So I had the fortune of ending up with a rather *special* staff physician this rotation. His reputation far far preceded him. As in, when I approach nurses and introduce myself as Saul's new intern, they often spontaneously hug me. Patients in the morning pat my arm and ask me how I'm doing.

His name is Saul but he's more commonly referred to as "the assault," occasionally "salty bastard" and a few other less publishable monikers.

His one redeeming feature is that he's equally horrible to everyone: interns, nurses, patients. Maybe nurses especially, unfortunately, but that's just because he hates anyone who's good at their job.

Luckily he's generally amused by my incompetence so I seem to be spared the worst of it. Well, viva la education. . .