we get a fair bit of support at work in situations like these ... they are pretty rare tho ... and myself personally havent had to worry too much cos most of the docs i work with are pretty cool just this week tho ... i was working with someone who i do not work often with anyway but when i do its like enough to last for a year say ... anyway tues just gone he came in throwing orders round left right n centre , extremely demanding , rude n plain ignorant ... i was seeing red as there were a number of visitors in the room including reps and a student who was working with me .. he was basically making me look like an absolute idiot for standing there putting up with it i think ... so had to get out or i honestly believe i would have come out with a mouth full of colourful language or worse decked the animal .. i just about lost it in my bosses office n was replaced with sum other nurse ... cos i simply wont put up with that kind of pathetic behaviour even writing bout this now makes me wanna go track him down n slap him stupid ... anyway , he was left surprised n feeling rather foolish when the replacement went down and he even suggested he find me to apologise ... he was advised not to ... as he may not like to hear wot i have to say or wot i might do felt better for it ... leaving the situation ... tho , i have to wonder ... how i will react to his apology when it does come ... next week prolly cos hes not in much ... mm id rather he didnt bother at all ... and i hope i dont have to work with him again .. spose its reassuring tho to kno we dont have to work like that ... on most other days i prob could have let it go over my head but for wotever reason that day i couldnt do it ... so very few of them do this to ppl ... it makes me wonder why there r some who do ... it certainly screws up ones day .. and its totally not necessary nother occassion i was asked to report a senior surgeon ... he foned while preparing for an emergency case ... i told him the surgeon couldnt come to the fone n asked if hed like to leave him a message ... i was asked to pass on the message ... ' well tell him i said to f*** off ' .... first time ive ever had to relay such a message at the start of a case ... obviously turned heads in the room that day... this guy tho got reprimanded apparently ... never heard a peep outta him again myself ... but apparently he still is a pig on numerous occassions ... in hindsight ... was actually funny watching the reaction to that one ... at the time tho i spose i was surprised n just thought how unprofessional