episode_0092

Since I’m bored, I’d like to tell you some plausible nonsense.

“listen.”

There is a perception that hospital food is not tasty, but these days, hospitals tend to have decent food.

Hospital management is becoming more and more advanced, so any hospital of any size is bound to have marketing-related employees or teams. Prejudice about patient food is well-known, so anyone interested in hospital marketing tries to change it.

This is not because the intention is for patients to eat well while they are hospitalized, but because it can achieve good results compared to the cost invested, although there may be some mixed feelings.

Because of the specialization of medical services, non-experts cannot tell whether the services are truly high quality. As Korea’s medical technology has become more advanced and upward standards have been achieved, basic medical services can be provided at large hospitals.

The only cases in which non-experts can feel the difference in medical technology are cases where the patient has to travel to different hospitals due to a disease that requires the benefit of cutting-edge medicine or capital. How many times do most people have such experiences?

“wait for a sec.”

Do Yu-geon stopped talking.

“why?”

“I don’t know which of what I’ve heard so far is a lie.”

“That’s half a lie.”

“Where?”

“Just listen with one ear.”

In any case, the evaluation of a hospital tends to focus on the satisfaction felt by the patient rather than proportionally reflecting the hospital’s medical technology.

How kind the doctor appealed to be, how much he showed shaman-like magic through cold reading, and how well he expressed the medical explanation rhetorically.

This is not something special, so handing candy to an anxious child, asking if the patient has a sore throat during cold season, and using everyday terms that the patient needs to understand and not having to understand, just knowing how to feel, are specialized. It starts with simple methods such as using terminology and appealing to expertise.

However, although it is simple to start, it is difficult to continue. Doctors basically require a lot of mental labor, and working under a greater burden is daunting.

In that sense, making hospital food delicious is easy. This is a problem that can be solved by investing money, and thanks to compulsory education, there are many nutritionists who are skilled in adjusting nutritional ingredients within a limited budget, so it is easy to find someone. If you just invest money, the perception of the hospital will change and profits will increase. What better marketing could there be than this? Moreover, if a patient eats a delicious meal, it can even help them recover quickly.

Although marketing to improve patient awareness has swept through Korea, the perception is still this way due to several factors.

When you’re sick, no matter what food you eat, it doesn’t taste good, or it’s not common for people to get sick enough to be hospitalized, so social awareness is changing slowly, or any diet that pays attention to nutritional balance tends to include vegetables, so they feel insincere because they just don’t like vegetables. Or, it’s because of the prejudice that if you eat a diet that cares about your health, it’s natural that it won’t taste good.

“……To sum it up, the food at this hospital was delicious, but I don’t know why, so I made up a good reason, right?”

Do Yu-geon listened blankly and then said.

“I didn’t mean to, I just said it because I was bored.”

“why not?”

“That’s my heart.”

I have never eaten patient food here. As soon as I was hospitalized, I was eating a packed lunch from my grandfather’s chef.

I didn’t even want to eat it in the first place.

I picked up the egg rolls in my lunch box and ate them. It has a fantastic taste with the unique moisture and fluffiness of eggs.

“Contrary to what you might have guessed, I have never eaten here while I was hospitalized.”

“So what did you just say?”

“Try to forget about the past. How long will you live dwelling on the past?”

“You made it confusing.”

“That’s my charm point.”

The guy was speechless.

Then, as I was looking through this page, it seemed like I was considering its attractive points.

I pretended not to notice and ate my lunch box, and when I felt fine, I asked.

“Have you finished looking at the appearance? What are your impressions?”

“…I didn’t do it.”

“Really? There’s a pretty, cute, and refreshing girl here.”

“It’s not refreshing.”

“That’s right.”

No.

Now that I think about it, I think it’s also refreshing.

“Your personality is refreshing. Like lemon tea.”

It also has a natural sterilizing effect.

Even if it’s lemon, isn’t it lemon tea? I do not know.

Do Yu-geon did not refute anything. It could be because it’s so true, or it could just be because I’m embarrassed to have been caught looking through my childhood friend.

After finishing the meal, I took out a fruit dessert.

“It’s true that I haven’t eaten here, but if I were to evaluate it objectively, I think it wouldn’t be delicious.”

I stabbed a piece of apple with a fork and handed it to him, and he accepted it.

“I think so too, but I haven’t tried it yet, have I?”

“For my poor childhood friend, have you ever thought about why some kids say school lunches aren’t delicious?”

Our school is quite prestigious, so we pay a lot of attention to school meals. Since my mother, the chairman of the board, often eats it, I can’t help but pay attention to it.

Still, there are people who stay in the cafeteria and say it’s not delicious.

“uh.”

… … Have you ever thought about it?

No, why do I live thinking about such things?

“I guess my taste buds accustomed to spicy fast food don’t match my health-conscious diet?”

The guy grinned. There was a hint of an intention to block any explanation.

“…How about studying while you’re thinking about that?”

“It doesn’t matter because I study. So is what I said correct?”

It felt strange to see people trying to compete just because their heads were a little bigger. I guess I’m finally getting the hang of it. Sometimes it feels like a good feeling, sometimes it feels like a bad feeling. Which is bigger, which is a bad feeling.

