So sorry to interrupt your tunes

[Mighty Girl]

Mysty's post reminded me of this from a couple months ago. It shocked me so much, I think I put a mental block on it.

My friend was in labor with her second child, and it was a LONG labor. All her family and inlaws are useless as well as hundreds of miles away, I stayed with her until her husband could get there, and my mom watched both our kids.

While I'm sitting there giving optimistic ideas to a REALLY cranky pregnant woman, this beeyotch resident comes in- female, probably early thirties, with earbuds in. She never said a word to us, checked the monitor a few times and read the chart, then she gave a quick smile and left.

Now really. When you're about to squeeze a human being out of your body, is it so much to ask that medical personnel PAUSE THEIR FREAKIN MUSIC? She did complain to her OB about the resident, but he didn't know what to say about it.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

How on Earth can somebody in the medical profession get away with having their earphones jammed in their ears when they're at work?

Not only isn't it professional, but how can they hear if somebody needs to talk to them?

I'd have raised hell about that. You're dealing with people's lives here, is it too much to ask that you focus on the patient and not on your music?

[Becks]

All I can say is

[Lehk]

i don't even listen to music if i'm out on the floor stocking shelves, only when i'm working in the cooler

[Kiwi]

wow thats just.... im actually speechless

your friend needs to lay a formal complaint

thats just insane!

[CRXPanda]

did you hear music? my friend's mom has studies she listens to on the night shift, she's in classes for something to advance her...

or it can be the blonde joke...breathe in, breathe out (on the recording)

[HYHYBT]

Not only isn't it professional, but how can they hear if somebody needs to talk to them?

Depends on the earbuds. The ones that come with iPods, for example, don't block outside noise. Of course, you can turn the volume up and drown it out...

[protege]

Of course, you can turn the volume up and drown it out...

Depends on the noise Some of you might remember me talking about that annoying woman at the gym...the one talking about her husband's, um, "bedroom problem." Even at full blast, I could *still* hear that