You can’t be in this industry too long without hearing or initiating this familiar conversation. You’re in a group of people in a business or social setting, and the topic of professions comes up. Someone mentions how we could not get along in our lives without the ultra-important collection of doctors and surgeons we have to keep us alive and healthy. After everyone nods in agreement or a story or two about a medical visit or procedure is recounted, you or someone else in the industry invariably says, “I’d like to see that surgery performed in a room that lacks proper temperature and humidity control or ventilation.”
What follows is the anticipated look on everyone’s faces when they pause and think about what was just stated. Your whole countenance settles into one of complete victory and success as people realize that maybe you’re not just some aluminum siding salesman looking for their next victim. Finally, the long-awaited “Wow, I never saw it that way before” seals the deal.