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TB — 8/26/2009 5:52:16 PM (archived)

I always assumed my doctor and medical people calling me by my first name was an effort to make me feel more comfortable and less uneasy in a stressful environment.

Guess it all depends on your worldview.

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Mumbles - RNE - 8/25/2009 2:09:32 PM
- Having a bad day RNE? - Lindy - 8/26/2009 11:48:59 PM
  - Nope - RNE - 8/28/2009 6:21:25 PM
    - "Customers are profit, everything and eveyone else are costs." - Lindy - 8/29/2009 1:10:04 AM
- How about people who "graze" their way through the produce department. - Bowser - 8/26/2009 9:42:55 PM
- Fry's Electronics has done this for many years. - alcaray - 8/26/2009 9:25:05 PM
  - And for many years.... - Robert - 8/26/2009 11:24:57 PM
    - Fry's knows exactly how much merchandise walks out the door unpaidfor. - alcaray - 8/27/2009 3:18:41 AM
- Airport Bars - podrock - 8/25/2009 10:12:57 PM
  - Good for you, Podrock! (n/t) - Eri - 8/26/2009 2:32:09 AM
- Standard practice at the local BJ's store too - z - 8/25/2009 10:04:28 PM
- It's part of the new (old) psychology. - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/25/2009 9:02:08 PM
  - Authority figures? - Lindy - 8/26/2009 11:40:11 PM
  - Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by... - alcaray - 8/26/2009 9:28:29 PM
  - On the other hand... - TB - 8/26/2009 5:52:16 PM
  - Being Human - podrock - 8/26/2009 1:12:19 AM
    - re: Being Human - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/26/2009 4:55:09 AM
      - Feeling exploited, Tech1? - Lindy - 8/26/2009 11:34:27 PM
      - Evil Feng Shui - podrock - 8/26/2009 3:08:56 PM
      - smart architecture - SDG - 8/26/2009 2:59:55 PM
    - Right on! (n/t) - Eri - 8/26/2009 2:45:14 AM
- re: Mumbles - TB - 8/25/2009 6:15:35 PM
- Trust but verify - RobVG - 8/25/2009 2:24:57 PM
  - On the other hand... - Mary Anne - 8/28/2009 5:29:32 PM
  - Don't care - RNE - 8/25/2009 4:36:07 PM
    - re: Don't care - Lindy - 8/26/2009 11:59:52 PM
      - Especially Lindy's herbal tea! :) (n/t) - TB - 8/27/2009 4:18:26 PM

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