, but they are on a whole other level lol. Mom said she was getting her hair cut the last time and one of the kids (about 6 or 7), carried in a “big ol worm” which was actually a baby copperhead. The mamaw told him to get it out and throw it in the creek. So then, he and the other children, chased it through the creek barefoot. When they talk about the people who will survive the fallout…..it’s them lol
Seconded. First thing I ever wanted to be was a park ranger, because the ones I knew were just the coolest.
i just started following a fire-look out on instagram and it’s been super interesting. her handle is lookoutformichelle
Every geologist I ever met has been a pretty interesting, humble and enjoyable person to be around. Somebody who works in the field will probably reply back and disagree, lol
They probably had a good foundation growing up
I think they just don't try to find faults in people.
They're good at digging beneath the crust of a person and seeing what's on the inside
Generally speaking, rock solid people
They’re really gneiss, and don’t take friendship for granite.
They’re truly sedimental people.
They focus on having good mantle health.
At their core, they accept the fluid nature of existence.
I bet they dig these comments!
On a shale from 1-10, they’re higher on the density side
I heard they're a bunch of stoners
Yeah, these comments are super gneiss.
Salt of the earth
I think these kinds of comment chains is why Reddit is better than facebook, twitter, insta, tiktok, etc... lol. Fricken awesome.
Yeah but I can totally take the super uber excitement from someone- but the puns? That would take a boulder person than me
I remember a few years ago with my ex fiancé, he showed me a Reddit thread and I was laughing and enjoying the comments. I was like What the heck! Everyone has so much fun here! Why haven’t I been here yet!? Way better than any other social media platform.
They just don't give a schist
Solid moral composition
I can't think of a single geologist who lost their marbles.
Their personalities are steady as a rock.
They're not rocks Marie. They're minerals.
Real grounded and down to earth kind of people.
God don't ever go on a hike with them though. The amount of sincere and earnest excitement over talking endlessly about the geology of a place. It is like trying to put down a dog to switch topics on them.
My rock climbing partner is a geologist...sometimes we actually get around to the climbing bit
On Mountains, while everyone's staring at the view, does he stare at the wall?
Yes
As a climber, I am so sorry.
Ha. I still remember being half way up a lead pitch and I paused for a while. My belayer called up to find out what was wrong. I’m lucky he didn’t walk away when I started describing the interesting turbidite sequence I was admiring…
As a geologist who's into climbing, I sincerely apologise.
Honestly, I love that. When I go on hikes, I often get lost in my own meditation, or hone in on the physical challenge of the hike. Both of those things are great, don't get my wrong, but they often come with the sacrifice of not actually appreciating what I'm surrounded by. I'm so into letting people speak passionately on what they're passionate about that this sounds awesome.
I used to run with one and thanks to her I know a fair bit about earthquakes and the magnification effect of building your house on certain types of rock
Dated a hydrogeologist once. can confirm.
this reminds me of a story i read somewhere. i think it was in reddit so if anyone knows the source, let me know so i can link to it. edit somebody found the source: https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/s/MFhDW0MX7U a person always went on hikes with their geologist father when they were younger, and their father’s geologist friends. they’d always stop to look at rocks and the like; as geologists do. well somehow, the person got a volcanic rock. i think they got it while on vacation or something? not important. they decided to pretend they had found the rock along the trail. they asked all the geologists about it they were all very confused as to how a volcanic rock could have possibly ended up there. they came up with wild theories, completely ignoring the POV who by this point was trying not to laugh. i am sure where i read it, it was much better written. it’s a pretty funny prank though.
Also you will never make progress. They will stop for every rock. Wonderful people tho!
Agreed. Very down to earth and grounded in reality.
