# (Old) Happy Memorial Day or Just Happy Moanday in the MMP

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**Created:** [May 27, 2024, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-happy-memorial-day-or-just-happy-moanday-in-the-mmp/1002133 "2024-05-27T11:02:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-happy-memorial-day-or-just-happy-moanday-in-the-mmp/1002133/345 "2024-06-03T03:38:46Z")

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> [@nelliebly](#):
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> They should let me get all Zen and stuff.

Yes, they should but they don’t because undertrained techs let time pressure and faux efficiency overtake best practices….over and over and over again.

> [@nelliebly](#):
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> the cuff is painful enough that it raises BP on many people.

I’ve had this experience at far too many places too. There’s one dr’s office I go to routinely every 3 months that I just stoutly refuse to let them use their excruciating automated BP machine on me anymore (I gave it a chance but after the third consecutive visit that left me in tears _before_ I got to the 31 injections, I now just say no firmly). I always offer that they may take my BP the old fashioned way with a cuff, a stethoscope and their ears but many of them have never been taught that prime diagnostic skill. Grr….

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