I am a "very pleasant lady"

[HauntedBungalow]

... according to the consultant who wrote to my GP following an appointment. It says so on the first line of the letter.

I was feeling quite chuffed about this but when I told my cynical piss taking 21 yo son he said it probably meant I was a bit dozy. Surely not!

Does anyone know if "very pleasant lady" means fragrant and nice, or if it means thick?

I've obviously disinherited the son, regardless. (Not so dozy now am I? Twat.)

I write this 🤣 It means you are reasonable and agreeable. If it was ‘pleasant’ instead of ‘very pleasant’ then you are polite and normal.

Yes, another 'very pleasant lady' here.

I hadn't realised there were so many of us. I tried to boast to my (adult) dc about it too.

Myra Hindley or Kemi Badenoch? Are you really comparing the two? Poison like this always comes from the left.

Uh oh... I always used to have pleasant or was a pleasure to see but this thread has made me realise I can't remember the last time I saw it (seen a few different departments this year). I'm going to have to re-read all the letters tomorrow 😮

Pleasant lady means not going to cause trouble.
Delightful lady means upper middle class and not going to cause trouble.

Take the compliments where you Can!

I'm glad you were chuffed.

I actually had the opposite reaction, and thought I'd be a little offended if it was written about me! It's not like I go out of my way to be unpleasant or anything, and I'm probably overthinking it but 'pleasant' feels patronising and implies a person is docile and no trouble.

My Grandmother had this on a letter about her ovaries 😆

My 80 year old Grandpa was described as a “delightful gentleman” in a letter from a consultant.

I’m hoping he didn’t say anything non-PC or racist as he usually does 😂

I was also very pleasant according to the piles specialist.

@HauntedBungalow DEFINITELY seen people post about this term being used before.

I once opened a consultant letter and it said ''This young lady has just hotfooted it from London'' {I was 22} - It made me laugh.

This Charming Man

Yes, especially if they've had an ultrascan wand somewhere dark, or overseen another similarly undignified procedure. It glosses over the whole episode quite nicely.

For some reason I once sat in a doctors waiting room holding my notes, about 30 years ago back in the day they were in those A5 buff paper wallets. I had a good look through and found the letter the consultant wrote to my gp when I was 6 and was in hospital after I’d been ill at home but my temperature had got so high I’d had febrile convulsions so they just wanted to check I was ok. The consultant wrote that “The mother is understandably worried about her delightful little girl” which at the time I thought was very kind but now realise it meant DM was an anxious mess but I was well behaved. Both true!

This delightful young man with rather a large penis {said about a young man having a circumcision }

They do like to bolster confidence.

They often write that, at first I felt pleased I had made such an impression, after a few times, differant doctors, I realized it was only some sort of doctor etiquette😅.

I'm apparently a "lovely lady who keeps herself busy on her acreage"? WT? I'm assuming that's code for basically unemployed lazy cow.

It's also irrelevant, I hope, as the care a patient receives should not be dependent upon how "pleasant" they are...

Not sure about 'very pleasant' but the terms usually refer to class or education.

A well dressed individual might suggest that the person is capable of self care, for example.
A good amount of NHS terminology, as well as poster dialogue is aimed at those who are somewhat semi literate. How we came to this I do not know. There has to be a presumption that the average client is a dolt. Insulting, yes, but careful.

My ex MIL once told a consultant that his surname, from India, would make a very good strong password but noone could possibly remember the order of the letters. I wonder what the code was in the follow up letter. Acrostic perhaps?

Reviewed Mrs Smith
At noon today, she
Could recall
In great detail all her
Symptoms.
Thankfully, no follow up needed.

LOL.
You possibly needed strangers online to think you possessed land.

There used to be a little box in the right hand corner of details about the customer on and offline to warn the reader of a violent or challenging individual which the civil service used to use, not sure about the NHS but some dentists used it. It remained empty for most but there was an occasional cross in there depending on how the customer behaved.

I don't know if they still have that

Huh? I've mentioned many of my animals before and believe me my small acreage cost a lot less than a flat in almost anywhere - if that;s what you mean? I'm in Australia, there's quite a lot of land!!!

Surely she wouldn't have said this...? That's just plain rude.
Indian surnames aren't that hard to remember.
{I understand the acronym}

She did, she has no inhibitions about saying whatever she thinks which has got worse with age. Katherine Tate’s Nan could well be her.