Oh Lordy...sm

• Now I am angry - whatthe heck?
  • for clarification - what the heck
    • That is when you either call for a nurse to come in and - LP
      • True. Just as I refuse to deal with cust. service - cant understand, even more important with dr.
  • That is messed up! - blondie
    • As pointed out below, maybe Dr was not ESL - but the pt was. nm
      • OP SAID the patient was not ESL, the doc was. READ. - duh
  • Do you know why you are irritated? - Scribbles
    • No matter - blondie
  • I imagine it was equally irritating for the patient. nmx - R
  • I transcribe several reports a week where that - CT
    • If the ESL doctor cannot understand English enough to get a history..sm - passing thru
    • It is not the Dr fault he doesnt understand - English and pt should bring translator?? Are U
      • nuts? Are you suggesting we need have - tanslators with us whevere we go in case
        • My post was referring to a patient who does not - CT
          • True. But as MT so used to the ESL being dr, - did think about pt could be ESL. Hazard of job.
        • person we are paying for a service doesnt - bother to learn the language???!!! nm
          • Oh for pity's sake - Scribbles
            • I someone chooses to come to the US to live there must a reason...sm - passing thru
              • Sorry, that should be "If someone". nm - passing thru
            • All other countries expect newcomers to learn - their language. Why cant US expect same? nm
              • THANK YOU! - Renee
              • Exactly where are you getting this information? - Scribbles
                • Not only the ESLs - Renee
          • OP does not say who had the language - AM
            • Yes she did! She said she could hear the - Me
    • I think you missed something - - mdlfcrs
  • Oh deary me! I was wondering when it was be the English speaker's fault. nm - Lyndia
  • Oh Lordy...sm - MT Head
    • English - GC
  • She could have been a naturalized - mdlfcrs
    • Dont you think dr would have mentioned that if - that had been the case? nm
      • Why? (nm) - JM
        • He would have mentioned it so it was clear it - was not him that had problem, it was the pt.

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I used to live in Portland and LOVED IT!!!!  I miss it SOOOOOO much.  Moved to Reno and then to Florida and now live in Atlanta.  My favorite places:

Ryans in Morgan's Alley, Jakes Crawfish Restaurant, Louis and Dan's Oytster - Lake Oswego - the Original Pancake House on Barber Boulevard - that club that used to be at the top of the old Georgia Pacific Building (boy did I have some fun times in THAT stair well!  Hahahha)  All the old discos in  Beaverton  - the Red Lion in downtown Portland and trips to Vancouver, Washington and then on into Seattle to Pike's Street Market!!  Farmer's market under the Burnside Bridge - Biff's Seafood Restaurant and The Ringside Restaurant and MY VERY FAVORITE RESTAURANT IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD...........DER RHEINLANDER!!!!!!!!!  Sylvia's Italian Restaurnat and the beuaitul Tudor homes up in the the hills, SW Portland......All those bridges!!!!! My goodness but Portland is ONE BEAUTIFUL CITY.  Myer and Frank and Nordstrom!!! I LONG to go back there!!!!!!  Why I left I'll NEVER know!!!!!

Trips to Lincoln City, Astoria, and all those coastal towns........

Calgon, take me AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!