Advantages and disadvantages of being an RT

Just for fun I thought I'd make a list of the advantages and disadvantages of being a respiratory therapist:

Advantages:

1. Don't have to wipe butts
2. If a patient is annoying you do your job and get out
3. Joy of helping people feel better
4. Meeting people
5. Being part of a team
6. Saving lives
7. Your skills save live
8. Your medicine and tools make people feel better
9. Your company and soothing words makes people feel better
10. The challenge of managing a ventilator
11. The joy of a successful ABG poke
12. The joy of making something miserable simple
13. Educating patients
14. We are professionals
15. We can take a break whenever you want
16. We're not trapped in one area
17. If it's slow you can use the Internet or gossip
18. If it's slow you can read a book

Disadvantages:

1. Lots of walking
2. Stupid doctor orders
3. About 80 percent of what we do isn't needed
4. Doctors often don't care what you think
5. Hospital politics
6. Some nurses treat us as ancillary staff
7. Not many advancement opportunities
8. You carry a pager and it can go off when you don't want it to, like while you're eating
9. Respiratory Therapy Apathy Syndrome
10. Burnout from being overworked