DISQUS

Anonymous · 1 year ago

Yep, the "hospital across town" has always had free pop. But...yours does in the new tower, right? And food for all the new moms and dads, if I've heard correctly. That pop is free for the taking for all staff, too, by the way. :)

Braden · 1 year ago

Wouldn't work for me... that pop machine doesn't have Mug Root Beer.

The Happy Hospitalist · 1 year ago

I have no idea. I rarely make it over to "the tower" But, I'm sure the satisfaction scores will be through the roof.

Keith · 1 year ago

Happy,

How do you manage to get all those patient raves without a free pop machine? Now that we know your stellar statistics as well it is time to declare you the greatest hospitalist on earth! Not only do you obtain all these kudos, but you do it with one arm tied behind your back.

Anonymous · 1 year ago

It's soda you hillbillies

michele · 1 year ago

I'm still grieving the loss of Mr. Pibb.

Pink · 1 year ago

Seriously, the MO of a pediatric surgeon group I once worked with had free soda and a free merry-go-round (the little kind - 4 seater, like ouside Walmart) in the waiting room. That merry-go-round drove me batshit crazy with the music going full blast for hours upon hours on end.

But you know what? It WORKED. People would wait contentedly (for the most part) in the waiting room for hours when appointments were put off due to emergency appys and whatnot. They loved the doctors too.

chuckr44 · 1 year ago

Free pop would only make the obesity epidemic worse.

Marco · 1 year ago

Offering stuff for free appeals to people's basic instincts, and they run deep...

For awhile, I was doing diabetes research, so I would go to conferences which were attended by both scientists and physicians. With the latter present, the drug companies were out in full force with booths looking like living rooms at Macy's promoting their stuff. They always had oodles of giveaways, much better than at purely scientific meetings. Besides pens and notepads, there were bags, computer trinkets (stick drives), clocks, stress balls, cups, etc. And, you'd have these MD's and nurses all wandering around in a daze filling their bags of cheap stuff...sure, some of it is 'for the kids' but I suspect alot of it goes to waste. These are folks who make good money, and could well afford (better versions of) the giveaways. But, it's that primal attraction of something for FREE...

Marco