Deep Dive
The surgeon who stopped caring
Doctor Mike describes a surgical rotation where a chief resident accidentally nicked the pericardium during a tumor biopsy. The attending surgeon ordered an emergency thoracotomy to crack open the patient's chest for full access. It turned out to be just a small bleeder, not actual heart damage. But instead of owning the mistake, the surgeon made a callous remark: the patient works for UPS so disability will cover him anyway. Mike was shocked at how completely the surgeon had lost his humanity and empathy for the patient.
The supervisor's sexual coercion
The guest shares a story from his time working at an ambulance company. A supervisor held overtime assignments hostage and propositioned a female employee—handing her his phone and telling her to go to the bathroom to take explicit pictures in exchange for the shift she wanted. The employee didn't comply. Instead, she took the phone directly to the company owner and showed him what the supervisor had just done. He was fired on the spot. The guest notes the supervisor's comfort level suggests this wasn't a one-time impulse but likely a pattern of behavior.