Friday – 30 May 2008
Nodded off on the couch (yet again) last night. I woke up long enough to take care of the nightly hygiene rituals and hit the rack somewhere around 2:00.

Once again, I was awake around 6:00.
The alarm was set for 6:35.
Naturally, I stayed in bed for the extra few minutes.
Up out and in the office by a few minutes past 8:00. Hopefully, the rest of the day will go as swimmingly.

Stray Toasters

Quotes of the Day: Things overheard in a Waiting Room
You just can’t make stuff like this up:

  • A phone call came in, apparently a patient canceling because a family member had something going on/bad. The receptionist replied: “…just let her drink some flat soda or Sprite or something, to get some nourishment in her.”
    (Wait… Since when is “soda” considered a source of “nourishment?”)
  • Receptionist 1: 13 year old boys won’t cuddle with their moms…
    Receptionist 2: Sure they will, if they’re sick.
  • A woman checks in, gets forms to fill out, hands them back in…
    Receptionist: You’re not allergic to anything?
    Patient: No.
    Receptionist: I mean medicines…
    Patient: No.
    (If someone says that they aren’t allergic to something, I’d take it as a pretty good bet that they would consider medicines on the list of “Things I’m allergic to,” especially if they are in a doctor’s office.)
  • Observed: PA comes into the waiting room, looks around… “Claudia?”
    There was only one woman in the room.
  • A man comes in to reschedule an appointment for his wife:
    Receptionist: Did the pill give her diarrhea?
    Man: No, more constipated than anything.
    Receptionist: Oh. Well some people react to it differently. Some people say it doesn’t do anything to them, others say it’s like an explosion.

Back to the grind.

Namaste.

Answer: If it’s supposed to be an automatic faucet, why does it have handles?
(Hint: It wasn’t.)