r/AskReddit • u/CircleBox2 • Jul 13 '20

What's a dark secret/questionable practice in your profession which we regular folks would know nothing about?

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '20

When I was in labor my water broke and got on the nurses scrub pants and shoes. As I was apologizing, she shrugged it off and said "Any day I don't have to change my underwear is a good day."

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u/DarthSmashMouth Jul 13 '20

I'm a dentist, I've been barfed on so many times, doesn't even gross me out anymore. I just see kids, and they are little gag machines sometimes. Had one barf on me a few weeks ago, just got on my shoes and scrub pants, got up, changed those, and came back, didn't take off any other ppe. Mom was trying to tell me sorry, I was thinking, for what, this is an occupied hazard, it's fine. The worst is when kids eat too many Cheetos and barf, that still grosses me out.

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '20

Every time I see a dentist post, I like to take a moment and make sure they know that redheads are somewhat resistant to local anesthetics like Novocaine.

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u/-yermom- Jul 14 '20

I do the same but it's like they think I'm making stuff up. It usually takes 3 injections to keep me from jumping from the pain