Inexpensive Steths in advertising ?

This is a minor pet peve of mine. I find it irritating when I see a "Doctor" in a TV ad that has a cheap stethoscope draped around their neck. Totally ruins the image. Anyone else feel that way ?

It irks me, too. Most stock photos of docs are staged with $5.00 steths that are one step up from Fisher-Price.

Totally agree on this post, at least on uniform sites you see models with littmans on at times versus the 5 dollar drug store special that they use on TV and movies at times

That's true,

you never see a doctor in ads with some shining heavy mirror chestpiece around his neck. Finally the reason you notice this is because you'd like it and you love steths, but most of the people don't even think about it.

It's true.

But I find it even more annoying when such $5 stethoscopes are used in fetish videos which are sold for $20.

(Also extremely annoying: doing a 'heart ultrasound' using a bebe monitor. Makes me want to grab it of the 'doctor's' hand and smash it on his head.)

Cirio

Oh yes, I don't like these cheap nurse-play steth's either! (...often, they "auscultate" people without having the ear pieces in the ears !!!) ...or the ear pieces of a Littmann the wrong way round! Or they don't even know the right spots to auscultate the heart etc.

My personal fight against cheap toy stethoscopes was to send some nice and professional Stethoscopes to OPANDER - and they really do use them in their vids! Even correctly ! Have a look and enjoy...

RedStethGuy*

*...the above mentionnned Stethoscopes are red ;-)

This annoys me too, but more annoying for me is when a 'doctor' on TV puts the stethoscope earpieces in the wrong way around, so you know they cannot hear anything through the stethoscope.

I agree with Sydplaydoc, very annoying when TV docs put the earpieces in the wrong way

I agree with this too, but it seems that some docs actually wear their steth in the wrong way, how is it possible?

I agree with this too, but it seems that some docs actually wear their steth in the wrong way, how is it possible?

Some put them on quickly and without looking and others don't care which way they go in unless they are doing a very specific exam and wanting high resolution. To hear ordinary sounds, it doesn't matter which way the earpieces face.

I so agree with you, OP. Ditto for using the cheapies in TV shows.

Another thing that irritates me is gold stethoscopes. The doctor on My 600lb life has one. To me, it looks like they are flashing their wealth.

I'm very annoyed when actors completely incorrectly measure blood pressure

Not really; I mean at the end of the day the intention is to distinguish them in their job.

I wouldn’t call it a pet peeve of mine but as a cardiophile it is something I have taken note of. It is mildly annoying when I see a doctor in an ad or on TV with a drugstore steth. ?? Hahaha!