Doctors and me…

I never like doctors. I see them not to cure my sickness but for other known evil purposes not purported by any HR managers. Yup, to get a sickie. I am such a good actor that i think i deserve an Oscar. To think that i could actually fool doctors to prescribe me a MC when ever i want.  Well use the techniques at your own peril!

Me         : Flu. Bad flu make me cannot sleep whole night. (with wet tissue on one hand)

Dr           : How many days?

Me         : 1 week. Boss asks me to come and see you.

Dr           : Ok. MC for today or tomorrow?

Me         : Thank you dr. (acting job done in less than 1 minute)

Then the ones who are ethically professing the job, not to be messed with by faking a sickie will usually queried further on.

Dr           : Flu? Let me see got fever or not.

Me         : (Darn!  should have drank hot milo or was it rubbing onions under the armpit – I was told both methods can raised body temperature to fake a slight fever.)

Dr           : Sorry ah. No fever no MC.

Me         : But I will spread germs and I need to drive down to KL to work. Very dangerous on my health.

Dr           : Sorry. Your HR says no fever no MC.

Me         : KNN!

See, sometimes one really has to filter through which Dr to see. But when it comes to my kid’s pediatrician, it was more like an encounter with a …

Dr           : wah bad flu. Must take probiotics. Cannot take anti-biotics di.

Me         : (KNS! 1 tablet cause me RM 15 and the little one need to take at least 6 dosage.)

Dr           : See, the nose drool is coming out nonstop. Take this nasal spray.

Me         : (Another RM 25 gone)

Dr           : Must take Piriton (common flu medication) too.

Me         : (Another RM 20 )

Dr           : You want to have a peaceful sleep tonight without your kid whining? Get her to breathe in this ( a kind of apparatus that lets one breathe in a type of gas to relieve nose blockage – me no doctor, dunno wat gas, ok. I just want to sleep peacefully at night. RM 30 for this treatment is good investment in exchange for a good night sleep.)

Dr           : Consultation fees, you know lah, we doctors are govern by code of ethics, can charge only RM

35 and no more. See this regulation here (thrusting a flimsy looking book at me)

Darn, one lousy visit of my kids to the pediatrician caused me an average RM 150, whilst I and my lousy flu usually cost the company RM 40 and a MC. To think about it, can’t win them all. Me and my doctors.

Big Papa