Virginity Lost....

I (for better or worse) am very protective of my charges, whether that be Calvin or in this story – my friend Patty. I have been trying really hard to shield her from the frustration and total insanity of our current employer. However, yesterday, we were blindsided by our COO and I could protect her no longer.

We scheduled a meeting with Mark for 10am to discuss our questions/concerns and when the hell were we going to be getting our laptops (Patty has been without a computer for over 3 weeks and we were going to hold him to his promise even if he was drunk at our company happy hour on Friday night). In a nutshell, pretty benign stuff. Instead, he invited us into a meeting with two ladies that ended up being from the HQ hospital in Singapore here to audit the OB/GYN program. I only found out that these two women were coming just this past Saturday but despite my asking when they were showing up, no one could give me their itinerary. So we found out the hard way. So after brief introductions, Mark said he had a meeting and took off (Thank you fill in the blank). We were left there trying hard to answer their questions about the business model of Parkway and OUR OB/GYN program, what were our roles, limitations and job descriptions.

In the end we concluded they were basically just pawned off on us to take care of the lunch, then a tour of our clinic as well as meeting the staff and pulling charts and statistics for the last 6 months. Thankfully after lunch I was off on a home visit while Patty babysat and created a spur of the moment itinerary for them to follow. They barely had hotel reservations, but no one had coordinated meals for them, much less transportation. These were really nice ladies that we should have impressed a lot more than we did.

Patty called me last night at 7:30pm – just arriving home from work and gave me an ear full. She said that at the end of the day she was trying to arrange transportation for them and all Mark’s administrative assistant could tell Patty was to check with “Tracy” on their itinerary for the rest of the week. Patty and I had a good laugh about that one.

I am sorry she lost her virginity today; however, her training is now complete firmly with 2 feet stuck in cement. At least I know she really understand why some days I can’t even get into a patient room and now there are two of us that can’t. I really pity Mark today because I warned him I am the tamer of the two crazy L&D ladies he hired.

Today, since our lovely female warriors from Singapore were so impressed with us, they are taking US out to lunch today. I don’t know, what do you think about this:

Patty Windisch, President – Tracy Claxton, CEO