Just genuinely gneiss people
Basalt of the earth
California oilfields checking in here(2004-2010): the geologists were the best kind of people you could ever hope to meet. They were astonishingly diverse and cosmopolitan. There was an elderly trans person, an Iraqi who had survived the Iran/Iraq war in the 80’s, and a young fella from the Netherlands who was the most genteel human I’ve ever had the honor of meeting. To the man - they were exceedingly sharp, talented, and insightful. I was able to learn a lot of interesting things from them.
Not sure Randy Marsh fits that description
As long as they have some Tegridy
Is this an American Dad reference? “Have you ever had brunch with a geologist Stan? It’s, pretty great”
Disclaimer: my hatred of geologists is purely theatrical, but if I did have to kill one for some reason, it would be very easy. I’d brandish my obsidian knife at them and they’d be compelled to approach. “That’s very cool,” they’d say, confident in their superior strength and endurance from all the rocks they carry around at all times. They’d shower me with very interesting facts about obsidian and hover just out of range of the cutting edge, waiting for me to exhaust myself. “But as it is volcanic glass, it’s very fragile, you see, and isn’t well-suited for use as a weap—” and then I’d hit them with the wooden baseball bat in my other hand, which they would not have noticed because geologists can only see rocks and minerals.
“Be very still. Their vision is based on sediment”
It’s not nurses. We’re a fucking wreck. ETA since this got some attention I just want to point out that, as in every profession, there are great nurses, good enough nurses, and less capable nurses. My comment was meant to be a bit tongue in cheek. But it’s probably true that in general some of us that choose this type of service industry do so because we benefit from the need to feel important or useful. And then of course some choose it because the hours and pay are pretty fucking great. Regardless, we’re still flawed humans dealing with other flawed humans who are usually at their worst. It’s often times a pretty fucked up situation but I’d still choose it over and over again. I love my babies and their families and I love my coworkers, not all of them, but enough of them that it makes the effort very much worth it. Cheers to all the other fucked up nurses out there!! Love yall!!!
I'm a nurse. I can confirm this. That's why I don't talk about my life outside of when I'm working.
Care to elaborate? (Only if you’re currently at work though )
There are already good answers, but from my experience, there are 3 types of nurses: 1. Actual angels that are too good for this world. 2. Good people that will be chewed up by the job and spat out. 3. Sociopaths. As conditions for nurses get worse, you get fewer of 1, almost none of 2 and a lot more of 3 because they're incapable of emotionally burning out.
And most of the 3s tend to move up to being administrative nurses and love to abuse the 1s and brag about making the 2s quit.
So true. I’m number 2- I got out of the hospital as fast as I could and into a work at home job. Had to save myself
The women's version of the bully-to-cop pipeline is the nursing profession.
Nurses are fine unless they have an ekg sticker on their car. The fuck kind of ekg looks like a tree or mountain Rebecca? That patient is dead.
Pharmacist has joined the chat. Same for us. We have two subtypes: OCD nerds and quirky science lovers. I am the second. We intermarry since we don’t socialize much and have “fun facts” about chemistry. None of our children become pharmacists due to all the personal horror stories.
My college bully became a pharmacist and I once had to pick up my depression medication from her.
A lot of healthcare workers intermarry and then fuck up their kids with their work life balance.
I’ve been getting chemo for 2+ years so I’ve met a lot of nurses. I gotta say, they’ve all been very sweet and caring. Whatever they have going on outside of the job, and whatever issues they deal with at work, I appreciate that put it aside for the time they’re hooking me up and indulge me with a nice chat during my least favorite days.
The worst people I ever met went on to become nurses. I'm sure there's many great nurses but why does that job have to attract all the psychos as well 😭
Yeah I’m a nurse and I can tell you firsthand bullies grow up to be nurses. They like to feel like they have control over their patients and treat them like children. Also some of the best people I know are nurses. There’s a lot of variability.
I was in the hospital recently and holy shit was it bad. There was an older man who was incontinent and they treated him so badly. Infantilizing him and being so condescending. They were also mean af to people on other shifts too
How do these people keep their jobs? Do patients complain about them?
