Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Interview Trail: Boston Part 1





You probably don't need me to tell you this, but medical students -- at least the ones I know -- have know-it-all tendencies. 


On a completely unrelated note, do you want to know the worst person you could probably travel with? A KNOW IT ALL. 


Within 5 minutes of arriving at the airport, Y decided that his last few weeks of travel canceled out the fact that I had ever set foot on an airplane. He criticized:

  •  the speed at which I removed my ID from my purse ("You need to have that out beforehand!")
  • the shoes I chose to wear on the plane ("Boots?! You've got to be f*king kidding me. You do know you have to take those off, right?")
  • my shoe removal technique ("You're not fast enough!")
  • the placement of my jacket on the security conveyor belt("You need a second bin for your coat. Everyone knows that.")
  • my failure to push the bin forward ("You can't just set it down! It has to be pushed. You're holding up the line!")
  • the pocket I chose to store my quart size bag of liquids ("You need to keep them closer to the front so they're easier to remove!")**
And once we were on the plane:

  • "That smell you're smelling is the beverage cart. It smells bad on 100% of flights."
  • "Dammit! I've already read this issue of Skymall. Twice."
  • "What?! Both of our flights are on Canadair Regional Jets? I myself prefer the Embraer or any of the Boeing jets."
  • "PSH! This turbulence is nothing."
And then... the seasoned air traveler discovered something he hadn't noticed before. 


"Hey!"


"That speaker looks like a thyroid!!"



**In Y's defense, I may be exaggerating a teeny tiny bit. But I truly believe he would have said all of these things had I not given him a look of death after he tried to tell me which pocket to put my toiletries in. 

9 comments:

  1. Medical student/Doctors? Know it alls? NO!!!!
    This post cracks me up!

    PS
    Started the book last night and couldn't put it down!

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    1. I'm glad you like it! I put Shantaram on my to-read list.

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  2. I LOLed at the thyroid comment!

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  3. LOL having just travled one full day with a med student....I think you're 100% right! Hope the interview went well.

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  4. LOL! I wore boots last time I flew... I didn't think it took too long, and I noticed that at least 70% of women in the airport were also wearing boots. Why would you put your heaviest shoe option in your luggage? :)

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    1. You might not think it takes to long, but I can hear the businessman behind you rolling his eyes.

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  5. haha that is so true and I can definitely see Russ and I having the same experience!

    I'm glad you were able to go to Boston with him!

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  6. Thank goodness it's not just my personal medical student who happens to know everything about everything :) Are they all OCD too?

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