My brother comments on the ridiculousness of having his professional ethics in medicine class in a room with food leftover from some talk likely given by a pharma rep.

Have you gone recently? If so, did you mention the drug treatment I found?

Not recently, no. Which reminds me--I do have to call her and tell her about the ER visit.

Pharma sales reps are attractive for the same reason they show up with free food

First time I read this sentence fragment it seemed like being attractive was a choice the reps were making, and I really don't think I need more sleep, but I should probably test that theory to be sure.

First time I read this sentence fragment it seemed like being attractive was a choice the reps were making

Bwah! No, I'm pretty sure that choice happens during the hiring process and is made by Upper Management.

But you should take a nap anyway, since you probably deserve one.

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Buy Whitney's clothes!

I heard a rumour that pharmaceutical sales reps were all really pretty. Every time I go to my migraine specialist there are tons of nattily dressed people lugging rolling suitcases who look suspiciously goodlooking--so far I haven't seen any reps who disprove this theory.

Actuarial headhunters are also usually attractive women. I've seen pictures in company adds and seen them at actuarial events.

It helps in the nerd rustling.

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Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm

It helps in the nerd rustling.

Nerd Rustling - that conjures up such a Far Side visual.

Perqs here are that the admin staff is allowed to forage through the leavings in the conference rooms after meetings if someone has miscalculated the food/doctor ratio in favor of the food.

We also have...wait for it...a water cooler in the department main office that does both cold and hot water!!!!!!

My perqs are the same as JZ's! Almost. I have no water cooler, but we have free coffee. Because the big boss likes hazelnut, however, we have only good hazelnut and crappy regular. I bring in the tea, because I think I am the only one except our student worker who drinks it. We do have a boiling water spot on our sink, which is pretty exciting.

At my old job, we had the water cooler, but when I first started we were all chipping in to pay for it, so we never wanted anyone else to drink it. Then the Dean of Finance realized it, and said they could spring for our spring water. We also had cocoa, but no coffee or tea, because the big boss there liked cocoa.

My perq at the theatre is free laundry.

I heard a rumour that pharmaceutical sales reps were all really pretty. Every time I go to my migraine specialist there are tons of nattily dressed people lugging rolling suitcases who look suspiciously goodlooking--so far I haven't seen any reps who disprove this theory.

I saw a study once showing that the sex ratio of pharma (and medical instrument) reps is the mirror opposite of the sex ratio of practitioners. All pharma reps in cardiology are attractive females, because almost all cardiologists are male; pharma reps for family practice or pediatrics or dermatology are often attractive and charming men, because the target docs are more likely to be female.

Filtered water, cold, lukewarm (why?), and hot, that's right, the trifecta.

Some of us LIKE to drink it lukewarm. I hate cold water. Hurts my teeth.

We have that, auto-brew coffee, soda, and an assortment of teas and packaged beverage powders.