That is so fucked up! (TISFU)

[Ginger]

I wanted to start a thread where people can just vent about stuff that is fucked up. You don't have to analyze or dwell on it, just let it out.

I'll start.


My co-worker is pregnant and just found out it's a girl. "You guys must be so excited!!!," I said.

"Not really," she said. "I told my husband and he's like, 'A girl? What the hell am I gonna do with a girl?"

TISFU!!!

[nycfem]

Fun thread!

Someone at work, of the beauty queen variety, said she noticed I lost some weight and complimented me. She said, quote, "I used to be ugly..." She meant it supportively but imo...

TISFU! Or as I can't help thinking, "That SHIT is so fucked up!"

(And please no comments on my posts, outside of private reps, thanks)

[Okiebug61]

I have a co-worker who's job is to take down information (correct information) from people who call in and request estimates.

The information is very seldom correct. They do not ask how the prospects name is spelled or the correct spelling of the street they live on.

I have complained all summer about this and the reply I keep getting is "We can't find anyone that will do the job correctly" OK! So we are paying someone to do it wrong.

TISFU!

[Linus]

Admin note: moved thread to Fun and Fluffy as this is more appropriate here than the Red Zone.

[Ginger]

Originally Posted by Linus

Admin note: moved thread to Fun and Fluffy as this is more appropriate here than the Red Zone.

Thank you, Scout

[Okiebug61]

So I have a situation where a mechanical closet will not pass inspection with the new equipment when installed. I call City Hall to request a inspector come by and tell us exactly what must be done to bring the closet up to code. I am told the following by the person who answered the phone.

We can't tell you what you need beforehand we can only tell you what you did wrong and you'll have to pay the permit for us to tell you.

I couldn't help but say the following. So if we don't pull a permit then you won't know what we did wrong and it really won't matter then.

Yes, that is correct. If we never see what you did wrong then you won't have to pay for us to tell you what you did wrong.

Is there anyway you can explain why you won't tell us what we need so we can do the right thing? No there is no reason to explain something that we will not do, it's just the city enforcement code.

Ok, thanks,

TISFU! LMAO

[Ginger]

They put the shrunken heads into storage at the American Museum of Natural History in NYC because they think it sends the wrong message about a culture.

TISFU!!!!

They put the Tasmanian Wolf into storage because they think he's a bummer and sends the wrong message.

TISFU!!!

I know how to subvert wrong messages. That is NOT fucked up!

[Metro]

TISFU...

'GSElevator: Things Overheard on the Goldman Sachs Elevator' from the Bro Bible.

Example pearl of wisdom: "Hookers aren’t cool, but remember, the free ones are a lot more expensive."

Uh, yeah -- if that isn't such a total frat move and so f***ed up then I don't know what is... kinda reminds me of that weighty tome, 'The Rules: Time-tested Secrets for Capturing the Heart of Mr. Right', circa 1995.

[Okiebug61]

Traffic Signs everywhere flashing the speed you are going, Break lights can be seen not to far ahead. Signs saying right lane ends. Idiot flashes by at about 80 finally see's their lane is ending slams on breaks, doesn't put on blinker and thinks I am going to let him over. I THINK NOT!

TISFU!

[puddin']

at work today... neighbour across da road comes over. says one o' our boys is lyin' on da footpath and pukin'. i went up, saw he was. made his silly ass clean dat shite up. oh, yes i did... tisfu

[lusciouskiwi]

Monday is a public holiday so lots of crazies on the road today.

People are in such a hungry that they (ok, not everyone, but plenty of them) drive illegally on the emergency lane/shoulder on the motorway.

TISFU

[SirLucian]

Was told today

I give up
I am going to kill myself


AND
Told by a family member
You fucking do to much
You cant take care of it all
but I need $
so I cashed a check you
got in the mail here
for $450.00

TIFU

[Ginger]

I'm asking my co-worker about someone we both have corresponded with, but she's just met and I haven't yet.

The woman I'm asking her about happens to be Asian.

My co-worker starts joking that she's "tiny and Asian," and adds, thinking she's the next Joan Rivers, "and I thought she was here to do my nails."

TISFU!!!

[Ginger]

I hear a man yelling, and look out my window.

Across the street, a woman stands on the sidewalk outside the grocery store, her head bowed, surrounded by grocery bags, as the man yells at her.

He storms off and she struggles to gather up all the bags and follow.

TISFU!!!

I yell out the window, At least help her with the bags, you asshole!

and his head jerks up to scan the building, and he walks off with (I hope) a small amount of fear that he is being watched.

[RNguy]

So, the other day I make the dreaded phone call to my patients surrogate which is his brother , not his own wife ( I understood why he was after I spoke with his wife ) at 2am.

Me : Mr xxxxx this is Blake from xxxx and I'm taking care of your brother . I'm so sorry to wake you up at this hour with this news, but as you know your brother is extremely critical and is declining to the point where its coming to the end . I've spoke with the critical care doc and the renal doc , he is maxed out on 4 pressor meds, and his pressure is not maintaining at all, his potassium is still critically high despite being on emergent dialysis and the cocktail lowering drip and neurologically he isn't doing anything. Is there anyway you can come in and bring his wife and the rest of the family in ???

