98. Turf Wars

Medical turf wars usually involve stent-placing cardiologists up against bypass cardiac surgeons.  Or family practice docs performing colonoscopies that gastroenterologists want to keep as their own.  Or optometrists v ophthalmologists.  But here at StJ's we also fight over call rooms.  Call rooms are for hospital docs who don't need to be up all night but still want to be in the hospital for urgent calls.  Usually we think obstetricians and midwives, but others are involved, too.

StJ has 8 or so call rooms, with advance sign up sheets taped to each door.  Apparently someone has been  playing around with these sheets, to the ire of one doc who found his reservation crossed out.

So he posted this sign, naming the alleged offenders (before taking this pic, I blocked out the names) and this message: "Don't be DICKS and move out people who signed up for call rooms.  Our sleep is just as important as yours." Surprisingly this sign has stayed up for a couple of weeks.


It's a jungle out there.