Yum, fresh beignets, but the rest sounds obnoxious!!

Yum, fresh beignets, but the rest sounds obnoxious!!

Completely. Though she did at least seem very nice despite the chaos, and definitely everyone seemed to like her quite a bit. The other woman surgeon who came to interview also came across very well.

Then there was a guy whom to be totally honest I can barely remember, and the very first candidate worries me a little because he came across as an innovative, high energy, research-funding-generating rock star of whom even some of our own rock stars were in awe, but his incredibly boundless confidence and his majestic pleasure in talking about his projects and plans tipped the scale just a hair past "God, I wish I had his confidence" to "This is possibly just the tiniest bit much." It may come down to whether they want to go with a great team player or a great solo artist, which is a little concerning because even the solo artist is still going to have to be part of a team and we already have no shortage of prickly personalities that need to be managed.

JZ, you are a saint to deal with that much humanness. I know it takes a huge amount of hubris to cut open a living human in the name of medicine, so I can give surgeons some leeway in regards to their ego and the fact that some of them need to be cosseted and herded, but this search process would wipe out all of my faculties for coping with people.

But I'm now officially Super Gay

Yay! The people I know who have had Subarus have driven them lovingly forever. My sister put over 500,000 miles on hers!

Yum, fresh beignets, but the rest sounds obnoxious!!

And exhausting! I work with an abundance of doctors and am too familiar with the delicate balance of brilliance and overwhelming ego.

Today is a day for celebrating the birth of our most favorite goth and most fabulous Atropa. Happy birthday and sincere wishes for a wonderful year to come.

it takes a huge amount of hubris to cut open a living human in the name of medicine, so I can give surgeons some leeway in regards to their ego and the fact that some of them need to be cosseted and herded

My manager says that frequently when she's dealing with my boss her silent mantra is, "Remember, he saves little tiny babies. Little tiny babies. Lit-tle tiiiiiny babies."

Despite the chaos, it was super refreshing to hear yesterday's candidate say that she went back and re-read the email and realized that she'd misunderstood everything and she was sorry for the confusion. I don't think I have ever, EVER heard a male surgeon say that.

Happy birthday, Atropa!

Happy birthday, Atropa!

Happy Atropa day! Sparkly bats for all!

Sorry to skip and be all me-me-me but I have to vent somewhere that constantly telling customers that we don't know anything and I can't answer their questions while suppressing my kneejerk desire to just tell them that they are not actually as important as they think they are is eroding my will to live. I'm so tired.

Back to the grindstone

Yay for that JZ but boo male surgeons. Though I often feel like the expectations are different too—if I sent a business email as a man, people would think it was to the point but because I’m a woman they expect more niceties. Which makes me crazy. (But I also had a person who sent an inappropriate email to a client and I discussed with her manager and he was like “also why is she using all these smiley faces?!” And I was like “oh I think that part is fine, and if she didn’t use them it would seem kinda rude!” (The issue was some other stuff she included that shouldn’t have been shared)