my neighbors kid is a nurse and she flat out said annoying patients get sticks that hurt. Like it was not a thing, everybody does it.
There might be some truth to that, at least in the jokey, we wish we could, we all feel that, sort of way. A similar statement frequently uttered by housestaff (intern and resident doctors in training at hospitals and clinics) goes "How do you get rid of a 'difficult' patient? Answer: plan or perform a PP (painful procedure)."