To Be Fair, They’re Very Different Kinds Of Needles
Funny, Hypocrisy, Medical Office, Patients, USA | Healthy | September 23, 2021
In the early 2000s, while waiting for my doctor’s appointment, I witnessed this incident.
Another patient, a woman in her twenties, came out from the back exam area with a nurse. The patient was wearing a common and trendy outfit of low-rise sweatpants and a crop tank top.
The nurse handed the patient her paperwork.
Nurse: “You need to make a follow-up appointment for [number] weeks. The receptionist can help you if you want to do it now.”
As she grabbed her paperwork, the patient responded:
Patient: “Ugh! Do I have to? I hate needles.”
The patient then walked quickly out of the office. As she did so, I could see that among the small collection of tattoos she had was a trendy one on her tailbone. The nurse looked bemused but unsurprised and returned to the back. I managed to mind my manners and not laugh or giggle.
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