'Sorry, Ma'am. I can't overrule my boss': Entitled patient insists on ignoring supervisor

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Apr 18, 2023 5:00 PM EDT

Imagine making your own doctor visit longer on purpose. Some people get so convinced that they're right that they just turn off their ears and refuse to hear otherwise!

This person shared their story to r/TalesfromRetail, though it does take place at the doctor's office where the OP and their supervisor worked. The OP shared that their supervisor is quite young, which some patients take to mean that she's not actually a supervisor. 

In the comments, people applauded the petty nature of the story, while other shared their own tales of mistaken customers insisting they're right. Then, this guy sent their boss 119 emails, firing one off every few minutes. Why? Because their boss insisted! 

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    Font - 'This woman points at me and goes "I want your boss doing it. Him! You! Show her how to do this"
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    Font - r/Tales From Retail Posted by u/crippled_b "You must be her boss" Short r/ALL A long time ago, in a galaxy far away, I was a young soldier. I loved the army. I wanted to make it my career. I did it for a long time.
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    Font - I got injured. I couldn't do the job I was trained on anymore. So I got out and looked for other jobs. I do medical screening now. I'm older than everyone but two people in the entire building.
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    Font - On to the story. My immediate supervisor is 24. She's fairly young.
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    Font - A person didn't like her vitals and insisted that my boss did them wrong. There was absolutely no way her blood pressure was that high. You don't know what you're doing. That kind of horse st.
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    Font - I came back from a break and this woman points at me and goes "I want your boss doing it. Him! You! Show her how to do this". I said, "Lady, she's my boss"
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    Font - She goes "I don't have time for this. Read my vitals and deal with her after". My boss kind of smiled and I took her seat. I ran vitals again, and got the same result. I said "Well, I got the same result. Unfortunately, I need a supervisor to sign off on a correction(Sort of true, but not really). Let me get my boss".
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    Font - I stood up, and turned to her and said, "Hey, when you get a chance, can you confirm these corrections?" She said "Yeah, I'm going to take a 10 minute break, but as soon as I get back, I'll knock that out." "Sorry, Ma'am. I can't overrule my boss.
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    Font - Eran-of-Arcadia Can't imagine why her blood pressure is so high. 4.3k Share Gregkot All that SALT
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    Font - Gneissisnice What do you mean you're not buying thi... I said, "Lady, she's my boss" She goes "I don't have time for this. Read my vitals and deal with her after". I love that her answer doesn't even match what you said, at all. Like instead of "Lady, she's my boss", she heard "I'm sorry for her incompetence, she is a new employee that we are still training." Some people are just in a different world.
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    Human body - vrncsampson Petty as fk. I love it
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    Font - republican4 On behalf of women in management every where. Thank you
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    Font - You Dont_Party Male nurse here, I have to correct patients multiple times a day that no, I'm not their doctor. The nice lady with the lab coat, the MD behind her name on her coat, and whose name matches the name of the attending physician on your patient information board in front of you is your doctor.
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    Human body - say10unicorn Well done! Seriously envy of the way y'all got to handle this woman.
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    One person disagreed with how the OP acted, saying that the woman was 'scared'

    Font - NicolaiIronfist So a lady comes in and gets a scary medical result and lashes out because she was scared and so you took offense and acted unprofessionally? Also your military career history was irrelevant. -102 Share [deleted] You don't get to lash out and insult people because you get information you don't like. Grow the f up.
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    That may be true, but it doesn't excuse her behavior.

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    This person has a great point --- this isn't a medical issue worth flipping out over

    Font - EmpJustinian As someone who was suspected to have high BP, it's not scary enough to lash out at someone. Honestly her lashing out made it worse.
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