Patients brother : I have only been sleeping for 4 hours so no I can't come in but ill come in tomorrow afternoon to see him.

Me: Mr xxxx im unsure if he will make it another hour at this point at 2 am , that's why I'm calling you to come now if all possible , he is this unstable .

Patients brother : well call me if he doesn't make it and we will go from there

Me : since you are the decision maker , do you care to call his wife and update her since he is doing so bad ?

Patients brother : I'd rather not but Blake you can call her and update her

Me : ok, thank you , ill do that and I'm sorry again

Me : Mrs xxxxx this is Blake and we spoke two days ago on the phone briefly when he first came down to our unit from the first floor . Im so sorry to call you at this hour with this update but I spoke to your brother in law and this is what is going on . Is there any way you and your family can come into be with your husband tonight as he isn't doing well and is not going to hold on much longer I'm afraid.

Patients wife : Blake , thank you for calling me this is horrible news I was afraid of this call but Blake I have IBS and I can't come there bc I have to be near a toilet at all times .
Do you know how aweful IBS is ? Its aweful to have , I've had this for years and am so sickly with IBS . I've been to the doctor and its the worse thing in the world .

Me : thank you mam I have to get back to work but ill tell him you love him and ill update you again .

WHAT THE #$%& is wrong with people !!!!!! Now this is messed up.
Ill gladly put a potty chair at his bedside so you can crap while holding your dying husbands hand so he doesn't die alone with no family geez .
Shakes head . It would be nice to say what you feel.

[always2late]

Originally Posted by RNguy

So, the other day I make the dreaded phone call to my patients surrogate which is his brother , not his own wife ( I understood why he was after I spoke with his wife ) at 2am.

Me : Mr xxxxx this is Blake from xxxx and I'm taking care of your brother . I'm so sorry to wake you up at this hour with this news, but as you know your brother is extremely critical and is declining to the point where its coming to the end . I've spoke with the critical care doc and the renal doc , he is maxed out on 4 pressor meds, and his pressure is not maintaining at all, his potassium is still critically high despite being on emergent dialysis and the cocktail lowering drip and neurologically he isn't doing anything. Is there anyway you can come in and bring his wife and the rest of the family in ???

Patients brother : I have only been sleeping for 4 hours so no I can't come in but ill come in tomorrow afternoon to see him.

Me: Mr xxxx im unsure if he will make it another hour at this point at 2 am , that's why I'm calling you to come now if all possible , he is this unstable .

Patients brother : well call me if he doesn't make it and we will go from there

Me : since you are the decision maker , do you care to call his wife and update her since he is doing so bad ?

Patients brother : I'd rather not but Blake you can call her and update her

Me : ok, thank you , ill do that and I'm sorry again

Me : Mrs xxxxx this is Blake and we spoke two days ago on the phone briefly when he first came down to our unit from the first floor . Im so sorry to call you at this hour with this update but I spoke to your brother in law and this is what is going on . Is there any way you and your family can come into be with your husband tonight as he isn't doing well and is not going to hold on much longer I'm afraid.

Patients wife : Blake , thank you for calling me this is horrible news I was afraid of this call but Blake I have IBS and I can't come there bc I have to be near a toilet at all times .
Do you know how aweful IBS is ? Its aweful to have , I've had this for years and am so sickly with IBS . I've been to the doctor and its the worse thing in the world .

Me : thank you mam I have to get back to work but ill tell him you love him and ill update you again .

WHAT THE #$%& is wrong with people !!!!!! Now this is messed up.
Ill gladly put a potty chair at his bedside so you can crap while holding your dying husbands hand so he doesn't die alone with no family geez .
Shakes head . It would be nice to say what you feel.

I can so completely relate to this that it's sad. I have no idea what is wrong with people. I once had a declining patient's son and daughter-in-law come to visit and ask me "How long is she going to last? Is she going to die tonight? We don't really live too close so if she's going to die tonight let us know so we don't have to make the trip back again." After this same patient passed, I called them to advise them and asked which funeral home they wanted me to contact. The daughter-in-law asked "Why?" I had to bite my tongue to keep from saying "Because she DIED!! Would you rather just bring a shovel??"

[RNguy]

Originally Posted by always2late

I can so completely relate to this that it's sad. I have no idea what is wrong with people. I once had a declining patient's son and daughter-in-law come to visit and ask me "How long is she going to last? Is she going to die tonight? We don't really live too close so if she's going to die tonight let us know so we don't have to make the trip back again." After this same patient passed, I called them to advise them and asked which funeral home they wanted me to contact. The daughter-in-law asked "Why?" I had to bite my tongue to keep from saying "Because she DIED!! Would you rather just bring a shovel??"

