SeaCat
Hey, my Halo is smoking
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Rode the bike in this morning with the wife following in the car. (She wants more practice driving and I want more riding time.) The ride in was just fine although a touch damp, it rained about an hour before we went in. The roads were empty.
Stashed my helmet in the cargo box and wore the coat inside, stashed it in my locker. (It almost filled my locker.) I was there before most of my shift so no-one saw me.
Did the 12 hour shift which sucked. Finally though it was over and it was time to head home. I tossed my work bag and cooler on the Nurses Station counter and wandered to my locker for the coat. I carried it back to the nurses station and hung it on the back of a chair as I brished out and rebanded my hair. Two people took note of the coat.
The first was a family member of one of my patients. He saw the coat and walked over to ask if I rode. When I told him I did he informed me he too rode and we started talking bikes. When he heard what bike I ride he started smiling. It turns out he has one he is rebuilding.
The second was the Unit Secretary. Now she is one of those who just has to have her nose in everyones bussiness and is never wrong. (Just ask her.) She doesn't work the floor but she never hesitates to put in her two cents about our scheduling or about our paperwork or about our staffing levels. She has also on many occasions commented on my longer hair and my riding a bike. (To the point of telling the Unit Supervisor that she didn't think it projected the right image for the floor if I rode a bike.)
When she saw my jacket she drifted closer and listened in on the conversation. She then imposed herself and her views telling me she didn't think it was right I had brought the bike to work. She then went into this long convoluted reasoning about how my riding a bike put my patients at risk because I might possibly be injured. She also made comments about bikers being anti-social and suicidal individuals. By this time the family member I was talking with was becoming a bit unhappy. Before he could say anything though I answered her. I informed her that while I respected everyones right to their views and ideas that didn't give them the right to attempt to force their views or ideas on anyone else. I went on to state that this was especialy true of those whose overblown egos made them think their views on things that had absolutely nothing to do with them were important.
The Family Member loved this and he informed me he was going to be writing a letter to the C.E.O. of the Hospital complaining about the situation but that he would be also commenting on my self restraint and the caring manner in which I treated my patients.
The Unit Secretary on the other hand was pissed. (Oh well) I'm also sure that she will complain about this to the Boss. (Again oh well.)
Cat
Stashed my helmet in the cargo box and wore the coat inside, stashed it in my locker. (It almost filled my locker.) I was there before most of my shift so no-one saw me.
Did the 12 hour shift which sucked. Finally though it was over and it was time to head home. I tossed my work bag and cooler on the Nurses Station counter and wandered to my locker for the coat. I carried it back to the nurses station and hung it on the back of a chair as I brished out and rebanded my hair. Two people took note of the coat.
The first was a family member of one of my patients. He saw the coat and walked over to ask if I rode. When I told him I did he informed me he too rode and we started talking bikes. When he heard what bike I ride he started smiling. It turns out he has one he is rebuilding.
The second was the Unit Secretary. Now she is one of those who just has to have her nose in everyones bussiness and is never wrong. (Just ask her.) She doesn't work the floor but she never hesitates to put in her two cents about our scheduling or about our paperwork or about our staffing levels. She has also on many occasions commented on my longer hair and my riding a bike. (To the point of telling the Unit Supervisor that she didn't think it projected the right image for the floor if I rode a bike.)
When she saw my jacket she drifted closer and listened in on the conversation. She then imposed herself and her views telling me she didn't think it was right I had brought the bike to work. She then went into this long convoluted reasoning about how my riding a bike put my patients at risk because I might possibly be injured. She also made comments about bikers being anti-social and suicidal individuals. By this time the family member I was talking with was becoming a bit unhappy. Before he could say anything though I answered her. I informed her that while I respected everyones right to their views and ideas that didn't give them the right to attempt to force their views or ideas on anyone else. I went on to state that this was especialy true of those whose overblown egos made them think their views on things that had absolutely nothing to do with them were important.
The Family Member loved this and he informed me he was going to be writing a letter to the C.E.O. of the Hospital complaining about the situation but that he would be also commenting on my self restraint and the caring manner in which I treated my patients.
The Unit Secretary on the other hand was pissed. (Oh well) I'm also sure that she will complain about this to the Boss. (Again oh well.)
Cat
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