Top ten financial benefits of being a resident...

[houseelf]

10. Our salary renders us eligible for public defender representation.

9. We get to eat out often--in the hospital cafeteria on my husband's meal card!

8. Scrubs really could be a fashion statement.

7. Our toddler doesn't know the difference between Fisher-Price toys and the free flashlights, pens, and keychains that the drug reps give us.

6. Sallie Mae PERSONALLY sends us Christmas and Birthday cards.

5. A tank of gas lasts for two whole weeks because a resident only drives to and from the hospital.

4. Attending physicians and their spouses take pity on us and have us over for dinner.

3. We may be eligible for the Earned Income Credit on our taxes.





O.K. I'm out of reasons so I'll need some help with #1 and #2. Have fun.....



Kelly

How about.....



#1. When hours vs. salary is taken into account--- they work for less than minimum wage!



Wendy

2. garage-sale style furniture has a certain style about it!

We never have to buy diapers, band-aids or sippy cups...the hospital serves as a great grocery store!!!

[Amiens]

You will never have to buy tylenol or other common drugs because of the eternal supply from drug reps!

10--Scrubs are great for doing work around the house when you don't want to dirty up your "good" around the house clothes



9--Saving over 2500 dollars a year in feeding the tall doctor at the hospital cafeteria



8--Always having an excuse to not go somewhere you don't want to "He is tired" "we haven't had anytime for ourselves"



7--Sample packs sample packs sample packs



6--Knowing if you were really so sick you were "about to die" there is someone that lives with you that can confirm it, thereby saving the copay at the emergency room



5--all the free pens and post it note pads any 2 people could use over a lifetime



4--Parents knowing you are poor so there is never any question about who is picking up the check--even if you happen to have money left over from the paychecks



3--Commuting--saves gas and parking



2--The hundreds saved a year on cologne that can not be worn by your spouse when he is going to work



and the number 1 financial reason for being a resident (or spouse thereof_



1 . . . . .Saving money by not doing anything because this barbaric institution known as residency sucks the life out of the one you love and leaves only energy to sleep--but hey--at least he's home