There are a lot of people who mock others simply because they don&#x27;t know a domain of knowledge. You can bet that doctors also mock those who don&#x27;t successfully take care of their health, <i>especially</i> fat diabetics. Anecdotally, I think fat diabetics are the favorite humiliation punching bag for doctors.<p>Anyways, the issue that stuck out most saliently to me was the cultural expectation placed upon medical staff to work through any issue regardless of personal life, and what must be a tacit management understanding of the situation. Somebody in management screwed up, and now the doctor is left holding the bag, and this doctor unfortunately feels some responsibility to manage the situation. This doctor is frustrated that the anesthesiologist did not make the same sacrifice, and wanted to tend to family.<p>I don&#x27;t blame either of them. Kudos to the doctor for holding the bag that management dropped, and congrats for the anesthesiologist who won&#x27;t submit to exploitive cultural expectations.