Ways to annoy your PTA.

[Jason Rimbaud]

12 minutes ago, CassieQ said:

As long as you show up on time, I'm fine with this.  

Change of tactics, show up twenty minutes early and then text @CassieQ every minute that you are on time and ready for rehab. Plus sending photos of the whipped cream slowly melting down the rim of the glass making a mess on the floor in the waiting room. 

J

[CassieQ]

1 hour ago, Jason Rimbaud said:

Change of tactics, show up twenty minutes early and then text @CassieQ every minute that you are on time and ready for rehab. Plus sending photos of the whipped cream slowly melting down the rim of the glass making a mess on the floor in the waiting room. 

 

Patients who show up early can start on exercises.  Grab a mat.  

[CassieQ]

Ways to annoy your PTA:  Spend the first several minutes of your appointment staring at the game on your phone when I'm trying to talk to you.

[wildone]

How rude of you to interrupt their game  

[CassieQ]

What patients say vs what they mean:

 

What they say:  I’m going to be a few minutes late.

What they mean:  I haven’t left my house yet.

 

What they say:  I’m going to be 5-10 minutes late.

What they mean:  I’m going to be at least 15-20 minutes late and demand a full treatment.

 

What they say:  I do my exercises sometimes, but they don’t help.

What they mean:  I only exercise when my pain starts to get bad.

 

What they say:  You don’t look old enough to have been working here X number of years.

What they mean:  How old are you??

 

What they say:  I can come in anytime, I’m wide open.

What they mean:  I’m going to be an absolute nightmare to schedule.

[Inkognito]

Damn. Dealing with PTA-tients sounds like a real PTA.

I don't have any patients myself.

Guess that's why I'm not a doctor.

At least you didn't become a proctologist though.

They really have to put up with people's shit.

Meanwhile dermatologists are stuck making rash decisions, neurologists are getting on everyone's nerves, and cardiologists just don't have the heart for it anymore.

I know, I know.

I shouldn't be cracking jokes when I'm not a licensed chiropractor.

I'm not an optometrist either, but I'll go ahead and see myself out.

[CassieQ]

Way to make a first impression with your PTA:

Show up late

Say you haven't done any of your exercises because it's been too busy.

Wear inappropriate clothing.

Complain, twice, that I'm not giving you new exercises.

 

[Jason Rimbaud]

Ways to annoy GA readers...not post ways to annoy your PTA for over two weeks. We...I missed your updates. Always make me smile. 

[CassieQ]

7 hours ago, Jason Rimbaud said:

Ways to annoy GA readers...not post ways to annoy your PTA for over two weeks. We...I missed your updates. Always make me smile. 

I was traveling and patients were behaving.  I'll try to do better.  

[CassieQ]

Ways to annoy your PTA:  I don't preach to my patients about smoking, they already know it's bad for them.  But lighting up in the parking lot, then coming in reeking of smoke when you know someone's going to have to be working on close proximity...just please don't.  (Yes, I did see you).  

[Jason Rimbaud]

They should vape, than at least they'll smell of Fruity Gummy Worms. And yes, that's a real flavor.

[CassieQ]

5 minutes ago, Jason Rimbaud said:

They should vape, than at least they'll smell of Fruity Gummy Worms. And yes, that's a real flavor.

I'm not sure about vapes, but I can tell when they smoke cigarettes or weed.  

[Jason Rimbaud]

25 minutes ago, CassieQ said:

I'm not sure about vapes, but I can tell when they smoke cigarettes or weed.  

I don't mind the smell of cigarettes though I quit ten years ago. But I absolutely hate the smell of weed and San Francisco, collectively, is always high. 

[wildone]

2 hours ago, Jason Rimbaud said:

I don't mind the smell of cigarettes though I quit ten years ago. But I absolutely hate the smell of weed and San Francisco, collectively, is always high. 

I had to reread that, I thought in addition to the smell of weed, you hated the overall smell of San Francisco as well

Up here, in legal weed land, I hate when I get on the elevator and someone who's clothes and body stink like weed were just on it. Take a shower and wash your clothes, especially your jacket, people!!

I cannot imagine Cassie having to work with someone freshly smoked up. Well, any health professional  

 

[Jason Rimbaud]

10 minutes ago, wildone said:

I had to reread that, I thought in addition to the smell of weed, you hated the overall smell of San Francisco as well

 

Our streets do have more feces and urine on them than any truckstop bathroom. Its a gross city. I think the only way people can live here is to be high. 

And you're right, poor cassie breathing in breath from a freshly smoked cigarette would be really gross. Don't they know who she is? They are braver than I am, I wouldn't want to piss her off.

