tarbabie
02-25-2003, 07:03 AM
Subject: Never Tick-off A Nurse
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> A big shot business man had to spend a couple of days in the
hospital.
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> He was a royal pain to the nurses because he bossed them around just
> like he did his employees. None of the hospital staff wanted to have
> anything
> to do with him.
>
> The head nurse was the only one who could stand up to him. She came
> into his room and announced, "I have to take your temperature."
After
> complaining for several minutes, he finally settled down, crossed
his
> arms and
> opened his mouth. "No, I'm sorry," the nurse stated, "but for this
> reading, I
> can't use an oral thermometer." This started another round of
complaining,
> but eventually he rolled over and bared his behind. After feeling
the
> nurse insert the thermometer, he heard her announce, "I have to get
> something. Now you stay JUST LIKE THAT until I get back!"
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> She leaves the door to his room open on her way out. He curses
under
> his breath as he hears people walking past his door, laughing. After
a
> half hour, the man's doctor comes into the room. "What's going on
here?"
> asked the doc.
>
> Angrily, the man answers, "What's the matter, Doc? Haven't you ever
> seen someone having their temperature taken?"
>
> After a pause, the doctor confesses, "Not with a carnation."
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> A big shot business man had to spend a couple of days in the
hospital.
>
> He was a royal pain to the nurses because he bossed them around just
> like he did his employees. None of the hospital staff wanted to have
> anything
> to do with him.
>
> The head nurse was the only one who could stand up to him. She came
> into his room and announced, "I have to take your temperature."
After
> complaining for several minutes, he finally settled down, crossed
his
> arms and
> opened his mouth. "No, I'm sorry," the nurse stated, "but for this
> reading, I
> can't use an oral thermometer." This started another round of
complaining,
> but eventually he rolled over and bared his behind. After feeling
the
> nurse insert the thermometer, he heard her announce, "I have to get
> something. Now you stay JUST LIKE THAT until I get back!"
>
> She leaves the door to his room open on her way out. He curses
under
> his breath as he hears people walking past his door, laughing. After
a
> half hour, the man's doctor comes into the room. "What's going on
here?"
> asked the doc.
>
> Angrily, the man answers, "What's the matter, Doc? Haven't you ever
> seen someone having their temperature taken?"
>
> After a pause, the doctor confesses, "Not with a carnation."
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