I've definitely watched every single season of Grey's Anatomy all the way through, but I still don't truly know what it's like to be a real-life surgeon. Since I was curious, I decided to ask the surgeons of the BuzzFeed Community: "What's the biggest secret about your job that nobody knows?"
Here's what they had to say, buckle up:
1. "There are MASSIVE feuds. It's a super competitive industry, so shit gets petty. Once, two doctors started taking shots at each other DURING A SURGERY. One of them told the other he'd beat him up if he were younger. It was wild. Thank your operating room nurses everyone because sometimes we are the only thing keeping the fights from getting physical!"
—Anonymous
2. "My plumber gets paid more for a 30 minute check of a dripping faucet than your insurance pays me to take out your gallbladder."
—Anonymous
3. "It is not infrequent that we have flies and other insects in the operating room. A colleague whacked a fly in the sterile field with a sponge and flicked it all into a kick bucket."
—Anonymous
4. "A secret about surgeons is when we’re doing our job, people blank out and sometimes will grab a snack for a quick break. Something that is gross to me, but refreshing to others."
—Anonymous
"People getting their period under anesthesia is more common than you’d expect."
