Exasperation
An actual phone conversation I had with a nurse today:
Me: Hello, I'm returning a page. Did you page for Surgery?
Nurse: Hello Doctor, are you the one taking care of Mrs. W?
Me: Yes, I just left the room. What's going on?
Nurse: I forgot to mention that she has a tear in her skin, can you give me a verbal order for some antibiotic cream to put on it?
Me: Well, sure. Where's the tear?
Nurse: On her skin.
Me: Right. Where on her skin?
Nurse: On the left.
Me: Left of what?
Nurse: On the left of the skin.
Me: (Perplexed silence)
Nurse: Hello?
Me: Yes. I'm trying to figure out what you just said. Where is that lesion?
Nurse: On her skin.
Me: Yes, I know that. Where on her skin is it?
Nurse: On the left one.
Me: (Frustrated, but strangely fascinated) What left one?
Nurse: The tear is on her left.
Me: Left what?
Nurse: What?
Me: What?
Nurse: I'm sorry, Doctor, I don't know what you're asking.
Me: Left what? Left arm? Foot? Ear? Buttock? What body part are you talking about!?
I really thought I was going to lose my mind. I wish I could say that the nurse was just screwing with me, but alas, she was just simply an idiot.
Me: Hello, I'm returning a page. Did you page for Surgery?
Nurse: Hello Doctor, are you the one taking care of Mrs. W?
Me: Yes, I just left the room. What's going on?
Nurse: I forgot to mention that she has a tear in her skin, can you give me a verbal order for some antibiotic cream to put on it?
Me: Well, sure. Where's the tear?
Nurse: On her skin.
Me: Right. Where on her skin?
Nurse: On the left.
Me: Left of what?
Nurse: On the left of the skin.
Me: (Perplexed silence)
Nurse: Hello?
Me: Yes. I'm trying to figure out what you just said. Where is that lesion?
Nurse: On her skin.
Me: Yes, I know that. Where on her skin is it?
Nurse: On the left one.
Me: (Frustrated, but strangely fascinated) What left one?
Nurse: The tear is on her left.
Me: Left what?
Nurse: What?
Me: What?
Nurse: I'm sorry, Doctor, I don't know what you're asking.
Me: Left what? Left arm? Foot? Ear? Buttock? What body part are you talking about!?
I really thought I was going to lose my mind. I wish I could say that the nurse was just screwing with me, but alas, she was just simply an idiot.
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