You know what I love? I LOVE putting a superior acting,

[Midlodemocrat]

blowhard in their place.

Last night, I was at a post prom meeting and there is this woman who is just insufferable on the committee. She's a pharmacist, but tells everyone she's a doctor. :eyes: She is just so annoying you just want to kill her.

Well, she and several other parents kind of strong armed a good friend of mine into letting them use her wedding facility for a Christmas party for free. So, last night, as I was going through the list of donations we've received, I get to my friend's company and they've donated $100. She starts to giggle and says "Gee, *I* got them to donate the facility"

Well. She has just finished working on my last nerve and I said "Not really, you strong armed her into it and were so rude about it, she was reluctant to say no".

She got beet red. It was SOOOO sweet.

This is the same woman who at a birthday part at said location, when another good friend of ours had a massive stroke, told the paramedics that 'he was in a diabetic coma'. They took her at her word that she was a doctor and my friend was unable to get tPA.

If it had been me, I would have sued her into oblivion.

And, I have to say, I think it is appalling that as a pharmacist, she didn't recognize a stroke. I think a great many lay people would.

:rant:

[graywarrior]

1. Grrrr. Sometimes educated people are the absolute most ignorant.

[unpossibles]

2. good for you

and to the above poster, I don't see this as a problem with education, but a problem with someone who is a jerk.

[sammythecat]

3. She's a pharmacist

and identified herself as a doctor to the paramedics!! And then gave a diagnosis!!

Outrageous is too small a word.

This woman has a problem and should see a real doctor. A doctor squared. A psychiatrist.

[Midlodemocrat]

11. Ha. That would be ME!!!

No, kidding. I'm a psychologist. Seriously.

She is nuckin' futz.

[ohiosmith]

4. You know. Some day, and that day may come sooner than you think, you are going to

get in someone's grill and they are gonna bust a cap in your posterior.

[ScreamingMeemie]

5. Midlo, you need to report her to the board.

It is against most licensing boards to misrepresent oneself, and doubly bad if one is licensed as something other than what they claim. Heavy fines and, in some states, it's a crime. Get her off your back for good.

[Shakespeare]

6. I was just about to post that.

She needs her license yanked IMMEDIATELY.

[LeftyMom]

10. That's what I was going to say.

This woman is a menace, and her willingness to assert medical expertise she doesn't actually have could have killed the stroke victim. If nothing else, her professional board should bring her up short and keep that from ever happening again.

[NC_Nurse]

7. She is WAY off base offering a diagnosis in an emergency.

I wouldn't do that, and I bet I've assessed a lot more patients than she EVER will.

She should be reported for that sh*t.

[KitchenWitch]

8. Nothing like practicing medicine without a Medical Doctor's license!

x(

[huskerlaw]

9. Report her.

http://www.dhp.state.va.us/Enforcement/complaints.htm

I couldn't find anything specifically in the regulation of pharmacists, but from the Code of Virginia (http://www.dhp.state.va.us/medicine/medicine_laws_regs.htm):

§ 54.1-2902. Unlawful to practice without license.
It shall be unlawful for any person to practice medicine, osteopathic medicine, chiropractic, podiatry, or as a physician's or podiatrist's assistant in the Commonwealth without a valid unrevoked license issued by the Board of Medicine.
(Code 1950, § 54-274; 1950, p. 98; 1958, c. 161; 1962, c. 127; 1966, c. 657; 1970, c. 69; 1973, cc. 105, 514, 529; 1975, c. 508; 1976, c. 15; 1980, c. 157; 1982, c. 220; 1985, cc. 303, 347; 1986, c. 377; 1988, c. 765; 1996, cc. 937, 980; 2000, c. 688.)

§ 54.1-2903. What constitutes practice.
Any person shall be regarded as practicing the healing arts who actually engages in such practice as defined in this chapter, or who opens an office for such purpose, or who advertises or announces to the public in any manner a readiness to practice or who uses in connection with his name the words or letters "Doctor," "Dr.," "M.D.," "D.O.," "D.P.M.," "D.C.," "Healer," or any other title, word, letter or designation intending to designate or imply that he is a practitioner of the healing arts or that he is able to heal, cure or relieve those suffering from any injury, deformity or disease. No person regulated under this chapter shall use the title "Doctor" or the abbreviation "Dr." in writing or in advertising in connection with his practice unless he simultaneously uses a clarifying title, initials, abbreviation or designation or language that identifies the type of practice for which he is licensed.

[Midlodemocrat]

12. I know, and thank you for that. I've seen it.

Here's the issue. EVERYONE in the community now knows that she is NOT an MD, thanks mostly to yours truly.

She WILL go to jail if I report her and she has four kids. So, I've just been pushing her buttons to let her know that I know. IOW, STFU I'm not a doctor, but I play one on tv.

At the last Post Prom meeting, we were talking about the first aid station, which is really just bandaids and such (at least so far) and I was joking that my OB nurse friend who was helping could really come in handy if a girl gave birth in the bathroom. (I know, a little black humor)

Anyway, this chick pipes up, "I'm a doctor, too". Me: "Really, I thought you were a pharmacist, are you a Pharm.D? Because that designation came about to differentiate physicians from pharmacists."

Her: Dead Silence.

Me: "You know, I have a doctorate in psychology, but I would NEVER mislead people into thinking I was a medical doctor. It happens to be a crime. And, frankly, every lawyer in the country could claim the same because of their level of education".

:rofl:

I am so not getting an invite to her Christmas Party.

[huskerlaw]

13. She's nuts.

Seriously. My parents are pharmacists and, while they like to joke that they know more than some doctors (unfortunately it's not always a joke), they obviously would never claim to be one.

I'm glad you're "outing" her. But if she ever pulls that shit around people who don't know any better (like the paramedics), she could quite literally kill someone. I understand not wanting to send her to jail, but I do think the state pharmacy board needs to know about it.

[ScreamingMeemie]

14. I hate to say it but I don't care. She should go to jail.

If it were my family member that she "diagnosed", she would be in jail.

I turn in Real Estate agents who are parents all the time. It's wrong.

[Midlodemocrat]

15. I know. I have decided to report her to the pharmacy board.

She needs to get a major slap on the wrist if nothing else. Thanks, Mrs. G!

[ScreamingMeemie]

16. You're awesome!

:yourock: