Real Life/Real Love
"Dr. Oliver, Dr. Oliver..."
Luke caught up to the office door just after the Doctor had stormed throught it.
"Seriously," Luke said closing the door behind him. "Do you think you could have been any more of an ass, Reid?"
"Look Mr. Snyder". Reid threw his agenda and notes down on his desk.
Great Luke thought, we're in full Dr. personna now, as he caught Reid's pen before it bounced off the desk.
" No way am I going to let some pencil pushing dweeb tell me how to make decisions regarding patient care.
It ain't going to happen. Case closed!"
Luke sighed before he said, "Reid, come on, we've gone over this. He's not trying to tell you how to run the Neuro Wing.
The guy's just here to run a cost/care profile, in case there are things we are overlooking."
"Hhmp, so you say..." Reid sat down at the desk and opened one of his case files; like he thought ignoring Luke would make
him go away.
Between Henry's donation and Luke's Foundation, the new Snyder Pavillion was going to be state of the art. There is no way
it couldn't be with Reid at the helm. But, Luke also knew he had to keep an eye on costs. In this economy people weren't
being as generous as they had been. Truthfully, Luke knew a lot of them couldn't afford to be. Even he had to keep in mind
that his Foundation wasn't a bottomless pit. He didn't want to tap into his principle unless he absolutely had to.
"Look" Luke said, trying to sound patient "you know fund raising's been slow"
Reid just grunted as he stood up.
"And no offense here, Doctor, but your attitude isn't doing much to endear you to our donors."
"Yeah, well most of them are morons, who can't tell the difference between their brains and their asses!" Reid shot back as
he snatched his lab coat off the hanger.
"You know, not everyone can be as highly evolved as the 'Great Doctor Reid Oliver' Luke said, his voice rising in irritation.
And, unless you have a secret fortune stashed somewhere, that I'm unaware of, to fill in our funding gap...
We need our donors more than they need us"
"I'm tired of this arguement Mr. Snyder!" Reid grabbed his stethiscope."I have rounds." he said as he stormed out the door.
"I'm sure you are Dr. Oliver, I'm sure you are. We only have it every other day." Luke called after the closing door.
OMG, Luke thought, is there anyone in the world who could be more frustrating?
Brillant Neuro Surgeon - check.
Biggest pain in the ass I've ever had to deal with - double check.
The love of my life - triple check.
Seriously.
Luke smiled as he left Reid's office. God, he thought to himself, I wouldn't want to be one of "the great Doctor's"
interns on rounds today...