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Jane10 Fri 23-Mar-18 13:59:48

It's 'interesting' that has more of a hidden meaning!

M0nica Fri 23-Mar-18 13:58:18

I was described as 'charming and very fit'grin

Dontaskme Fri 23-Mar-18 13:28:24

My DD was a "delightful young lady". He doesn't know her obviously!

gillybob Fri 23-Mar-18 12:44:02

Are you sure “pleasant gentleman” means compliant client sparkly seems a highly unusual way to describe my DH wink

sparkly1000 Fri 23-Mar-18 12:42:01

Consultants do use coded descriptions.
Pleasant gentleman = compliant client
Repeatedly seen gentleman = hypochondriac
Very anxious gentleman = miserable old git

tanith Fri 23-Mar-18 12:18:27

OHs consultant letters always start like that too, always makes us smile too.

gillybob Fri 23-Mar-18 12:13:27

It gets better ... .....

“his wife noticed he had a right side facial droop”

To which DH added “ hmmmm note no pleasant in that line”

followed by

“trust her, has she looked in the mirror lately ?”

gillybob Fri 23-Mar-18 12:09:35

DH and I had a giggle last night reading the copy of the letter sent from his consultant to our GP ( incidentally someone neither of us have ever heard of) .

It’s 2 pages long and starts ........

“Thank you for referring this pleasant gentleman who I saw in the High Risk TIA Clinic...”

My first words were “pleasant gentleman ??” Followed by DH saying “bloody hell, some perfectly decent bloke has just got a letter saying .... why the hell did you send this miserable git to my clinic?”

Good job you can laugh grin