When I was little and I thought my parents were being unfair, I would make lists of things I would never do to my kids. Now, in med school, I make lists of things I won’t do or say to my patients and staff, and ways I won’t treat them.

I have been doing this for 5 months, with surgeons and doctors who were arrogant as hell. The guy I’m working with tonight takes the jackass cake ten times over.