ALERT: THIS IS NOT A POLITICAL RANT (well most of it)
When I was a freshman in college (in 2003) I was more politically minded than I am now. Things were a little scary at that time and I was worried about our country. We were at war with Afganistan and there was talk of war in Iraq. I was living in the dorms and I wanted to hear what President Bush had to say and what he was planning. I went, with some friends, to the basement of V Hall to watch the State of the Union. At one point during the address this girl came downstairs and plopped herself on the couch. I remember looking at her and thinking, "I am surprised she wants to watch the State of the Union address. She looks like a bimbo." She seemed to be really looking forward to it and I was impressed, I guess pretty girls can be interested in politics. Then about 15 minutes later she stands up looking bewildered and exclaims with dismay, "THIS ISN'T AMERICAN IDOL!!" Then she left the basement with a huff. I had to laugh. Every time the State of the Union Address is on I think of her.
Also, I watched the address last night and, I have to say that, I am not much better than the American Idol chic because part of my purposes in watching was so I could more fully appreciate Saturday Night Live and the spoof that they will surely do. I love TheRock Obama.
Lastly, some of his promises seem like a junior high kid promising to put lemonade in the drinking fountains if he is elected 8th grade class president.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Another pee pee incident
Okay, this wasn't quite as good as the last one, but I think the ladies will find this funny.
Again, a patient was taken to the bathroom and given the urine sample instructions. Again, the nurse went to the silver box and the urine was no where to be found. She went back to the patient and asked him. He said, "I put it in the silver box on the wall" So the nurse went back to the bathroom to search for the urine specimen. She looked in the silver box, incessantly questioned the lab people, checked the other bathroom in the office and was about the get the man to show where he put it when she spied the personal hygiene disposal box aka tampon box (just under the silver box on the wall that has the image of a urine specimen on it). She looked inside and sure enough there was the sample in the OTHER silver box.
Should we be more specific or are people just that...um...lacking in intelligence.
Again, a patient was taken to the bathroom and given the urine sample instructions. Again, the nurse went to the silver box and the urine was no where to be found. She went back to the patient and asked him. He said, "I put it in the silver box on the wall" So the nurse went back to the bathroom to search for the urine specimen. She looked in the silver box, incessantly questioned the lab people, checked the other bathroom in the office and was about the get the man to show where he put it when she spied the personal hygiene disposal box aka tampon box (just under the silver box on the wall that has the image of a urine specimen on it). She looked inside and sure enough there was the sample in the OTHER silver box.
Should we be more specific or are people just that...um...lacking in intelligence.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Intentions
I would like to make my intentions fully known right here. I have read a few friends' blogs lately that have apologies that they are posting their pictures from christmas so late. For the first couple I was shocked that it was late to post photos, but then I realized that it is half way through January...so maybe it is alittle late. BUT I fully on intend on posting about Christmas, no matter how long it has been. Also, I do not on intend on doing it right now, and I am okay with that.
In the meantime, here is a great story from work:
In our office we routinely have patients leave us urine samples. They are brought to the bathroom and instructed to:
1. get a cup (from the huge stack of specimen cups in a basket in the bathroom.)
2. get a pen (from the mug on the shelf)
3. Write your name on the specimen cup
4. follow the "clean catch" rules posted on the wall when leaving your urine sample
5. pee into the cup AKA "leave us a sample"
6. put the cup in the silver box in the wall
7. return to exam room
So one of the nurses gave these intructions to a patient, who returned to the room after an appropriate time and said she had left the sample. The nurse went to the silver box and found no specimen cup. She was confused and inspected the bathroom to see if the patient had left the cup sitting in the bathroom, but no cup was found. She looked back in the silver box and realized that the pen mug was sitting in the silver box. She pulled it out and found that the patient had.
1. removed the pens from the mug
2. written her name on the ceramic mug
3. ignored the hug basket of specimen cups...directly in front of the toliet
4. peed in the ceramic mug
5. put mug in silver box
6. returned to the exam room
In the meantime, here is a great story from work:
In our office we routinely have patients leave us urine samples. They are brought to the bathroom and instructed to:
1. get a cup (from the huge stack of specimen cups in a basket in the bathroom.)
2. get a pen (from the mug on the shelf)
3. Write your name on the specimen cup
4. follow the "clean catch" rules posted on the wall when leaving your urine sample
5. pee into the cup AKA "leave us a sample"
6. put the cup in the silver box in the wall
7. return to exam room
So one of the nurses gave these intructions to a patient, who returned to the room after an appropriate time and said she had left the sample. The nurse went to the silver box and found no specimen cup. She was confused and inspected the bathroom to see if the patient had left the cup sitting in the bathroom, but no cup was found. She looked back in the silver box and realized that the pen mug was sitting in the silver box. She pulled it out and found that the patient had.
1. removed the pens from the mug
2. written her name on the ceramic mug
3. ignored the hug basket of specimen cups...directly in front of the toliet
4. peed in the ceramic mug
5. put mug in silver box
6. returned to the exam room
so now we have to get a new pen mug.
DIRECTIONS ARE IMPORTANT!!
Our pen mug doesn't look like this:
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Pathetic??
I was driving home from work today and was thinking about all the shows that I am excited to watch on TV. I had a moment where I thought, "I am glad that I can get back into my routine of shows." I had to laugh at myself...I am pathetic. I get excited that I get to catch up on The office, Chuck, Biggest Loser, Private Practice and The Bachelor. I think I need to get a life, but until then I am enjoying eating while I watch The Biggest Loser.
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