The Bigger Person

I find it hard to be the bigger person when:

...a woman brings her child to see us but her child is obviously not sick, she just wants free medicine. So we give vitamins and probiotics and gently try to reassure her that she can bring her child to us when he's really sick and we'll take good care of him.

...when a patient has symptoms of a UTI but silly you, you forgot to bring UA strips to the village clinic so you ask her to meet you at the clinic at the end of the day for a quick UA.  You then take the rest of her case and when the UA is done, you find that she DOES have a UTI.  Whens he finds out she's only getting 3 different forms of treatment, she pretends to have really severe knee pain and then a rash and then a headache and then a belly ache so that you will give her more and more medicine.

...when you try to hire a pastor to help you translate to give him some extra cash to feed his six kids and he's insulted by the $20 bill you try to hand him and tells you "if you're going to pay me, you have to pay me $30." You pay him the $30 but the next day you don't bring up the issue of payment and he leaves at the end of the day without saying a word.

...when a child is obviously reacting to the dairy in her formula because she's getting a rash, is so congested she can hardly breathe and has an ear infection.  You tell her mom that breast milk is enough but the mothers response is that you don't know what you're talking about and that SHE was fed formula when she was a baby by HER mother and she turned out alright.

...when a woman is cursing at your translator so much that he refuses to translate for her, you try to calm both of them down but she storms out yelling back at you the whole way.

...when you find out during one of your busiest days that two of your employees are possibly stealing from you.  Sure they're just sheets and sure they're taking them to family members who don't have enough sheets but couldn't they ask?  Who do you believe: the guard who wants his girlfriend to have the job of one of the women he accused or the two women, one of whom you know has stolen your treasured Ghiradelli chocolate bars in the past because you found the wrapper outside of the gate and you know your husband wouldn't littler like that.  Plus, he doesn't even like chocolate.