Patient: Where’s the bathroom?
Receptionist: On your way out, you can just go in that corner.
Dentist’s Office
Ottawa, Ontario
Canadia
Overheard by: Avoiding the corner
Archive for the ‘Medical’ Category
That’s Coming from Her TV — It’s Stuck on Lifetime
Patient: Stop raping me!
Nurse #1: Did I just hear that?
Nurse #2: She has been yelling it all day.
Randolph Road
Plainfield, New Jersey
Tends to Happen When Your Officemates Are a Bunch Of Animals
Vet: Is Amanda* upstairs?
Amanda*: No, I’m downstairs.
Vet: Oh, she is? Okay, hold on.
(vet goes downstairs)
Amanda*: Did that really happen?
Vet tech: I dunno. I want a beer.
Veterinary Clinic
Mahattan, New York
Overheard by: Vicksburg
2PM Follow Up with HR
Secretary: I could swear that I read that if you have a death in the family you automatically get two days off.
Nurse: Well, I looked it up in the protocol. You can have days off, but they’re just regular PTO.
Secretary: Right, I know they’re PTO, but I swear I read that they’re automatic if you have a death in the family.
Nurse: No, it’s like any other PTO, you have to have them approved by your supervisor.
Secretary: I swear I read that you get those days off for a family death.
Nurse: Well, I’m sure every supervisor would be happy to quickly approve your PTO if someone dies.
Secretary: Yeah, but I swear I read somewhere that you get two days automatically for that.
Nurse: Please, tell me one more time about how you read that somewhere.
Medical Center Boulevard
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Our Workplace Is Fraught With Peril Since Grey’s Anatomy Debuted
Nurse to paramedic pushing stretcher and IV pole: Would you like me to guide your pole?
Dallas, Texas
Overheard by: Deena
Preschool Admissions Criteria Get More Daunting by the Day
Serious nurse: …but, I’d be lying if I said bloodlust didn’t have a lot to do with it.
Hospital
Manchester, Tennessee
Overheard by: Mouse
I Got My Medicine in Ten Minutes But I Was Just Too Mesmerized to Leave
Customer #1 (sitting in waiting area waiting for prescription for 40 minutes): (cough cough hack hack wheeze)
Customer #2: Oh, you sound awful, I hope you haven’t been waiting long.
Customer #1: I’ve been here for almost an hour watching the dance of the dipshits that’s going on behind the counter.
Customer #2: There’s entertainment now?
CVS Pharmacy
Hamilton, New Jersey
Overheard by: Currrly!
Why Are You Giggling, Sir?
Social worker on the phone: No sir, the hospital does not offer financial assistance for penile prosthesis. Well, have you spoken with Dr. Wang in the erectile dysfunction clinic?
Holcombe & Bertner
Houston, Texas
Overheard by: Just the Secretary
Travel Agent: You Would Not Believe What I Am Soaking This Chick For
Fat nurse: I’m real excited! I’m going to the Mexican Riviera next month.
Lanky nurse: Uh, isn’t it called the French Riviera?
Fat nurse: No, I think it’s Mexican, but you could be right — that sounds familiar.
Lanky nurse: I’ve always wanted to see the French Riviera.
Fat nurse: Yeah, me too. I can’t wait.
1st Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
Overheard by: dr mike
Just in Case, Though, We Offer a Full Course on Bobbing and Weaving
Orientation presenter: In all the code fives I’ve responded to over the years, there’s only been one that involved a weapon. But if you hear “code five lobby” announced overhead, and then you hear shots fired, don’t go into the lobby!
Albany General Hospital
Albany, Oregon
Overheard by: Naomi
