The following contribution comes to me anonymously.
During my training as a medical-group receptionist, I was told never to recommend one of our doctors over another, but simply state who had available appointments. One day a woman came in and looked at me conspiratorially.
"I'm a nurse," she whispered, "and I know the staff always knows which doctors are good and which aren't. Who do you think I should see?"
Knowing my supervisor was listening close by, I tried to sound most professional:
"Oh, I'm sorry," I replied. "I can't recommend any of our doctors."
"Well, you must know!" she said, heading for the door ...
---------------A Final Thought ...
"I suppose one has a greater sense of intellectual degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience."
- Alice James (1848–92), US diarist, sister of Henry and William James