"I mean, I know this whole thing about how you're supposed to be NICE to your patients..." - E., a friend who's a dr

A., the other doctor at the table, told of entering the exam room and finding the patient on her blackberry. Patient: "I have an email virus, and every time I read an email I cough. See? *cough cough*."
A. laughed, assuming the patient was kidding, but patient glared. "How do I get it off??"
"So I prescribed her a cough medicine."
We roared.
"What was I supposed to do? Say 'Lady, you are OUT OF YOUR MIND!'?"

In other news, this HBS thing has assigned almost 600 pages of reading which I might not yet have begun. A disagreeable surprise. I know I averaged several hundred a day in school so this should be cake, but, y'know, now I like have a job and stuff? DISAPPROVE.