I was in the ER waiting for some testing to be done
when this harridan came right into my personal space and shoved her hand with a
pill and glass of water into my face.
"Uh, what's that?" I asked.
"Take it!" she demanded. "It's for fever."
"Understood," I replied, "but what is
it?"
"I already told you! Now take it!"
I got that was late at night and she was super stressed, so I decided to do a gentle end run.
"Thank you," I say smiling benevolently. "Give it to me and I will take it."
"Oh no! No
way!" she spat. "I want to see
you actually swallow that pill!"
OOOKaay…
I did try gentle.
I believe in gentle…
But hey, Guru, when gentle doesn't work…
"Lady," I said loud enough for everyone
around us to hear.
"This is not an Insane Asylum where you have to
make sure the crazies don't 'cheek' their meds!"
OK, I was
sounding a wee bit crazy, but cheesh…
And you want to know the really interesting thing?
Not only did she back off, but when I ran into her
later she was sooo nice…
What do ya say?
Can you let yourself give it the old heave ho when you
really need to?
*Nurse Ratched (aka Big Nurse) is a wonderful character in Ken Kesey's
1962 book 'One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest.
If you've never read it, check it out.
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