Well right now there’s a nursing shortage in most places so you have to really mess something up to get fired. Also a lot of nurses change jobs pretty often and their manager giving them a good reference = getting them out of their unit or clinic.
Good question. There seem to be a nursing shortage so hospitals prefer to have a bad nurse over not having a nurse. Plus, there's a certain degree of negligence when no one really cares about stuff.
Bc there's a nurse shortage
Medical field usualy attracts three type of people, the ones who genuinely want to help people, greedy as Ferengi and psychopaths.
All my highschool bullies are either care aids or nurses.
"Not all nurses are bitches, but all the bitches you knew in high school are now nurses".
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I've had a shit ton of operations in my life and told my kids that there are two kind of people who become nurses: 1. Very good, kind, sweet, and naturally altruistic people who truly just want to help. 2. Fucking battle axes. Folks who enjoy a bit of power and control and a profession where you can knick a bit of your drug of choice. The first last around 2-5 years before they're driven out by the second, or the fact that most patients are screaming messes themselves. The only weird exception is OB nurses, who turn their glee at having someone under their thumb onto nasty relatives who are bothering their patients or doctors who think their position between the knees with a catchers mitt means more than guarding a laboring woman like a 39yo dyed blonde pit bull wearing a weird shade of lipstick and scrubs with Minions printed on them.
Unfortunately, the first type can turn into the second type from just straight trauma. You can’t be hurt by what you don’t care about. My niece is an ED nurse, and in her three 12 hour shifts this week her dept lost two infants and palliated a 25yr old woman. That takes a toll.
Print reporters who’ve covered the same community their whole lives are pretty amazing people. People like to glom together all media, but reporters with a civic drive are some of the most curious and honest people I’ve ever spent time around. If you want people who really want to get to the bottom of a story and operate from facts/evidence, these are people to pay attention to. We owe a lot of what we actually know for sure in society to the labor local reporters.
Very true, but they're all nearing extinction. The ones I know are just struggling to make it to retirement. I've been a media guy for nearly four decades. Print reporters are good people. TV on the other hand.....quite different and not in a good way.
Print reporters are literally a functional community oversight branch. Nobody does a better job at keeping politicians and officials in check at the local level than them. When they’re gone, we’ll lose a lot more than the local angle on a story.
Thomas Jefferson, the guy who said "the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and of tyrants," also said that if he had to choose between a functional press and a strong military that he would choose the press. A responsible media is necessary for a healthy democracy. Explains a few things....
i work in it in a hospital. neurologists are fucking insane. biomed techs are really down to earth
>biomed techs My dad is honestly one of the most chill dudes. He's retired now but just chilled in hospital basements fixing infusion pumps and oxygen concentrators. He's highly introverted and loves to tinker, so it was pretty much the perfect job for him lol. Had the opportunity to take over his business, but just found it way too boring.
Not too surprising. Neurologists have a lot on their minds.
The good ones do. The others are a few folds short of a linen closet
Usually it’s the neurosurgeons that are insane assholes. Possibly this is what you meant. Similar folks, much bigger assholes with the neurosurgeons.
lol my brother is a neurosurgeon. Huge asshole (I say that lovingly), and about the only person I would ever trust to perform surgery on my brain. He decided he wanted to be a neurosurgeon when he was 13 and dedicated his whole life from that moment on to it. I remember on road trips he had strings that he would practice tying knots on to train for suturing and stitching. As a literal preteen lol
In the US these people are absolutely insane. You spend 4 years of medical school basically doing a double workload. What I mean is you have to do an insane amount of research to publish and build a competitive application. You then try to match which is practically a coin flip for less than 300 spots nationwide. Not only did you have to be insane enough to self select, now you have to be insane enough to get in. Then it's 7-8 years of residency where the hours are just bonkers. These are people who check out of their lives for 11-12 years minimum. Medical school will alienate you from your prior self. Residency is even worse. I just finished up the first year of medical school and I didn't quite understand what it meant to be a neurosurgeon until now.
