|eviction notice|

while pathology residents don't generally take in-house call, we do have the privilege of having our own call room.  we do take call for a week at a time, sometimes.  and, sometimes, we're just better off taking call in-house, rather than going home.

 

well, i've been scoping out various places to pump, since the offices that i have been using are occassionally occupied.  and one will be continuously occupied starting in november.  so, i thought i would scope out our rarely-used call room.  (i have only used it once, before.)

 

i key in...  someone is sleeping in my bed, and there he is!

 

turns out, every pathology resident had the key to the pediatric department's call room.  not knowing this, i rudely awakened a post-call intern and tried to give him the boot.  he didn't budge and said that my room was across the hall.  turns out, he was right.

 

two days later, i obtained the correct key to the correct call room...  i key in, and someone has been sleeping in my bed!

 

the closet is full of changes of clothing and shoes, clean white coats bearing the name of some surgery resident, and plenty of personal hygeine products.  oh yeah, and a bag of microwave popcorn.  it looks like this guy has gotten pretty darned comfortable.  he might have been living in there for years, for all we know!  no path resident has even had a key for that room in years!

 

unfortunately, his free ride is over.  soon, there will be three path residents looking for a place to pump.  i suspect that the call room will be reclaimed by our department, and the locks changed.  i just wonder who is going to tell him!

 

one fellowship application is out!  working on the second one...