Recently the clinical director stepped down, another consultant has taken over the role. In my hospital there is this tradition where the clinical director will occupy this big room next to the clinical oncology seminar room. Thus each time someone steps down, the old director will move out, and the new will move in. However there are not many rooms available so people have to move around. At the same time, one of the consultants is retiring (the pervious director is moving into it), and another has unfortunately passed away prematurely.
I was thinking perhaps I should upgrade to a better room now, since my room is pretty hot, without proper ventilation nor conditioning esp in the winter. The air can be very stale and stuffy.
So I asked the new clinical director. I have been eyeing his previous room, which is just across where my current room is.
Unfortunately another consultant (more junior than me) has made the first move, so it was his. His existing room is quite far away in a separate building and he would rather be near the majority.
Doop!
Well, the only room left is the room vacated by the consultant who died prematurely.
The only other chineses consultant in the hospital told me: don’t move into that room; bad fung shui (bad omen, since the previous occupant died prematurely). I couldn’t help but laugh that a consultant colleague can be so superstitious!