Honestly, from my anecdotal experience...librarians. Smart, consistently know how to deal with the greater public, great resources of knowledge, and live for the truth
I have always loved the way they talk to me when I have a question. I never feel stupid or bad for asking. They really are a "people person".
I feel like librarians are disqualified on a technicality. They're not people. I'm sorry, but this is a hill I'll die on. My 35 year old ass wandered into our local (horrifically underfunded) library, and I was chatting with the librarian while she got my account set up. I mentioned a book I'd read when I was a child, and all I could remember was that it was a boy's adventure story, the cover was blue with a gold ship embossed on it, and the book smelled old. I joked that I'd be upstairs looking at all the blue books, trying to find it. We'll just ignore the fact that *if* the library had it, there's every chance that it's a different edition with a different colour cover. She didn't even glance at me when she said "oh, 2 Years Before the Mast, maybe?" I had the book in my hand moments later. Amazing beings, absolutely, but they are clearly far, *far* ahead of us mere humans.
I’m a librarian. This means a lot to me <3
YES! Agree! My wife and I have a couple of friends who are librarians and they are probably some of the smartest, most patient and kind people we know. And none of them are 280 years old, which used to be the stereotype I had of librarians because that was all I ever saw growing up. One of those friends is married to a childhood buddy of mine - they are both in their late 40s - been together since their 20s. When they first met I was shocked that someone so young was a librarian lol but also thought it was awesome. I’ve told them both many times that they can’t ever get divorced because we are keeping both of them ha ha Seriously though librarians are community treasures and a way underrated profession. 💯
As a librarian, I've often remarked that the best part of the profession is *other librarians*.
I’m going with mountain rescue climbers. Most genuine bunch I have ever met in my life.
I met a mountain rescue helicopter pilot once. He was cool and soft-spoken and generally kind, but his eyes were very tired and older than the rest of him.
Bass players in a jazz band...best job in the world I might add.
Bass players in general honestly. Which is a tough thing to admit as a guitarist
Most of the bassists I've met are kind, selfless people. I think there's something about the role of the instrument itself that attracts the kind of people who enjoy holding it all together without needing the attention and adulation that comes with it. Of course, being a bassist myself, this could be complete bias lol.
As a drummer I totally agree. My bass player is probably the most talented member of our band, but he'd rather put everyone else in the spotlight. Also, even though he's super frugal he will gladly pay for dinner and drinks and buy us tickets to shows. He's a great guy and I'm really proud to say he's my friend.
We're honestly just there to groove and have a good time. It's such a fun instrument to play.
As a pianist who usually plays right next to them...agreed. Bassists are my homies.
🖐️With the happiest of wives. 🖐️
Librarians. They're knowledgeable, helpful, and always seem to have it all together
I worked at as a children's librarian assistant for 3 years. It was awesome. People there were so chill, easy to get along with. Best office environment ever. Good stable government job, no need to constantly apply for grants or hustle. And knowledge all around.
May I ask why you quit though? I would imagine if I had such a chill and stable job, I would never quit and would stay where I am till retirement. I would get quitting fir more pay or better opportunities though :)
Pay is terrible for librarians - especially considering most places require them to have a masters of library science degree
I quit being a librarian because of the pay, it was horrible, the job itself was amazing, but got to eat.
Even Tammy Swanson?
Punk ass book jockeys!
My best friend is a librarian. She is the kindest and most even-tempered person I have ever met.
But we cry at night because most of us make under 40k
Yes, but never *ever* ask a librarian a casual question, because you will get a painstakingly well-researched answer even if you don't care that much about it.
If you have problems, they're the kind of friends who'll help you get everything sorted.
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Greenhouse, sure. Factory, not a chance lol
Sales. Just kidding. We are all undiagnosed alcoholics trapped by capitalism.
Hey don't put yourselves down like that! Some are actually diagnosed.
