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		yhoneycomb on Nov 6, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why doctors hate their computers Your story makes it sound like he was dumb. He was probably being polite.

rbanffy on Nov 6, 2018 | [–]

He was given a placebo and reported an improvement. I can live with that explanation.

beckler on Nov 6, 2018 | [–]

He called IT with the same complaint multiple times a week.

The IT team realized that they just had to do something to make him happy when in reality they did nothing at all.

magicnubs on Nov 6, 2018 | [–]

Like being given antibiotics for a viral infection.

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