Question for lawyers and/or doctors.

It's ridiculous, isn't it? Sometimes it wasn't so bad being raised on PBS.

My sister is a doctor, and she loves Scrubs and House. And Grey's Anatomy, I think. But that's probably because she's a girl.

I watched the movie Career Opportunities while I was working at Target, and I was like "That's total BS! They don't lock janitors in overnight!" But I still liked the movie. And if there's a suspension of disbelief for even something as simple as working at Target, I'm sure doctors and lawyers can deal with dumbing stuff down for a TV audience.

I dunno if it's necessary. Lawyers are dumb enough as it is.

Yep. That's about right.

I'm White House Deputy Chief of Staff and I love The West Wing.

You can be my secretary. But ya gotta wear pencil skirts and low cut blouses and stuff.

its one of those phrases for the cool kids.

like Nat. Geo.

Oh, and I live in Texas and love King of the Hill!

When I used to do hiring for my old employer, my training video was the scene where he tells the consultants what he does during an average work day.

The only TV I watch is Rock of Love and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Scrubs is pretty funny, but I can do without the medical dramas.

I do enjoy the comparison of my job to the myriad of shows on TV that make wading through blood and rotting body parts seem glamorous and sexy. The other day, someone asked what I did, and his response was "Oh, like Quincy, but you're hot!'. Sure. I love performing autopsies in stilettos.

Funny 'cause it's true.

The only legal show I ever kinda liked was The Guardian. It did not last long.

its almost worrying at times

I think that as people get more advanced degrees, their ability to deal with simple tasks of everyday life decreases in proportion.

I think it has to do with what the show or movie is trying to do.

For example...I'm a professional fireman. I love Rescue Me...but I absolutely loathe Ladder 49.

I love Rescue Me because the interaction between the guys is pretty realistic...as is the way they act on calls. They really get the whole gallows humor aspect of the job.

Ladder 49 was pure tripe. It was made to be some kind of circle-jerk movie for wannabes. They tried to (and succeeded to) cram every possible cliche into 120 minutes. All it was missing was Joaquin Phoenix pounding on the chest of his buddy (who is 2 days away from retirement)screaming "Don't you die on me, man".

None of my office jobs have been accurately depicted in sitcom format, mainly since my last office job involved things like my boss setting the head sales rep's hair on fire, my boss sneaking up behind another sales rep and placing a puppy on his head in the middle of a phone call, or his crazy old cat lady of an "executive assistant" playing the same scratched and skipping CD of Christmas music for three months straight and singing along, badly, to each and every song, every single year I worked there.

Yeah, can you tell how glad I am to not have that job anymore?

Everyone at my office got in on some kind of football bet pool thing, and I got cajoled into joining in. "For fun," we had to use nicknames on the scoreboard instead of our real names, so I posted as Pam Beasly, and nobody understood what I was talking about. I was so, so sad.

If you knew how many nurses can't remember a seven-character password from one day to the next, you'd probably never set foot in a hospital again.

I know...if you never worked in cubicle-land...The Office can never be quite as funny to you.

My favorite episode of the Office is the sensitivity training episode. Where you all wear a different ethnicity on their forehead. We actually had to do that in the office where I worked.

The thing I found most absurd was the trainings. Those of you who know cubicle hell know what I'm talking about. You know the ones....the stupid, pointless..MANDATORY trainings that always seem to pop up when you;re right in the middle of an assignment...and you have to stop what you;re doing...go into the conference room and talk about your feelings.

"Schadenfreude" is a very appropriate name for someone who enjoys watching Rock of Love.

A lot of my classmates watch Law and Order.