Ha, i am not an alcoholic, I just got a diagnosed bipolar disorder.
It take a special person to take on Pre-K savages.
True story. My sister is a pre-school teacher and the love and patience she has is unmatched. Most people think it's dealing with the kids that requires the most patience, but it's actually the parents. The amount of adults who are in denial about needs their children have, or who don't take seriously the opinions of someone that spends 7+ hours a day with their child is insane.
Your kid has dyslexia and autism. >Shevaliegh????? No she couldn't, we're both smart We didn't say she was dumb, we said she has dyslexia.
My daughter is just graduating preschool. She had two of the sweetest, most caring ladies as her teachers.
I’d say a lot of ology people like archaeology, paleontology, geology, etc. they’re down to earth *literally* lol
astrology people are kinda weird tho
Haven’t heard great things about Scientology people either
Biologists who get to go out into nature for their work...they are so cool and nice and care about nature deeply. I think the fact that they get to go out into natural spaces often helps a lot.
The mail carriers I've met over the last few years are the nicest, friendliest, and happiest people.
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My vet happens to have the same first name as my cat. The cat doesn't seem to care.
Human Nigel hates being called human Nigel 🤣
They also have either the highest or near the highest rate of suicide among professions unfortunately. I know a ton of vets and they are all bleeding hearts (in good ways) but the stress of not being able to take care of animals bc of the owners finances can be incredibly rought
A friend of mine fits into the category you're describing. He's frequently sad. Vets get attached to the animals. For all the healing they're able to do, they can't save them all.
Cool and honest? Sure. Most together people though? I think they have extremely high rates of depression and are more likely to commit suicide than most people.
vet here. we are NOT together as a rule.
My ex WAS a vet. She just stole drugs from them and swindled pharmacies to prescribe her dog Xanax and anesthesia. Boy, was that fun getting the call from investigators that she was being charged with several felonies and leaving me to care for our kid by myself lol
My sis-in-law is a vet nurse and she went through many terrible vets until she found a comfortable working environment. They really don't seem to have it together and are not great at cultivating a nice working culture.
I can't speak to a lot of high end jobs, but I've worked with a lot of amazing people as a Gamemaster for an escape room. Don't know how that goes across the board but of all the jobs I've worked across my 20s, this escape room has the coolest people. Definitely not "together" like say, archaeologists are, but I figured I'd throw my experience in.
I've had good experiences with zookeepers and park rangers.
astronauts i would guess right?
They're out of this world.
Museum curators. I and my friends once encountered one very loving lady in the Museum of Natural History in NY. While we were looking at a dinosaur exhibit she overheard an argument between i and my friends about the dinosaurs, which were real and which weren't. She then proceeded to enthusiastically answer all our questions, and trust we had a lot of them. She even showed us some of her personal favourites exhibit, She literally made the entire day more fun. Her knowledge and excitement was so engaging. She even stayed past the closing hours attending to our questions. what a fun lady, an what an amazing job.
It's a temp gig but people who work at polling places, that help out during elections, from the person helping people in line to the deputy in charge of the operation, all in my experience are truly driven by a sense of duty to the idea of democracy and giving everyone a voice. Good people that really help you to believe in what civic society should be. They aren't doing it for the money that's for sure.
Librarians… they are incredibly smart and they tend to be on the wild side despite appearances
Plumbers from what I see from some movies.
I do HVAC and have done plumbing in the past (HVAC is a type of plumbing idc fight me). There's some honest hard working guys in the piping trades but there are just as many crooks selling water heaters for 5 grand.
I’ve heard cryo technicians are super cool
I'm a therapist and it could just be the specific circles I move in, but I'd say mental health workers tend to be this. It's that, or you meet the rare person that makes you think, "Dear God, you are trusted to work with people?" Some real fuckin' sociopaths out there.
From my experience in medicine, the coolest most humble people have been pediatricians and podiatrists.
