Originally Posted by
79pmooney
More pleasant. That shave by the ER nurse isn't fun. And she's more likely to take extra care if you have made her job easier. (Edit: I tell them this is why I shave.)
I always tell any medical people that my objective is to be their favorite patient. Then I ask them to tell me a story about their worst patient. Sometimes that gets me a little more personal care, but they usually don't want to get too specific.
The knee doctor told me her worst patients were drug abusers because they had no tolerance for pain at all, and the pain meds don't work.