I know right ! How about the call when they say " um , do you think mom will be alive on Friday , bc her check comes in on Friday and ill need to cash it "

Well , I do not know if she will be alive sir but what I do know is you are a piece of crap son , have a wonderful day .

I know you're in the same boat , its sad isn't it

[RNguy]

Originally Posted by always2late

I can so completely relate to this that it's sad. I have no idea what is wrong with people. I once had a declining patient's son and daughter-in-law come to visit and ask me "How long is she going to last? Is she going to die tonight? We don't really live too close so if she's going to die tonight let us know so we don't have to make the trip back again." After this same patient passed, I called them to advise them and asked which funeral home they wanted me to contact. The daughter-in-law asked "Why?" I had to bite my tongue to keep from saying "Because she DIED!! Would you rather just bring a shovel??"

One more

Wife of pt 3 years ago : um sir , his skin looks yellow is that normal ?

Me : no mam its not normal , he is yellow , he has liver failure so his bilirubin is high which gives him a yellow color .

Her : ohhhh ok ....... Comes back the second time minutes later . Um sir his eyes are yellow , is that normal. ?????

Me : no mam its not normal but he has liver failure so the yellowish of his eyes , skin etc is yellow bc of the bilirubin etc.... So when ones liver is failing and the bilirubin is extremely high its expected to be that color .

Her : comes back the third time ... Um sir there is a bag hanging from the bed that has bright orange water in it ..?????

Me : yes mam that's his catheter bag and the liquid is his urine .

Her : sir is urine supposed to be bright orange ?

Me : no mam , he has liver failure , his urine is concentrated , his bilirubin is very high I'm actually coming in to talk to you in a moment in the room about him .

My charge nurse : dude this is why you have that patient today bc we have all had our turn dealing with his wife

Me : I hate you charge nurse

I kept saying to myself , um I'm not yellow , nobody at this desk is yellow , your not yellow so why would you think your husband's yellow highlighter skin would be normal ?????

[always2late]

Originally Posted by RNguy

I know right ! How about the call when they say " um , do you think mom will be alive on Friday , bc her check comes in on Friday and ill need to cash it "

Well , I do not know if she will be alive sir but what I do know is you are a piece of crap son , have a wonderful day .

I know you're in the same boat , its sad isn't it

Ok...one more and then I'll stop because, trust me, I could fill up this thread with stories from by first year of nursing alone!

We had a 94 year old man come in, brought in by his family. Apparently, he had been driving and hit another parked car. He left the scene and went home. Because he sustained some bruises from the accident, his family brought him in. During his assessment, we realized that this man had dementia, nearly end stage. We brought this up to his family which they, of course, denied. Dad was just FINE! He still drives, and gets around ok, and he's fine! Yeah, he still drives...and hits other cars without even realizing it (thank god it wasn't a child!), and he doesn't speak...merely parrots back what he's asked (ex. What's your name? Reply: Your name. How do you feel Mr. X. Reply: Feel Mr. X.) We realized WHY his family was so anxious to have him released and so adamant that he was lucid, when they revealed that they just bought a new house and good ol' dad's social security check was paying their mortgage. *smh*

[RNguy]

Originally Posted by always2late

Ok...one more and then I'll stop because, trust me, I could fill up this thread with stories from by first year of nursing alone!

We had a 94 year old man come in, brought in by his family. Apparently, he had been driving and hit another parked car. He left the scene and went home. Because he sustained some bruises from the accident, his family brought him in. During his assessment, we realized that this man had dementia, nearly end stage. We brought this up to his family which they, of course, denied. Dad was just FINE! He still drives, and gets around ok, and he's fine! Yeah, he still drives...and hits other cars without even realizing it (thank god it wasn't a child!), and he doesn't speak...merely parrots back what he's asked (ex. What's your name? Reply: Your name. How do you feel Mr. X. Reply: Feel Mr. X.) We realized WHY his family was so anxious to have him released and so adamant that he was lucid, when they revealed that they just bought a new house and good ol' dad's social security check was paying their mortgage. *smh*

Are you SURE you don't work at my hospital ???? West Virginia ?????
It sounds like we are conversing about the same people here !!!!!!


Ok one more What the ?+&%

80 year old mamaw brought in via back of pickup truck .
She was hanging laundry on the line outside .
Family drinking on back porch watching her some many yards away.
They hear her yelling help and screaming and flailing her arms about in the air and they see something on her arm which from a distance looks like a cable .
They run to her and a copperhead has bitten her arm and the fangs are snagged up in her sweater . They do the most sensible thing ( sarcasm )

They pick mamaw up, toss her in the tail of the pickup and drive her 45 min to our e.r. where she is now in cardiac arrest . The er cuts the snake in half and pries the fangs off and deals with that ordeal .

Lets leave the snake attached 45 min drive with her in the truck back gate . She comes to our unit bc its a trauma .
She arrests two more times and doesn't make it .
The family doesn't want to make funeral arrangements however they are irritated bc our e.r. discarded the copperhead bc they can use the snakeskin for sale to vendors ?????

What the !@#$