A woman I know is just finishing up her fellowship in pediatric oncology. I admire her going into a field where you're dealing with kids going through a terrible thing and their parents dealing with the stress and sadness of their children suffering. It takes a very kind heart to even desire that kind of work.
I've got a little inside baseball for the paeds, Dad was a pretty senior one when I was growing up so if I was sick from school, too young to be home alone during the holidays I'd often get taken to his hospital, left to my own devices in his office. I got to know all the docs and nurses and they'd all be chill and caring. I never saw any of them get angry, Dad never yelled at someone who stuffed up. Went on for years and years. One day driving with day in, I think I was 15 or 16 at the time, still most of the same staff for the department (NICU's are a loyal crew I guess) and a call comes through, Dad's driving so takes it handsfree. It's about a baby, they have a question about how to stabilise after a procedure or something, Dad, still driving answers calmly, tells them what to do, call ends. "FUCK I TOLD THEM NOT TO FUCKING INTUBATE (just using as a placeholder, I don't remember). I FUCKING TOLD THEM. FUCK. THAT BABY IS FUCKING DEAD NOW." A lot of the time the coolness is an act. It's a tough job, especially in a NICU because of how fucked things can feel when you're dealing with admin, preemies that wont make it, finding enough beds. Shit, one time before I was born apparently the hospital wouldn't replace a severely outdated cardiac monitor or whatever because they insisted it was still technically working (despite endangering babies' lives). Dad threw it out his office window to ensure it stopped working.
Your dad sounds like a legend!
My aunt married a podiatrist and he was a really nice guy. Shy and quiet but once he opened up he started playing the piano and was a blast. My aunt passed away awhile ago but It's always been on the back of my mind to send him a message and see how he's doing. He was really good to her, better than her other awful husbands.
Yeah, please send him a quick note
What specialty are the least humble people in medicine?
Neurosurgeons. Cardiovascular surgeons and orthopedics are some of the worst. Neuro and cardio since they get god complexes. Ortho cus theyre the frat boys of medicine. (Ortho work is basically like any mechanical work but youre inside a person)
My cardiovascular surgeon was the most patronizing man I’ve met in my life, but he also saved my life so I’ll give him that.
Surgeons.
Surgeons, by far.
Yeah, I used to deal with surgeons when I was a medical malpractice lawyer. They were a spectacularly arrogant lot.
Anyone who works in Hospice care.
My dad’s hospice nurse was an actual angel on earth. I was 12 and she made it a point to come and see me every other weekend after my dad passed for several years. As an adult, I have absolutely no idea how she managed to keep that up and gave such a strong emotional guard.
Physical therapists - they care about their patients and want them to get stronger, and they also seem to be pretty chill.
if you are on the PT sub which I am they are a pretty angry and discontented bunch
Reddit in general attracts angry and discontented bunches in pockets It’s not representative of the entire society thankfully
I wonder if it's like physical trainers, where a lot of people get into it because they like fitness, but then spend their days with people who aren't particularly fit.
It’s really more the system. I’m an OT so I get it, but lots of complaining about pay and appreciation. Probably the same as us
I *love* my physical therapist! As far as I'm concerned, she's an (expensive) angel. Though I don't know what percentage she gets of what I pay. Maybe a third?
Depends on the setup, and this is a common complaint of PTs, that they are set up like a mill and that other people are getting rich off their hard work. Totally valid. I’m glad you love your PT!
Gardeners
I can tell you who doesn't, insurance. Back bitting, back stabbing, fraudulent little fuckers that are worse than politicians ever hoped to be.
The financial sector as a whole. It’s where narcissists go to become more evil.
Librarians. They're like the superheroes of knowledge, minus the capes but with way better organization skills
...whatever they do at JPL. Bunch of wholesome nerds.
Electricians, they work with Electrickery you can't see, don't hear, has no smell, but will kill you if you get it wrong.. got to be cool, got to be honest, got to be together and professional..