He wanted to keep us for way too long on morning rounds. He was an inpatient attending, and we often had clinic in the afternoon, so there was kinda a hard stop at noon so that we could get some logistics cleaned up before we had our didactic lectures at 12:30, then onto clinic. This attending would push us right up to the last minute or even well past it, quizzing us, lecturing us, etc. I look back now and realize that it was all for my good and growth, but at the time it was really annoying.

I sent a long text what I thought was my co-residents about how annoying he was and how it drove me crazy. I didn't hold back punches much. But instead it went to my attending. I thought I was going to get fired when I realized what I did. But he never brought it up, I never brought it up, and we just kept working together.