Needs more boxes

As anyone who has had more than a passing relationship with the medical world will tell you, we health professionals really like our algorithms. I mean we really like them, if something can not be conveyed in flow chart form, then that something is just not worth knowing.

I thought that I understood this curious habit, even embraced it, until tonight, when I was informed my love of flowcharts was seriously lacking.

If you have looked at my profile you may have noticed that I am a nurse and as part of my job I was asked to write up a list of contact details and information sources relating to immunisation to be used by other nurses. I made my list and I even broke it up into little sub lists with pretty headings in bold type, it looked good, it was thorough, I felt pleased with my work. Then came the time for submissions of constructive feedback. "Perhaps if it had boxes?" said one,

"yes boxes" chimed in another.

"But its a list," I said, "not a chart."

"Hmm, yes, boxes and arrows, that would make it easier to read," concluded the first.

Face, palm.

I would like to pretend that I stood my ground, my list was good as it was, sans boxes. But unfortunately text boxes will be added, I think I even conceded bullet points (the outraged scrawl I noted their comments in is difficult to read), but there will be NO arrows!

I have two weeks to resubmit my list. If my listed occupation changes after that then you will know why.