Not really ranting about work per se, more about people in general, but people in general with whom I would not have interacted UNLESS I’d been at work, so I guess this is a work related rant. Sorry about that.<\/p>\n
And I’m sorry about the shotgun commas. I never was very good at punctuation.<\/p>\n
What on earth would possess someone to tell an almost complete stranger on the other end of the phone that she was naked?<\/p>\n
Seriously!<\/p>\n
I was on the phone with a client the other day talking to her about a prescription that I was going to have filled for her through our online pharmacy. She KNEW I was talking about our online pharmacy because we’d just finished talking about the previous prescription I’d filled for her dog through our online pharmacy.
\nAnd I quote: “Well I’m naked right now so I’m just going to get dressed and then I’ll call you right back.”
\n\ud83d\ude2f <\/p>\n
So a: Why did her being naked have ANYthing to do with whether or not she could talk to me on the phone?
\nand
\nb: WHY DIDN’T SHE JUST SAY “Gosh! I’m busy right now, can you give me a few minutes and I’ll call you back?” ?!
\nHELLO? SOCIAL FILTER?!!
\nand
\nc: If she were naked and she knew that she couldn’t talk on the phone while she was naked (why not? but that’s another question.) WHY’D SHE PICK UP IN THE FIRST PLACE?! I know she’s got an answering machine, I’ve talked to it often. I prefer talking to her machine than talking to her.<\/p>\n
That was an image that just I did not need.<\/p>\n
And the second doozy of the week…..<\/p>\n
Guy presents me with his very itchy, very badly affected with bacterial dermatitis, dog. I did my exam, took some samples from the dog’s ears then excused myself to look at the goo samples under the microscope.
\nI came back to the exam room with my microscopic findings (bacterial ottis externa too, what a surprise!) to find him vigorously scratching the dog’s back for her. She was enjoying the scratching and curved herself into a big C shape so he could more effectively scratch at the base of her tail.
\nI said to the dog “Ooo! The butt scratches are pretty good, huh Sheba?” (name changed to protect the innocent)
\nand the client replied:
\n“Yeah, she’s always liked her butt scratched. ‘Course, I enjoy getting my butt scratched too!”<\/p>\n
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
\n -> ! <-\n\nI guess I'm lucky. I've never had anyone drop trou at me (and I do know many veterinarians who have had clients bare their all at them for one reason or another), but really....\nDid I NEED to know that?\nREALLY?!\n\nI've had people pee on the floor, we had someone poop on the floor at 5 Corners, I had one frighteningly crazy woman scratching her GIGANTIC ringworm lesions against the walls and the table in my exam room.\nBut in terms of flat out gross, learning that this -oh mid 60s-ish - guy likes to have his butt scratched......\n\nI did not need to know that. If there were a barfing smiley I'd be putting that in here about now.\n\nI really do wonder about people sometimes.\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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