Company physicals

I had to get a preemployment physical once and the doctor came in and said this will be the fastest physical you’ve ever had, “are you alive?” . I answered yes and he said, “you’re all set!”.

In the old days (say, in the 20th century), company physicals were fairly common and thorough, with lots of poking and prodding. I wrote a blog account of mine, which was in 1984. You can read it at this link.

https://en.zity.biz/index.php?mx=blog;ox=showpage;pg=6668

Over the years I have had to have a couple of preemployment physicals done and for my current job I am required to have a yearly physical done. The preemployment exams were done differently both times. The company I had to have the first one done for didn't have much for requirements and the doctor didn't do much. The second one was more in depth and was fairly through.

The yearly physicals I have to have done now depends on the doctor. We can choose the clinic that we want. So it depends on the doctor that does the exam. The providers are given a form with a list of requirements that have to be meant, it depends on how thoroughly the provider wants to examine you for the requirements. Some just ask and others have done a complete physical with my pants and underwear down around my knees and me bent over the exam table.

One of the first really amazing shows i ever saw. My first wife was taking a part-time job driving a bus and a physical was required. the company sent home the forms that the doctor was to fill out and i had an amazing time reading everything he would do.he would describe the symmetry of her breasts and look for lumps and DO A PELVIC EXAM! I was so fuckin high i couldn't believe it. I tried to get her interested in talking about it in an erotic way and she told me she was terrified. We had only been together a short time so I did not know that she had never been to a doctor since she was a child. she told me that she picked the university that she went to partly because they did not require a physical. That was the hottest fuckin thing she could have said, but i did my best to seem empathetic. She was really terrified.

The doctor met us and looked at the forms and said, "it looks like we will need to look at everything. from head to toe. so i will give you a gown and step out for you to take off everything and put on the gown."

I knelt in front of her to untie her shoes while she took her shirt off. when i was done i felt up her now bare belly and breasts and she pushed me away. and just said "stop."

They gave her a paper sheet as well as the very short gown.she lifted her leg in front and said, "this is long enough isn't it?"i said yes and she put the sheet on the table.

The doctor asked lots and my wife had been worried about hormonal changes and one thing he asked was if her hair growth was male pattern or female pattern. she did not know what he meant so he explained, "does the top of your pubic hair go straight across or point up to your belly button?"she hesitated and said, "I don't know,"tapering off. I noticed that her legs, fully exposed in that super short gown, were beet red with embarrassment. then she said, "I guess we could just look," and after glancing at me she just pulled her gown up in the front exposing her bush. HOLY CRAP, i almost came in my pants. the rest was a blur. a sexual blur

Back in 2011, I alluded to the doctor whom I knew who handled UPS driver physicals, which I detailed later. I apparently never posted in this thread the American Airlines doctor who worked at the airport in NYC. He somehow knew who was gay, and male, and had them scheduled for after the medical office staff had left. They would be told to undress to underwear. The physical exam was head to toe. Since I had a physical at his former office, I assume that when asked to lose the underwear for the hernia check, he asked if they wanted him to jerk them off, because he asked me that. It was an option which I declined. The fact that it was after hours meant that he could offer to drive them back to Manhattan.

I was required to take a physical on the same day I was hired. I was escorted to a sort of changing room with curtains around it and told to undress completely and put a gown on. Paper slippers were provided. The doctor checked me out from head to toe but did not handle my genitals or do a rectal exam.

As stated elsewhere, when I started in the transportation industry crafts involved in operations had required physicals. Of course, I

got the pre-employment checkup. After that, it was every three years. None of these went beyond the standard turn and cough,

then bend over. Once random drug & alcohol testing became a thing, urine samples were required. Never observed for that,

except one time the stall door was left open.

I imagine these physicals were costing the companies a lot of money and eventually they were dropped except for pre-employment ones.

Random drug/alcohol screening continued though. I think I was subjected to at least three or four of those over three decades.

I don't know how it is today but I remember having my one and only company physical quite well when I was in my twenties. One thing that niggled with us employees when we first joined was that it was only for the males. Female employees got off because in those days management saw the female staff as only waiting to get married so were not considered long term. One day I was at my desk minding my own business when the department superintendent came in and told me I was wanted by the doc. The others looked at me as if I was the condemned man as I left the office. Not exactly confidence building.

