Gen Z/ Millennial Nurse asks for discount coffee at Walpole Cumberland Farms.

Okay, now I understand what's going on here:

"WESTBOROUGH, /PRNewswire/ — EG Group today announced that, effective immediately, it is adding healthcare workers to the current group of first responders and military personnel who may receive free coffee at its nine convenience retailers across the United States. Brands operated by EG Group include Certified Oil, Cumberland Farms, Fastrac, Kwik Shop, Loaf ‘n Jug, Minit Mart, Quik Stop, Tom Thumb and Turkey Hill.

“Across the country, emergency first responders and healthcare workers continue to work long hours and make personal sacrifices for the health and safety of our communities,” said George Fournier, President of EG America. “We are beyond grateful for their service, and hope that this small gesture helps fuel these unsung heroes throughout the day as they continue the great work they’re doing to keep our communities safe.”

To receive a free coffee, doctors, nurses, hospital and medical staff, and medical researchers simply need to inform a Team Member of their profession upon checkout."

Clearly, NES objects to this policy as it applies to nurses. [thinking]
Everybody gets a trophy
 
Not only that, the training is ridiculously poor. I'm not expecting miracles right out of the gate, but 95% of RNs don't know how to start an IV. It's to the point where I see no discernible difference between a nurse and medical assistant (6 months vocational school). They both start at the same level.
Healthcare is a cutthroat field to be in. If you're not built real tough, you are just not going to last.

And of course, nurses are always patting themselves on the back for shit they're supposed to do: "oh I'm a first responder, I take care of patients, we run everything, doctors know nothing, nurses day, coffee mugs that say nurses are the best, etc." I don't buy any of that.

Watch. Medical quality is going to decrease over the years. Physicians have allowed the medical profession to be overrun by these unionized nurses who truly believe they're equal to a doctor. If you want to be a doctor, go to medical school. If I want to be a plumber, I'm not going to watch youtube, I'm going to school, apprenticeship, etc. We have nurses giving general anesthesia! WTF! Pretty soon the only MDs left will be surgeons and even then it'll be a nurse someday.
I worked in an MNA hospital for 10 years. The MNA is poison. And incredibly hostile.
 
I can't believe I'm reading an NES let's all shit on nurses thread. [thinking] I believe now I've seen it all. [hmmm]

EDIT: Are we adding nurses to the NES boycotts list? 😷
They have been on the marriage boycott lost for a while and this is not the first theead about it.

They are definitely not on the fun boycott list.
 
Never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever

date a nurse
they're the most obnoxious self promoting people on the planet. 90% of them walk around with this ridiculous hero mentality and most of the ones I know think they're smarter than doctors. My wife's sister in law is a nurse and she has been absolutely insufferable with her never ending, unsolicited covid-19 advice.

Certainly, the work they do is critically important and it's no easy job, so not to take anything away from them, but I've never met anyone in any other profession that is so obsessed with constantly reminding the world how special and amazing they are.
 
A lot of nurse bashing here. Holy crap!! I’ve seen some great nurses in my day and I give much respect to them. I guess that’s what it has come to these days in this crazy world. I agree that one chick at Cumbys was a tool but you can’t bash the whole profession.
Yeah, and it’s almost that time of year!

 
Sorry to hear the hate. Most of the anesthesia is the US (and almost all the anesthesia in the military) is administered by CRNAs. It’s been like this forever. Same outcomes, less cost. Plenty of terrible nurses out there, but there are lots of equally incompetent MDs. I would suggest an open mind and a look at the outcome studies.
I agree that there are bad docs out there too, but if I'm put under general anesthesia, it's going to be by a medical doctor, not a nurse. Period. I don't care what the studies are. Anesthesia is medicine, not nursing.
 
they're the most obnoxious self promoting people on the planet. 90% of them walk around with this ridiculous hero mentality and most of the ones I know think they're smarter than doctors. My wife's sister in law is a nurse and she has been absolutely insufferable with her never ending, unsolicited covid-19 advice.

Certainly, the work they do is critically important and it's no easy job, so not to take anything away from them, but I've never met anyone in any other profession that is so obsessed with constantly reminding the world how special and amazing they are.
Dude you obviously haven’t met many Corrections Officers or Firemen for that matter. Lol
 
I agree that there are bad docs out there too, but if I'm put under general anesthesia, it's going to be by a medical doctor, not a nurse. Period. I don't care what the studies are. Anesthesia is medicine, not nursing.
Ok, whatever you say, Doctor.
 
Dude you obviously haven’t met many Corrections Officers or Firemen for that matter. Lol

I’m still going w teachers as the most self absorbed, entitled, complainers. <edit> particularly when you compare their hours and time off to those of nurses, cops other first responders who have all continued to work during COVID
 
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I agree that there are bad docs out there too, but if I'm put under general anesthesia, it's going to be by a medical doctor, not a nurse. Period. I don't care what the studies are. Anesthesia is medicine, not nursing.

Pretty much every hospital in MA uses CRNAs. But, at some of the teaching hospitals, they also use trainees, so you could get request a resident and that would satisfy your “MD” requirement. Obviously, most people “in the know” request the opposite (no residents please).

Of course all the first anesthesia providers were nurses. It’s always been that way. These days, we are highly trained specialistA, but to declare anesthesia the domain of MDs ignores the entire history of the specialty.
 
