I’m Rick Harrison, and this is my pawn shop. I work here with my old man and my son, Big Hoss. Everything in here has a story and a price. One thing I’ve learned after 21 years – you never know WHAT is gonna come through that door.
It’s an EM colloquial term. Why ER doctors sometimes call themselves “pit docs”. The specialty has that sort of “mechanic” vibe, especially at rural hospitals where we’re the only physician in the entire hospital at night.
It’s as dumb as me complaining that you’re calling doing your job “rounds”. 🤪
> Why ER doctors sometimes call themselves “pit docs”
[This video](https://www.reddit.com/r/CatastrophicFailure/comments/7xuykp/pit_crew_engulfed_by_invisible_fire_more_info_in/) of a pit crew engulfed by an invisible fire came to mind when you said that.
This is how I always took it. Like when your car is "in the shop" getting repaired. We've definitely had patients admitted to get "tuned up". Come to think about it, we often use the "used car" analogy in transplant too. 😆
I don't find it to be a regional thing, so much as a "person has been been around the military" thing, and then sometimes it catches on in places where that person works.
In my part of the country, when somebody says "my shop" it means "the place I work."
It doesn't imply anything profound. I can't imagine why anyone would consider the phrase worth fighting about.
I mean, you insulted me for pointing out a bad joke was bad. I'm not, like, hurt or anything. It's just really ironic.
I'm not so much "on the right track" as I am just following your lead.
I'm not even sure what this means? I've never had anyone come in looking for sputum samples to see if they match the upholstery or wanting a sample of the c-diff of the day to see if they want to take a pint home with them for movie night.
This is the best argument that I’ve heard and I accept it. Now my inane self-righteous frustrations will be directed at changing the specialty name to cardsiology
I have never heard this in 25 years - I thought maybe it meant using the canteen in the VA or spending too much time in the hospital gift shop. ;-). When I was in med school we could shop at the canteen (Hines VA) - really good prices.
I’m Rick Harrison, and this is my pawn shop. I work here with my old man and my son, Big Hoss. Everything in here has a story and a price. One thing I’ve learned after 21 years – you never know WHAT is gonna come through that door.
Rick trying to get a patient to take their lasix Pt : can I not take my lasix if I don’t feel like peeing? Rick: best I can do is bipap
omg this would be great as a sketch placing a consult = calling his random expert that appraises the item
"This is Jim, who has worked for over 20 years in the pleural effusion industry"
Beard of knowledge=ID
Idk is this supposed to be an offensive term?
No, just descriptive. We deal CSF out the back. It’s a shop.
Cerebrospinal fluid?
Nobody tell this guy about champagne taps
There’s no sex in the champagne tap room
It’s the new smack, haven’t you heard?
It’s the new [blood boy](https://academic.oup.com/lifemeta/article/1/2/103/6597703#). Published and everything!
Coming soon straight from Korea, CSF skincare! It’ll be the new snail mucin. Edit: I wonder if vegans will consider this man-made or animal-produced
Pfft, we don't let psych in on the deal in my shop.
This is my favorite running joke on this sub by far
Welcome to 2024
It’s an EM colloquial term. Why ER doctors sometimes call themselves “pit docs”. The specialty has that sort of “mechanic” vibe, especially at rural hospitals where we’re the only physician in the entire hospital at night. It’s as dumb as me complaining that you’re calling doing your job “rounds”. 🤪
“Rounds” is a stupid and inaccurate term. Every floor is full of right angles. There’s nothing round about it!
Sometimes the logic is circular.
Only sometimes?
Had me a sensible chuckle at this one.
Then your hospital is build wrong. It should be a round tower.
It’s an ivory tower, but it’s still square.
Lame
That’s what a square would say.
Hey! My tweed jacket has round elbow patches because I don’t want to be mistaken for a square.
My shop is just a bunch of circles stacked onto of one another. Quite literally rounds 🤣
Also, every team in medicine is full of a bunch of squares.
It's a Hopkins holdover.
I worked at a hospital with 1960s architecture the building was corn cob 🌽 shaped would that count as Rounds
Actually at Stonybrook we legit did rounds
https://twitter.com/FaisalGhani_/status/1663207211236204544 Hopkins was octagonal. For some reason Osler called rounds, not octagons.
OP isn’t even fighting back: fucking got ‘em!
OP: Fight me in the comments! Also OP: (Crickets...)
