All professions make fun of their "customers". Is that off limits for teachers, cops, social workers, psychologists? Why? Why don't they get a pass?

[DrPepper12]

Updates

10 mo

people. I used "customers" as a (I thought funny but apparently not) catch all for each profession. But TY all for enlightening feed back!!

[Cute_Miss_Laura]

Well, teacher’s don’t have customers, they have students. So there’s that. But they def have their share of hilarious stories of things student’s tried to get past them. (like book reports on movies). Psychologist's don't have customer's, we have patients, and we are legally prohibited from talking to anyone about our patients, unless they are being referred to another psychologist, or there is a court order. As for social worker’s, (who also do not have customer’s) They deal with clients at the lowest, and worst points in their lives, many of whom are children, there is very little to laugh at when a social worker is called in. Cop's don’t have customer's either, they have detainees, and suspects. But trust me on this, they absolutely make fun of them when warranted! (🤣 Get it? Warranted?), anyway, they have plenty of hilarious stories. My brother is a deputy sheriff, and he has LOADS of really hilarious stories about Karen’s and the “do you know who I am” crowd, or the worse variant “do you have any idea who my dad is?” crowd! Those are funny and satisfying, especially the moment they realize that “daddy” is not getting them out of this arrest, not this time, anyway! But none are more funny than the Sovereign Citizens! They are just in a league of their own when it comes to utterly delusional thinking! The departments share body-cam footage of the most hilarious, most overly-dramatic detainees. They have not only the most hilarious stories, but they have the most heartwarming, and also the most terrifying stories of any profession! You must not know any cops personally.

Oh, and you forgot to mention one... doctors and nurses especially emergency room doctors and nurses! My mom is an er physician, trauma surgeon, and head of emergency medicine at a level one trauma center! They actually have an “Ass Box”! Yep, it’s exactly what you think it is. It’s all of the objects that were removed from peoples asses from midnight Jan 1st midnight Dec 31st! They are obvs cleaned, sterilized, and sealed in bio-waste bags! But the hospital holds a competition during the holiday party, and they vote for the doctor who removed the weirdest object from someone’s ass! The winner gets a small prize. (My mom won a Waterman pen for removing a Matchbox Fire engine (with the little ladder on top) from a guy! She was like “How the hell did he get it up there? It’s completely flat at the front, and the back is full of sharp pointy things"?) Trust me when I say, if you go to the er with something weird stuck up your ass, YES they are 100% laughing their asses off at you behind the scenes. But due to their professionalism, and years of experience, they won't even crack a smile at you, while they remove it! (😂 Get it? Crack? 🤣)

I hope this helps, and maybe even brings a smile or two.
Laura. 🤗 🥰

[DrPepper12]

you're right. I forgot er staff! Yes, I ❤️ sovereign citizen body cam videos! I'm glad you have witty observations and a healthy sense of humor! Glad I followed you!

[Cute_Miss_Laura]

Thank you so much for that, comments like that make my day. I actually have to tamp my sense of humor down quite a bit online. My dad’s English, and I was raised there for the first (almost) 7 years of my life, and I’ve watched every episode of Python, and every movie, as well as every episode of Faulty Towers many MANY times. I definitely get my dry sarcastic sense of humor from my dad! My dad could get a corpse to laugh, whereas my mom is more likely to make someone wanna be a corpse, rather than laugh at her jokes! That’s not true, I kid my mother, she is not a “funny” person per se, but when she told us the story of the “Ass Box”, I was laughing so hard, tears were rolling down my face. So it is there on both sides, but in my dad, definitely more than my mom. But unfortunately sarcasm does not read well, it needs to be seen and the tonality needs to be heard to be understood. So it does not come across as humor online! But as I age, and live through more experiences, my bank of witty repartee increases. I wouldn't say I necessarily TRY to be humorous on here, but my sense of humor definitely shows up in some of my answers, every now and then.