[CassieQ]

Ways to annoy your PTA (name edition)

Non annoying names to use to address me:

-My first name

-Ma'am. ( I live in the South and it's good manners)

Highly annoying names I have heard used to address me while at work:

-Dear

-Sweetheart 

-Honey/Hon

-Sunshine

-That girl, the one with the red hair and glasses 

[ReaderPaul]

3 hours ago, CassieQ said:

Ways to annoy your PTA (name edition)
Non annoying names to use to address me:
-My first name
-Ma'am. ( I live in the South and it's good manners)
Highly annoying names I have heard used to address me while at work:
-Dear
-Sweetheart 
-Honey/Hon
-Sunshine
-That girl, the one with the red hair and glasses 

What about Lady or Miss?  Or would that depend on tone used?

[CassieQ]

6 minutes ago, ReaderPaul said:

What about Lady or Miss?  Or would that depend on tone used?

Miss would probably be fine, but Lady just sounds weird.  I've always used sir or ma'am if I don't know someone's name, but my coworker from Pennsylvania said it's considered rude up there.  

[Inkognito]

8 hours ago, CassieQ said:

Ways to annoy your PTA (name edition)

Non annoying names to use to address me:

-My first name

-Ma'am. ( I live in the South and it's good manners)

Highly annoying names I have heard used to address me while at work:

-Dear

-Sweetheart 

-Honey/Hon

-Sunshine

-That girl, the one with the red hair and glasses 

Funny enough, my old office manager used to say the same thing. I worked in construction admin, and she hated when the guys used pet names. I didn’t mind, honestly. I actually kind of liked it.

From what I’ve seen, thinner women seem to get pet-named a lot more, and I imagine it starts to feel condescending after a while. But having spent most of my life overweight and generally ignored by men, I’ve always appreciated the rare moment of being called “sweetheart” or “hon.”

I remember one superintendent in particular who had recently lost his wife to cancer and turned pretty bitter. He would call me stupid and snap at me over nothing. I just put up with it, maybe because I knew he was grieving. After he left, I’d close my office door and cry for a few minutes, then pull myself together and go on with my day. Meanwhile, he would head straight to my manager’s office and call her pet names and tell her how great she looked that day.

Shrug

So yeah.

Context is everything, I guess.

[Jeff Burton]

I’m gay so I use the “dear” in that way. Anything beyond that seems creepy, and guys in general need to stop being gross.

[CassieQ]

1 hour ago, Jeff Burton said:

I’m gay so I use the “dear” in that way. Anything beyond that seems creepy, and guys in general need to stop being gross.

I can usually shut it down by saying "You can call me Cassie" or "My name is Cassie."  I only had one guy who didn't get it so when he called me dear again, I called him the same thing back.  That did the trick.    

[Ron]

10 hours ago, CassieQ said:

Lady just sounds weird.

This makes me think of Jerry Lewis… “Hey, lady!” in that voice of his.

[Jeff Burton]

16 minutes ago, CassieQ said:

I can usually shut it down by saying "You can call me Cassie" or "My name is Cassie."  I only had one guy who didn't get it so when he called me dear again, I called him the same thing back.  That did the trick.    

Lmfao that’s awesome. Usually I just go by whatever I’m told.

Now when dealing with professionals actually doing their job, that’s how it should work. Especially if that person was trying to help me get to use my arm again like in 2018.

[CassieQ]

13 hours ago, Inkognito said:

 I’ve always appreciated the rare moment of being called “sweetheart” or “hon.”

I'm glad you appreciated it.  I don't.  

13 hours ago, Inkognito said:

I remember one superintendent in particular who had recently lost his wife to cancer and turned pretty bitter. He would call me stupid and snap at me over nothing. I just put up with it, maybe because I knew he was grieving. 

You are also a nicer person than I.  I don't care what he was going through,  speaking to someone you work with like that is unacceptable.   I never call my coworkers or patients stupid, even when they are stomping on my very last nerve.  I just come here to complain instead.  

(I do occasionally call insurance companies dumb though).

Edited November 27, 2025 by CassieQ

[Jason Rimbaud]

On 11/26/2025 at 7:59 PM, CassieQ said:

I can usually shut it down by saying "You can call me Cassie" or "My name is Cassie."  I only had one guy who didn't get it so when he called me dear again, I called him the same thing back.  That did the trick.    

The one I hate, I introduce myself as Joshua. And whomever I'm speaking to calls me Josh. No matter what their name is, I always call them Gaylord immediately. When they look at me funny, I say something along the lines as, since we're making up names for each other, you look like a Gaylord. 

Only a few people earned the right to call me Josh. And it's not you beer salesman. 

This is my full name. X's represent the letters of my name

XXXXXX XXXXX Joshua XXXXX-XXXXXXXXX

Yes, I have two middle names and hyphenated when I got married. My name is wicked long. And I hate my first name, no one calls me that. Most of my friends don't even know what it is.