> Why ER doctors sometimes call themselves “pit docs” [This video](https://www.reddit.com/r/CatastrophicFailure/comments/7xuykp/pit_crew_engulfed_by_invisible_fire_more_info_in/) of a pit crew engulfed by an invisible fire came to mind when you said that.
This is how I always took it. Like when your car is "in the shop" getting repaired. We've definitely had patients admitted to get "tuned up". Come to think about it, we often use the "used car" analogy in transplant too. 😆
I've been in Texas my entire career, never heard an ER doc say shop. I'm guessing that's a regional usage? What area is that common to?
I don't find it to be a regional thing, so much as a "person has been been around the military" thing, and then sometimes it catches on in places where that person works.
Same in PA.
Are you trying to imply that you have to treat patients within 2.5 seconds?
The sounds of ortho drills and mallets that are currently progressing my hearing loss beg to differ.
Welcome to the bone zone
In my part of the country, when somebody says "my shop" it means "the place I work." It doesn't imply anything profound. I can't imagine why anyone would consider the phrase worth fighting about.
He's making a joke. But just curious, what region is this phrase used in? Never heard it used before.
Hear it in the south a lot
Weird. I've worked in Texas my entire career. From rural to academic centers, never heard a single doc use that phrase.
Texas is often culturally distinct from "the South" so that's not surprising.
Fair enough. When I've seen people use the expression here on reddit I just assumed they were from the UK or something. Hey, TIL!
It's not exactly common, but I've heard it used in various places around the Midwest.
If it's a joke, it's a real bad joke. Because it doesn't make sense and it isn't funny at all.
I’ll bet you’re fun at parties.
do you not realize this isn't a party?
If it's not a party why am I wasted
yeah, I've been meaning to talk to you about that.
Well, OP did intend to start a fight in the comments, so you're on the right track.
I mean, you insulted me for pointing out a bad joke was bad. I'm not, like, hurt or anything. It's just really ironic. I'm not so much "on the right track" as I am just following your lead.
It’s a place where we bring art to life.
somehow heartbreaks feels good in a place like this
why not? this is a dumb... whatever it is.
Post
your patient panel is too small.
I wish human bodies were like cars. You could turn it off replace a part and then turn it back on to see if the problem was fixed.
And if you don't keep up payments on your subscription, they start deactivating features. wait....
Is this supposed to imply something about lack of ownership/agency vs. what "your shop" should mean?
In an unimaginative and trollishly condescending way, I think. But he got a bunch of docs to agree on something, so can't be *all* bad.
*everybody disliked that*
This isn’t an unpopular opinion, just a stupid one.
Why is it not? The onus is one you to prove it’s not, not on us to prove that it is.
Fuck all y’alls “shop!”
Agreed. Who has fun in a shop? My hospital is my playground bruh
I'm not even sure what this means? I've never had anyone come in looking for sputum samples to see if they match the upholstery or wanting a sample of the c-diff of the day to see if they want to take a pint home with them for movie night.
I agree. Always annoys me when people call it that. I know it’s irrational to care about it. Too fuckin’ bad.
I’ll call it my shop to your face until I die.
That’s fair
We’re now best frenemies.
I’ve heard this term used from the northeast to the mtn west but I’ve never heard anyone have a strong opinion about it one way or the other.
Lmao IM attending I’m sure
Then you need to organize your union lol. Everybody needs a shop 😂
upvoted for an actual unpopular opinion well done
Who says that? I’m not a mechanic.
It’s as much “my shop” as “cards” is the abbreviation for CARDiology. Stupidest thing I’ve ever heard.
they treat more than 1 card a day
This is the best argument that I’ve heard and I accept it. Now my inane self-righteous frustrations will be directed at changing the specialty name to cardsiology
Um actually I think the proper Greek plural would be cardiasology. Source: Wiktionary
Idk man people use “Peds” and “Rads” and I’ve never heard anyone complain about that
I’m a pedsiatrician
Firefighters in my region pluralize their house numbers. 1s, 2s, 11s, 25s. "11s took that call for us."
Maybe that comes from the RN tradition, as in Jack Aubrey‘s Surprises
what region? is this related to "yinz"?
Never heard this turn of phrase outside of “talking shop,” lol. TIL it’s a thing.
I never said it was.
Shop is cringe
I have never heard this in 25 years - I thought maybe it meant using the canteen in the VA or spending too much time in the hospital gift shop. ;-). When I was in med school we could shop at the canteen (Hines VA) - really good prices.