Went out to dinner tonight. Had a young server, sweet kid, did everything right and then some, best service I have had in a while. When she brought the check I asked her how long she had been out of work (over 3 mos) and how things were going. She said it’s nice to be back. I told her that her service was outstanding. She said that was so nice to hear since so many people seem to be complaining since they opened back up. I told her I’d have said the same thing before COVID, that it was the best service we had in a while. She got a little teary eyed and said she was touched. I asked if she has been doing any other work or anything else in the meantime. She said she was in nursing school and all I could think about were all the nurse bashing on here.

I gave her a $50 tip on a $109 bill. Now I wish I left more. Was a nice experience, I hope for her too.
 
here's how it works critter. The nurses come into the field all young, fit, idealistic and full of energy. The job itself is harder and more tiring than most people could imagine. No hospital has adequate staffing in terms of good patient care. Soon they burn out. They realize their career choice sucks, people suck, hospital managers suck, dealing with the state, licenses, and CEU's sucks, generally life just sucks. There goes the diet and fitness regimen.
I agree with G Port 100%. It takes about three to five years on average, before you realize you made a huge career choice mistake, just like police and fire.
There was a set of twins, new grads, that were so big, only one of the cheeks of their ass could fit in /on the chair of the desk while in school. I have no idea how they were able to float their left cheek for so long. Their left thigh had to be extremely strong. The diameter of that sucker was as wide as a three thousand year old giant sequoia in itself!
Just like any other job, nurses come in all shapes and sizes.
With all the cakes, cookies, donuts, candy (chocolate), and pizza being brought in all the time and not being able to have more than five minutes on average to eat, what do you think is going to happen over time. You either gain thirty plus pounds from eating junk and stress eating or you lose at least thirty pounds from the constant running around, stress, and not eating the junk.
There is a choice, it's all up to you. You either make it or break it!
 
here's how it works critter. The nurses come into the field all young, fit, idealistic and full of energy. The job itself is harder and more tiring than most people could imagine. No hospital has adequate staffing in terms of good patient care. Soon they burn out. They realize their career choice sucks, people suck, hospital managers suck, dealing with the state, licenses, and CEU's sucks, generally life just sucks. There goes the diet and fitness regimen.
Plus the hours! 24/7 365 days a year. Working Graveyard shift, different days on /off every week, drinking coffee all night, eating crap food from vending machines, sleep during the day,Burn out occurs rapidly. The pounds start piling on.
 
It's a split between late boomers and early GenXers. Early boomers didn't go for that crap. As an early GenXer parent, I was the @sshole (to some) for not subscribing to the 'everyone is a winner' mentality. Actually in our community the conservative realists slightly outnumbered the liberal idealists and at one point ousted most of the school board when they were caught staging secret meetings (sans the known conservatives and independants) to force liberal agendas into the school system.
Speaking as a late boomer parent, my kids collected a lot of trophies. There were no participation awards then. Football, baseball, and karate trophies were earned by playing hard and excelling. Trophies, ribbons, and belts were something to be proud of. I've still got them boxed up in the attic, the grandkids will be amazed.
 
Unless they are at a nurse unionized hospital in which case sorry doc can’t do that about to go on my union protected 15 min break. Sorry doc got union protected lunch break. Sorry doc can’t discharge that patient, Im off shift in 45 minutes and can’t stay a second longer and I can’t print papers and hand them to a patient and pull an IV so that will have to wait for the next shift.

This is so much BS! My wife works at a union hospital. 15 minute break - never. Lunch - sometimes not until 4 PM after starting 7 AM. Often has to stay late to discharge or admit a new patient. So, stop talking out your ass
 
I’m still going w teachers as the most self absorbed, entitled, complainers. <edit> particularly when you compare their hours and time off to those of nurses, cops other first responders who have all continued to work during COVID
I've got a neighbor who's daughter is a daycare assistant. When asked what she does for a living she puffs up her feathers and says "I am a teacher" in the most pretentious way. Ick.
 
Speaking as a late boomer parent, my kids collected a lot of trophies. There were no participation awards then. Football, baseball, and karate trophies were earned by playing hard and excelling. Trophies, ribbons, and belts were something to be proud of. I've still got them boxed up in the attic, the grandkids will be amazed.

[thumbsup] Good parenting!

I think we might have been in the minority in many parts of the country. My kids and I may disagree over some key issues, but both of them are wired to work hard and excel in order to get ahead. Both played organized sports and have been on championship teams at some point in time, both are Eagle Scouts, and one became a relatively high level violin player despite starting as a sophomore in high school. That one has a almost scary sense of drive and has been maintaining straight A's in college the last few semesters. The other is very active as a volunteer and has been student senate president at his university. Now if I can just get them to pick up their crap and do dishes when they are home...
 
Lol why the f*** would someone want a discount at cumbys? You have to be a skinflint a**h*** of the highest order... its f***ing $1.05 or some shit. [rofl]
I remember when you could get a cup of coffee for a dime*... with refills.

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*Chuck's Superette Lowell. Until he died...
 
Nurse knows enough tricks to help you feel better if you're sick. But will never let you forget it.

Teacher will think because you arent a teacher, they know the subject better. Even if they're wrong

Pros for both are mostly stable jobs and hopefully some smarts

I'd pick nurse
No experience with a nurse, but dated a teacher years ago and she was absolutely off the reservation crazy.
Would pick a nurse mainly because they are out of the house more often :p
think about it, imagine living with a teacher and seeing that SOB stay home on every holiday, snow day, and summer? I’d go nuts and tell her to get a dam job..
 
This thread is giving me flashbacks to when I worked at Dunks in HS and the seniors would flip out if you didn't give them their "senior discount" on a $1.99 small coffee.
 
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