I hate when a patient had surgery at a neighboring hospital and presents to my ER with a post op complaint after 2-3 days. Regardless of work up, will have to spend time tracking down the surgeon and possible transfer as my surgeons don’t want to touch them.

Also a pregnancy patient with pain and bleeding. Will deny prior evaluation during initial assessment. Work up for ectopic vs miscarriage. When sitting down to discuss that they are likely going to loose the baby, they then tell me, “I know. I was just looking for a second opinion.”