hmmm.. it just sounds funny to us i guess.. most of the time there's no malice involved. i also get laughed at with my accent but im not really offended. and i haven't heard someone get pissed because they got ridiculed because of their accent. It's not so much as"laughing at our own culture", it...
i dont really want to badmouth the veteran nurses out there, but some of them are just plain ruthless to the newbies. i've had staff nurses shout at me for no good reason and sometimes, it was even their fault! its just frustrating sometimes.
i especially like the crunchy bits