{"id":838,"date":"2018-10-28T19:41:16","date_gmt":"2018-10-28T19:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/accordingtokirsty.com\/?p=838"},"modified":"2018-12-06T06:19:13","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T06:19:13","slug":"further-reflections-on-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accordingtokirsty.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/28\/further-reflections-on-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Further reflections on Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"

During our conversations on Friday night, Eric (my supervisor) mentioned that the neurosurgeon he works with (the unfriendly one from last Monday) is the only person he works with that he still addresses formally (it\u2019s a French thing) even after knowing him for five years. This is because he\u2019s such an experienced and internationally regarded neurosurgeon, and surgeons come from all round the world to see him at work, and therefore he\u2019s much more important than an ordinary anaesthetist.\u00a0<\/em>I was horrified, and I still am. This sort of\u00a0abhorrent attitude should not be tolerated, in my view. Don\u2019t want to have our surgeons hearing about this sort of outrageous behaviour.<\/p>\n

He also said that he\u2019d never had that surgeon around to his house for dinner,\u00a0or even any of his own anaesthetic colleagues (apart from the sporty registrar that was with us on Friday). That seemed bizarre to me, and it\u2019s not that big of a department either (although I don\u2019t know numbers). Sadly after my red wine\/cheese knife incident, he may not \u00a0repeat the experiment.<\/p>\n

Eric\u2019s daughter is coming to the end of her pharmacy degree. Apparently it\u2019s six years long over here. That seemed excessive to me, and I told everyone over dinner that in New Zealand it’s only three years \u00a0(fact checked that today – it\u2019s actually four years followed by an intern year at a hospital. Should have kept my mouth shut). Everyone at dinner was amazed and unbelieving when I told them about the three year degree (as well they might!) So then I said, oh yes, its very short because we\u2019re more intelligent. (Really\u00a0<\/em>should have kept my mouth shut). Luckily everyone laughed.<\/p>\n

I had a terribly scarring experience many years ago, trying to be funny with overseas people. My German sister in laws family were staying with us. They loved my husband, they thought he was the most witty and amusing person they had ever met. But whenever I tried to make a funny, they just stared at me blankly. It was a very dark time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

During our conversations on Friday night, Eric (my supervisor) mentioned that the neurosurgeon he works with (the unfriendly one<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8Ukf-dw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11988,"url":"https:\/\/accordingtokirsty.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/24\/tranquility\/","url_meta":{"origin":838,"position":0},"title":"Tranquility","author":"Interloper11","date":"July 24, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"It turns out my surgeon today has another reason that he\u2019s feeling more relaxed these days: he\u2019s installed a sauna at his house. 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