Friday, November 7, 2008

Are You Serious?

This is the second post of the "Are You Serious?" series. I have to admit when I stated this series I thought I would have much more blogs to post under this subject...shoot, a lot of people do a lot of stupid things that cause me to say to myself "are you serious?"

Well, have I got one for you. I have a class mate who is about 30 years old and originally from Colorado. I don't want to name names in case he may bump into this blog in the future. So I will call him RC.

RC dresses nice, is not a bad looking fellow, and seems to have an alright personality. He is not the brightest chap but he's not stupid either. All in all, RC is a good guy. However, RC has a serious hygiene problem. He blatantly refuses to apply deodorant or antiperspirant to the under portion of his arm pit. He happens to be in my cadaver dissection group and his B.O. is so horrendous that I would rather smell the formaldehyde of the cadaver than his pits.

I should also explain that RC is not absent minded of the issue. He knows he smells and he doesn't care. When he introduced himself to another friend of mine in the class he straight up told my friend that he didn't use deodorant as if he was proud of it. He also openly bragged to the guys in the lockerroom that he wanted to be "the guy" who doesn't ever wash is scrubs from dissection lab. Note: we have lab for three quarters. With three months to a quarter, that is nine months spending 6 hours a week in lab and never washing his scrubs. I wash mine, as does the majority of the class, every week; and the smell still doesn't completely go away.

I'm not sure if RC ever wants to be married or if he ever wants a girlfriend, but if so I guess he has come to the right place. Portland has plenty of hippies just like him. If anyone has any suggestions on how I can get RC to wear deodorant I would greatly appreciate the advice. For crying in the night, I think the cadaver can even smell his B.O.

7 comments:

Nicole W. said...

That is DISGUSTING!.
Steve says "that's when faculty should step in. If this guys gonna be a doctor and that's his attitude toward life...then.....well.."
GROSS!!. Why do some people do totally lame and stupid things just to be different?. Tell him to find some other way to be "unique".....
Oh...and perhaps you and the rest of your lab group could show wearing nose plugs...hopefully he'll get the picture:)

hempr said...

Yea, how is he going to be a DOCTOR?

Metcalf Family said...

Nobody will EVER go to the "Stinky DOctor" trust me I know I had a dentist with bad breath once and NEVER went back. What if he has a patient that is pregnant she will vomit all over him. Does he not wear it because he thinks it causes cancer, I know some people think that. Get him some of that "organic" stuff they sell. I'd honestly have someone tell him he needs to take better care of his hygiene or he will fail as a doctor.. NASTY

M said...

That was a perfect "Are You Serious" post. Hilarious!

Myndi said...

I wish you would give ME advice on this one...I cannot believe how many of my clients smell like poop. If I had an answer to this one I would consider myself the best/most successful therapist of all time. So, if you ever come up with something that works for this guy, please please please pass on the advice.

Molly said...

tell him if he wants to be a successful doctor and make money then to put deodorant on or no patients will come see him.

ben said...

hold the foolio down and put it on for him!