I've been working more in our Pediatrics ED lately. It's fun and interesting, because we get to do stuff to kids that we don't usually do to grownups (like suctioning their noses for virus specimens).
One very busy afternoon, I was racing around, trying to get the zillion things done that I had to do, and as usual, I was talking to myself as I ran around. (Come on, ED nurses. You ALL do it.)
The cool fun pediatrics attending came up to me when I had a minute and said, "Hey, you're doing great! We love it when you're here because things really get done fast. But there's one thing to keep in mind about pediatrics being different than adult medicine."
Of course, wanting to learn all about new things, I gazed up at him, wide-eyed, ready to hear a pearl of wisdom about pediatrics. He smiled kindly and said, "We try to watch what we say around the kids."
*blink blink*
Apparently what I had been saying to myself as I zoomed around the ER was "Fuckety fuckety fuckety fuck."
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LOL Thanks for the laugh :)
You are a saint...and human.
Just found this blog and WOW! What a great post to start me off on reading your blog.
Hee hee hee! Thanks for all your nice comments. I thought it was funny too. And, apparently, so did the whole ED. I got like ten emails congratulating me on my potty mouth.
Haha, very nice!
Freaking hilarious!!!
Thanks for the chuckle!
Oh god, my stomach hurts from laughing! I'm a med-surg nurse now and I have a job interview for the peds ICU coming up; I've always wanted to work with kids but my biggest worry is how I'm gonna contain my F-bombs!
With kids today, I'd be more afraid of learning something new. ;0)
i have a hideous pottymouth - like, stevedore-grade. I'm also prone to using multiple forms of fuck in a sentence, and I think I swear with flair.
Sadly, I used to work for a child welfare nonprofit.
All those sensitive social worker types, and then me, the pragmatic pottymouth.
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Ah, hell. One day I said "freakin'" and got reported by some lady in registration for saying the other "F-word" - written up and reprimanded for it too.
"Fuckety fuckety fuckety fuck."
I love it!
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