thank you imapatient and kiya. it is nice to know i'm not alone in thinking some of T's comments were a bit hurtful. i never said anything about it because i thought he would just turn it around on me and how i was misinterpreting everything, as usual.

imapatient - you are right. i will talk to pdoc properly about calls and stuff. i did try to bring it up in a roundabout way last time (by asking him who i could call after hours when i just needed to chat?) and he gave me some numbers, but it turns out they only work 9-5 anyway. i will try to be more direct this time and ask him what i can expect of him.