I worked at a large hospital IT once. Back when we still had mandatory military service. A colleague one morning was looking through a five centimeters thick stack of papers.
Turned out that in the last year or so whenever he helped a doctor in some private stuff, he asked for a note for medical exemption. And the next day was when he had to go to the conscription office and he was trying to find the best one.
These were like "this guy has this congenital defect, he can't lift a rifle". "this guy is almost blind" "this guys has no legs really". Notes about permanent, debilitating issues which would exempt him from the military service. Allergies, eye problems, balance issues, asthma, etc.
And no one was actually newtified, no one had to be ducked and watered,it was all a lie. The guy, as far as I know was totally healthy, not even the fat basement dwelling geek stereotype. One of the details he was filtering the notes was how it will limit his options later. For example, if he uses one of the mental handicaps that could be a problem when he's applying for a hunting license.
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u/Dry_Yam_8049 1d ago
Don’t forget to get a signed doctors note