Thank you so much for your really kind comments, I genuinely appreciate them.
Yours sincerely, Laura 🤗 🥰

[RebelinSteel]

@Cute_Miss_Laura lovely write up, loved the fire truck. I have heard of the various items that somehow find their way into erm body openings. From talking to a friend, she says a lot are light bulbs and fruit n Veg. If the fire truck had a ladder, I would guess he called out the fire service to try and sort his light bulb issue.
Regarding Sovereign citizens, we get the odd one (and I mean Odd) over here in the UK, which considering we actually have a sovereign is a bit of an irony. I’ve had to deal with a few that do not understand that large razor wire topped fences, guard dogs and people with bang sticks mean you can’t just use your ‘sovereign citizen’ rights, well not unless you want to have a really close view of the pavement / tarmac.

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

Why would those who deal with some of the arguably worst humanity has to offer not be allowed to make fun of them in the company of their peers? Of course anyone outside of those fields isn’t going to get it, which is why I only share retail stories with folks who have worked retail. They get it.

[DrPepper12]

As someone who has worked retail and waiter, granted in the Stone age, I agree. Karen's deserve to be on blast!

[normalice]

It's definitely not off limits but also the recipients of public services are not "customers." They are "constintuents."

[msc545]

Health care professionals don't make fun of *anyone*. We are too busy caring for others to engage in this kind of thing.

[DrPepper12]

That's simply not true.

[msc545]

It simply is. Are you a health care professional?

[DrPepper12]

No. I've been treated by them as well as have friends who tell AMAZING stories about their patients.

[msc545]

If we do tell stories about patients which I do not, we make certain to obscure the details so that they cannot be identified. Breaching confidentiality is a very serious offense.

[DrPepper12]

Of course! I never meant to imply any HIPAA violations or ethical breaches! It's always no names or otherwise identifying information!

[msc545]

exactly. Sometimes telling patient stories is a way to relieve the constant tension we feel.

[Cute_Miss_Laura]

My mom’s a physician, trauma surgeon, and is head of emergency medicine at a Level-1 trauma center! I’m coming to the end of my externship for my masters degree in psychology, and will be licensed to practice by Dec ‘24…. Your assertion is just NOT true!

Anyone who’s EVER even met a nurse, doctor, PT, OT, RT, or ANY licensed medical professional, knows that we ALL have the darkest sense of humor, and they are ABSOLUTELY making fun of the patients, behind their backs in hospital’s! Most hospital’s emergency rooms have an "ass-box”, where sealed, sterilized bags full of sex toys, matchbox cars, tooth brushes, and sharpie pens, that were ALL pulled out of people's asses! They mock the shit out of “Ass-Box” contributors! Are you insane? What? You think medical professionals are just so erudite and sophisticated that they are above it? Come off it! When I was growing up, and would go to the hospital after school, just to watch. I practically lived there! I heard it all! Doctors sniggering at how stupid the guy in 403 bed two was to shove a toy robot up his ass! Even psychologists, joke about patients who are really particularly weird, or flat out delusional! We ALL have our coping mechanisms! Does it matter if you are watching young people die in the er, or I am talking to a 12 year old girl who was raped by her father again! After a while, dealing with all that shit, it destroys a person’s soul! Dealing with THAT… We would go insane if we didn't blow off steam, and joke about the really weirdo patients! Why try to make yourself look “better than” everyone else?

Really disappointed 😔
Laura.

[Agape93]

Cops do it all the time, teachers do it but often only in private, psychologists legally can't and soca workers usually don't because they're often dealing with heavily abused children

[DishLady]

1. Because the info is confidential.
2. Because clients are vulnerable individuals who place their trust in this professional.

[BoopBoopBeep]

Uhm... law enforcement ABSOLUTELY makes fun of people.

[NathanDavis]

they still do it... lol

[DrPepper12]

True. But should they given the sensitive nature of the job?

[NathanDavis]

malpractice is... something they should not do either, but still happens

[BarryLiverstone]

Who is the customer for a cop?

[DryGermanGuy]

Some call them „clients“. It’s just dark humor. 😬

[DrPepper12]

I was trying to use a catchall phrase. Criminals who do a bid call it "going to college" too.

[BarryLiverstone]

To fairly answer your question my bestie is a teacher and one on one to me; she could daily vent about her “customers” (parents and kids). But she can’t do that on socials or publicly because if a parent or child ever saw a yt of her blasting a spoiled child they could legit sue the school.. too many bad outcomes would occur

[DrPepper12]

Yeah. Sadly true but after 20+ years in the classroom you wouldn't even Believe HALF the stories I have from high school.