When I opened the doc's door he was sat at a large desk. He asked me to stand in front of the desk. He had a set of forms and asked a series of questions about my general health. I seem to remember they were all about family diseases and conditions. Then he asked me to remove my jacket and shirt and said he would check my heart, breathing etc. I stood there whilst his stethoscope bobbed around my body. He mumbled a few words and returned to his desk to write down the results. Then he casually asked me to remove my trousers and underwear. So there I was standing in just my socks. My shoes had also been taken off. I had never before stood in front of anyone like this before. I felt quite vulnerable but also, I must admit, got a bit of a tingle from it.

The doc got up from his desk and asked a few personal questions about sexual activity, none of which were inappropriate but they sounded so clinical. He then said he was going to check my genitalia. He did the usual ball and scrotum test with the cough from me. Thankfully his hands were cold so did not excite me. He then said he would check my penis but did not say how. He took hold of my cock with his fingers outstretched and drew back my foreskin. Saying nothing he seemed to be satisfied. Then he returned the foreskin and went back to his desk. Sitting up from writing his notes he just said 'you're a bit overweight, aren't you?'.

I got the impression he quite liked these exams. When I went back to the office, the other guys were supportive. One said he thought the exams were humiliating. The doc got paid quite well for these exams we found out.

In the mid 80s I had already started a job at a large company and my boss stopped by with a woman and introduced her as the company nurse practitioner that would be doing my physical. She introduced herself and gave me a card with my time and place the following day. It was the most intensive physical exam I ever had. She sat me down and asked about sexuality transmitted diseases I’ve had (none) and family history for about 15 minutes then brought me back and said remove your shirt and slacks and I’ll be right in. She then came back and went over my entire body and at the end said to remove my underwear and did a full genital exam and hernia check. I wasn’t really expecting it to be so thorough but no one said anything leading up to that point.

There is nothing wrong with a good full exam. Consider it a gift.

I’ve been asked on numerous occasions, I’ll usually agree but I always maintain my level of exposure and keep it at my level of comfort, once I had a Dr ask me to lower my underwear and I just said, “No, let’s move past that part” he just said “Oh”. He simply moved on, I was sure there was nothing in my underwear that was necessary for my job. The last employment physical in the US in 2024, did not require any removal of any clothing, seemed pointless, nothing. A drug screen, done after giving a sample of urine, (not supervised) that was it. A lot of form filling, no medical history, and most of it refused based on the ADA

The first time I ever had a pre-employment physical I was about 17. I had gotten a job in the dietary department in a hospital kitchen. Before I could start, I had to go to the Employee Health office for an exam. (This was the late 70's) They gave me a form and an appointment.

I came in for my appointment and gave the NP the form. She asked all the usual questions, had some basic labs drawn and had me get a urine sample, then had me undress to my underwear. She started with height and weight, then temp (oral), pulse, BP and respirations. Then there was the standard, HEENT, heart, lungs, and abdominal. Then she had me sit up and checked my reflexes and strength. She then had me stand and observed my gait and checked my spine. She then informed me that since this job required a good deal of heavy lifting, she needed to check me for a hernia and told me to drop my underwear and stand with my feet apart. She checked my testicles and did a hernia check, then had me turn around to do a visual of my rectum for possible hemorrhoids. (She did not do an internal exam) Then she had me dress. Next, she gave me a TB test and told me I would have to come back in 2 days to have it read. Just before I left, she handed me a specimen cup in a paper bag. I had to collect a stool sample and bring it back to test for parasites, etc. (Pretty standard for food service)

It was, to that date, perhaps the most complete physical I had ever had. The next one I would have was my induction physical, which I have described elsewhere. After leaving the Navy a decade later, I again went to work in a hospital, this time as an OR orderly. It was similar but was more detailed. I can tell you about it if you want.

Side note for those who weren't around in the 1970's: undressing in front of the person doing the physical exam; height, and weight measured with the male patient in underwear only for accuracy; the parts of the exam done with the patient in underwear for a complete view of the body in motion.