The Pathologist Goes to Therapy

We all need a Tabitha

[maximumovermuslim]

I love how the healthiest specialties are the ones that don't deal with human adults 😆

[adammonk]

"Tabitha is reliable, she listens, I can trust her. Do you know any humans like that?"

Yes we do, his name is Jonathan 🙌

[grumbles]

I had a friend in high school whose dad was a pathologist. I asked him one day how he came into that career. He said "Well medicine was a career change for me. I was working in a job where I was by myself in a basement all day every day and I said 'I don't want to work like this anymore, I want to interact with people, I want to help people, change people's lives. Decided to become a doctor. Finished med school. And then, uhh, I kinda somehow settled into pathology and well, now I work by myself in a basement all day every day..."

[adrielisaacs]

Pathology needs all the therapy sessions. I did find it weird that he has such a happy demeanor. Tabitha caught me off guard.

[blarue]

I don't know why, but I really like that Tabitha is gluten-free. It really adds to her character somehow

[seeyouchump]

Pathology is the only speciality where patients never complain

[elainal]

my husband has been working alone in a diagnostic lab with centrifuges for 12 years. In this past year, he now has a lab with a dozen PhDs grads and undergrads in it. He hasn't quite figured out eye contact yet.

[Brzeczyszczykiewicz_Greg]

When Lucy heard about the psychiatist saying she is not human, that really hurt her. Lucy is my cryostat.

[SpartacusSF]

As a pathologist, I approve of this message.

[beartrapcat]

Lol I have a pretty toxic relationship with some of my lab equipment. Never thought to take it to therapy. Might do some good

[ceyrai]

This is way too accurate. We're just happy lil introverts perfectly content hidden away in the lab until office hours end. We like to teach things that come up in clinician boards but never again for the rest of their career. And live patients exhaust us. Dead ones are quieter.

[steffinistalos]

As a clinical pathologist, I know it’s totally true that we name our lab equipment. Different instruments have their own personalities, that’s for sure. Now, where’s Bert and Ernie…

[hoorulain]

And now we need a day in the life of a pathologist to see how he greets Tabitha every morning

[richardbeckenbaugh]

I used to work in a laboratory doing forensic metallurgy and this is spot on. Every piece of equipment had a name and personality. Gina and Jennifer were my favorites.

[JackdawWatcher]

“Tabitha is reliable, she listens, I can trust her. Do you know any humans like that?”
I was fully expecting Jonathan to come up in that conversation lol

[WordyGirl]

Look, there's nothing wrong with talking to Tabitha.

There's only cause for some concern if Tabitha *talks back.*

[mrsnufflegums]

Oh do psychiatry next that'd be hilarious. "Psychiatry, have you considered not wearing houndstooth or tweed?" "No?"

[waterunderthebridge]

Lab equipment will never betray the trust vested in them (if they don’t suddenly need a repair that is… or a bulb change… or just suddenly stop working because the developers came back from the dead for a quick second to produce a pay-walled software update that somehow is now absolutely necessary after years of perfectly fine work)

[The_Kentuckian]

Take a moment to appreciate the arts & crafts work that went into Tabitha.

[Celastrous]

I heard from the janitor that Pathology is having an affair with Sarah the centrifuge. Tabitha is going to be broken when she finds out. They're not exactly discreet... Sarah is very loud when he takes her for a spin.



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