He deserved to be zapped

As I was checking my facebook yesterday, this was what I saw: 

"I'm getting Lasik done this Friday in Gangnam. Anybody else who's visually impaired interested in joining in? I schedule an appt at 12pm for this Friday. 1.3million. Michael free, Bryce, and some others I know have gotten it done there. Legit place."

Okay, fair enough, although it did strike me a bit odd... I've never seen people get surgery together, no matter how simple it was.  But there's no reason not to I suppose. 

And as I was reading the comments, I rand into this:

make sure your cornea (or some part - I can't remember) has enough thickness...this is one important part.

I had my surgery performed by Dr. Thomas Tooma in Newport Beach back in 2007. He is the same doctor that did the surgery on Tiger Woods. Of course, it was way more than the above mentioned price but he was the known as the best of the best.

I was completely blown away by the childishness of this self-centered and annoying comment.  Let's analyze this comment together:

make sure your cornea (or some part - I can't remember) has enough thickness...this is one important part.  This guy clearly doesn't work in the medical field, and he can't even remember if it's his cornea or some other part... And he's too lazy to google it which takes 5 seconds, yet he's giving someone a medical advice.  

this is one important part.  An Incredible show of verbosity.  Why not say "this is important?"  This guy is an ESL teacher by the way. 

I had my surgery performed by Dr. Thomas Tooma in Newport Beach back in 2007.  Fair enough, as long as you can relate this to the original post and help her in some way.  

He is the same doctor that did the surgery on Tiger Woods.  Now, if this awesome doctor gave him some advice that he can relay to the writer of the post, it might do her some good. 

Of course, it was way more than the above mentioned price but he was the known as the best of the best. Nope.  He wanted to use the famed doctor's credentials to elevate himself in the social ladder.  In other words, he wants to feel special. 


In a way, this made me feel sad.  It's sad that he's 28, and you usually learn in Kindergarten that special people either do special things to others or do something incredible - they don't become special by bragging, especially bragging about someone you know. 










So I decided to sacrifice my lunch time to write a reply.  I hope you enjoy:

Hey guys, I had a surgery on my butt back in 2001. When they do the surgery, make sure that they don’t stitch up what needs to be open. Of course, I feel comfortable giving such an advice because I’m not a qualified medical professional whatsoever.

And the doctor who performed the surgery, Conrad Murray, was a physician for a famous celebrity. So by definition, he must be good, minus the little incident with Michael Jackson. But who cares about him anyway?

I’m sharing this with you because my experiences with such best-of-the-best doctors would certainly enhance your experience with a mediocre one. I call this compassion.

Please, in the future, tell me more about your experiences so that I can tell you how my experience was so much better. I mean, who wouldn’t want to hear about THAT?

 



And the girl who posted this wrote:

Fred, you are welcome to join us. lol

So I replied: 

Let me get my ruler and measure my cornea first.