Pfizer Night at Boston Billiards

To the Editor: One morning I came across an announcement on a bulletin board in the emergency department to the effect that “Pfizer Night returns . . . at Boston Billiards.” The small poster proclaimed: “Come meet the new Pfizer representatives . . . not to mention . . . Rack 'em up & Toss 'em down.” A few weeks later, at a noontime conference, a Pfizer salesperson invited residents in my pediatrics training program to a repeat of Pfizer Night. He explained that Pfizer paid for billiard-table time (“rack 'em up”) and drinks (“toss 'em down”) for doctors who . . .