Americans refuse to shut up, except when they visit the doctor

"We ask questions everywhere we go," but not at the doctor's office, the one place where we really should indulge our nosiness. That's the theme of a new campaign from Grey, New York, for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (part of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services) that urges patients to be more forthcoming when visiting their docs. The ads show people in everyday scenes—placing an order at a restaurant, buying a cell phone—firing question after question of ridiculous inquiries. Then they clam up in the doctor's office. What's wrong with you people, can't you be obnoxious at the right time?

—Posted by Elaine Wong