re: #151 dangerman

i used to explain you need more certifications and licenses to be a barber than a scuba instructor or service tech (in fact none)

Or yoga instructor, or dietician.

On dieticians: I was once taking an anti-depressant MAOI drug prescribed by the Navy (it was a long slog that wound up having nothing to do with depression, the case was finally resolved after years to be hypothyroidism).

At one point, I was hospitalised in the VA for a surgery that would take a three-week recovery. I distinctly noted I was taking the MAOI and the foods on offer I could not eat. I was accused by the hospital dietician of being picky over my food, and that she knew what she was doing.

I went down to the kitchen on the third night to talk to the night chef to straighten the problem out; he pulled up the VA’s own diet card for people taking MAOI medications and attached it to my meal schedule, to ensure I was fed properly.

The dietician came to my bedside the next day with the hospital ombudsman and an HR person accusing me of trying to undermine her job (I was trying to keep from being poisoned by my meals).

After about a week of this nonsense, the hospital decided they didn’t need that dietician (after I continued to pile on information to the ombudsman from the VA itself about MAOI diets).