That’s Where We Put The Bad Patients
AUSTRALIA, COWORKERS, MEDICAL OFFICE, SILLY, WORDPLAY | HEALTHY | JANUARY 30, 2018
(It is a busy Monday with patients eager to get scanning done after the weekend, walk-ins, and appointments. I am working as fast and as politely as I can. There is a bit of pressure since our site manager is on holiday and our second was just promoted to head office. I have inadvertently become the senior receptionist.)
Coworker: “I have to find the keys to the mur…”
(I can’t hear what he’s saying because of the phone ringing and a patient in front of me giving me details necessary for the booking. He does a lap around the department.)
Coworker: “He’s supposed to have left keys for the mur mur rum...”
(I don’t catch the end of it, again, needing to pick up a call on hold that’s been waiting for seven minutes. He runs around again. I blaze through more people, finally finish all calls, and get to the last lady in the queue.)
Coworker: “Okay, so, we get the keys from upstairs in General. It’s all good. They got into the murder room.”
(I stop what I’m doing and stare at him, absolutely sure I heard it right, but shocked if that’s what he said.)
Me: “The murder room?!”
Coworker: “Motor room.”
(The patient in front of me starts laughing.)
Patient: “I wouldn’t want to be in one of those!”
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