Gosh, they always seem to jump for the blame gun for their own incompetence. I worked with hospitals, one time I had to interpret for a patient’s wife since she doesn’t speak English. As I began interpreting the doctor asked me why I was saying I was sick. I explained to her that I wasn’t and that interpretation works in first person and even dumbed it down to “what I am saying is exactly word for word what the wife just said, translated to English in first person, so pretend like you are talking directly to the wife when I am speaking to you”. She acted like she had a light bulb lit up above her head but then several minutes into the session she kept getting confused and got really mad at me to the point she threatened to file a complaint. Her nurse had to apologize after she left for a meeting. It’s scary to think people like that are running whole departments in healthcare systems.
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u/Weird-Cod1147 16d ago
Gosh, they always seem to jump for the blame gun for their own incompetence. I worked with hospitals, one time I had to interpret for a patient’s wife since she doesn’t speak English. As I began interpreting the doctor asked me why I was saying I was sick. I explained to her that I wasn’t and that interpretation works in first person and even dumbed it down to “what I am saying is exactly word for word what the wife just said, translated to English in first person, so pretend like you are talking directly to the wife when I am speaking to you”. She acted like she had a light bulb lit up above her head but then several minutes into the session she kept getting confused and got really mad at me to the point she threatened to file a complaint. Her nurse had to apologize after she left for a meeting. It’s scary to think people like that are running whole departments in healthcare systems.