I gave him another apple to stop him from speaking first.

“……This is an argument that could be used in an essay contest.”

“That’s a compliment, right?”

“Well, to distinguish between them, wouldn’t we first need to understand the ills created by essay-centered education methods?”

“It’s a compliment to see that the words are getting longer!”

Do Yu-geon made his own conclusion and laughed.

Since I am still a first-year high school student and have not received any special essay writing training, it is a compliment, but… … , I really didn’t like it.

“The fact that ultra-processed foods are disturbing modern people’s sense of taste may be a big reason, but that’s not what I was trying to say. Moreover, a healthy diet only reduces the total number of possible recipes, not lowers the level. The reason a healthy diet doesn’t taste good is because of lack of skill. going to be.”

The guy just nodded half-heartedly. The attitude is that they are somehow catering to this side. As he stopped talking and glared at me, I secretly corrected my posture. It would have happened long ago.

“The influence of ultra-processed foods exists, but even if the influence disappears, children who do not eat school meals will not disappear. The fundamental reason is that one diet cannot suit everyone’s tastes.”

I took a sip of coffee. It’s cooled down. I rang the call bell and asked the security guard for a new coffee.

“Aren’t you drinking too much coffee?”

“I don’t have any pain, so it doesn’t matter.”

I just fainted because I used too much magic. The reason he continued to be hospitalized was because of mental stability and because it was difficult to understand with modern medicine, so it was recommended to wait and see.

“That’s why you’re not tall.”

what?

“I don’t have a coffee problem, I’m just growing slowly, right?”

“You’re saying it’s small for no reason?”

The guy looked surprised. That’s smoke. If it’s not acting, I’ll be very disappointed.

“It’s not that it’s small, it’s that it grows slowly.”

“So I’m not big, I’m just growing fast?”

“Well…, yes. It’s a growth period, so it’s still in a tentative state to decide who is bigger and smaller.”

Actually, it’s not that important. What does it matter if you are tall or short? There are research results showing that taller people have higher average annual salaries, but these results are meaningless because you will not be a salaried person in your current life.

After hearing the answer, the guy stood up and raised one hand.

“I am Do Yoo-geon, who grew taller faster than Cha Ha-neul!”

This is just a summary of what was just acknowledged.

But after listening to it, I don’t like it.

It’s probably because I sense the intention is to make fun of him. In language, there are times when intent is more important than content. For example, if a classmate you haven’t heard from comes to visit and compliments you, rather than feeling happy, you might start to wonder if he came to ask you to sign up for insurance.

I ignored him talking about hyperplasia, growth plates, and other things.

I guess Ji will continue to grow taller.

“Anyway, just as it is impossible to satisfy everyone’s tastes with one school lunch menu, it is also impossible to satisfy everyone’s tastes with a hospital meal plan. This is a separate problem from the development of food science and food engineering. If a singularity comes, it is possible to solve it. Is there any silver?”

“…Are you continuing with that?”

“Just listen. I said I would personally teach you, but why are you so dissatisfied?”

The guy sat down quietly.

“According to research results, taste buds are more influenced by the dishes eaten at home than by innate tastes. If your parents often cook light dishes, you are more likely to like light dishes. To exaggerate, there are as many different tastes as there are families. . So, there are always people who don’t like a certain cuisine. This is a traditional absurd situation. If you adapt your tastes to the group, the individual will be alienated, and if you cater to the individual, there is no perfect solution, only the possibility of convergence.”

“So, what you’ve said at length so far is the reason why you assume that the hospital food here won’t taste good even if you don’t eat it?”

“that’s right.”

“The reason is that it is a diet aimed at an unspecified number of people, so it will not suit your taste.”

“It’s too short to summarize like that, but it gets the point across.”

“Can I rebuttal?”

“no.”

I accepted the cappuccino handed to me by the security guard.

“I honestly thought you were going to say it was bad because of the law or the budget.”

“I know very well. You don’t have to tell me.”

“I know you said at length that you have picky tastes, but in the end, you didn’t try it.”

“You don’t have to try it to know. This place won’t suit my taste. And I’m not a picky eater.”

“Yes. You eat well at school.”

“Like you said, I eat well. But this isn’t school, right?”

I asked the security guard who collected the empty lunch box and left, and he said yes.

“Look. I admitted it.”

“It’s true that it’s not a school, that’s right.”

“Are you saying you’re smarter than that bodyguard?”

I rang the call bell. The security guard who left came back in.

“Could you please recite your career history?”

“What kind of experience…?”

The security guard asked in confusion.

What kind of experience do you have?

It’s difficult to say because I didn’t sing it while thinking about it.

He added, making a gesture with both hands to indicate that I should understand.

“A career that appeals to intelligence?”

“I completed my doctorate in emergency medicine and trauma care…?”

He seems like a security guard who lacks improvisation.

Although it is unfortunate, it is not an important issue.

“You’re a doctor. Are you smarter than a doctor?”

Do Yu-geon touched his forehead, apologized to the bodyguard, and sent him away.

If I were the head of the security team, I wouldn’t have gone back until I got permission.

Well, it’s not a bad feeling.