even as i gratefully accept cast-off harry potter tickets from my cousin it irks me that doctoring always comes with perks, but no one will ever bribe an academic with anything, not even movie tickets. no one will ever give everyone in the english department three days two nights at the ritz-carlton, bill to the textbook publishers please, whereas my niece is 5 and has stayed in more 6star hotels than i've ever set foot in, courtesy of any number of large pharmaceutical companies.