Today, during my first day as a doctor’s intern, I attended a consultation. The embarrassed patient asked me to leave. Not really knowing my way around, I went through the first door I could find. By the time I realized it was a closet, I didn’t dare come back out. Twenty minutes is a long time to wait. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I walked into what I thought was my doctor’s new office building for my appointment. I sat down, only to realize five minutes later that I was sitting in a small conference room where they were holding a staff meeting, and not the waiting room I thought it was. I had to wait for the doctor's receptionist to come get me. FML
Today, during my first day as a medical intern in a new ward, I was performing a rectal exam. My supervisor thought it would be funny to burst into the room and scream, "Who are you?! You don't even work here, you pervert!" FML
Today, I had two different doctor's appointments with different specialists at the same hospital. Doctor #1 kept me waiting so long doctor #2 refused to see me. I tried to explain I was in the building and why I was late, but he wouldn’t hear it. I’d already waited 4 months for these appointments. FML
Today, I left work early because I had a doctor's appointment. After sitting in the waiting room for twenty minutes, I realized I was at my old doctor's office. My actual appointment was across town. I was already late. FML
Today, I went to the doctor's office for an appointment. After waiting for ages, I asked the receptionist what the delay was. Apparently, I had no standing appointment today. This is coming from the same receptionist who checked me in nearly two hours ago. FML
Today, I was waiting in a doctor's office when I was approached by an elderly woman. She told me all about the ripping of her stitches in a very private place, in exhaustive detail. Of course, today was the day my doctor chose to be an hour late. FML
Today, after checking in and waiting for three hours to see the doctor, the receptionist said she forgot about me because she didn't see me. She asked me to come back tomorrow. I was sitting right in front of her. FML
Today, I had a doctor's appointment. I arrived early so I could check in with the receptionists about this weird communication mixup that's caused me to miss my last two appointments. Despite what my appointment card said, I arrived to find the office closed. FML
Today, it was a normal day working as a medical receptionist, until I told a wheelchair-bound patient to “take a seat” out of habit. She responded with, “I brought my own!” I have never felt more embarrassed. FML
Today, I had a dentist appointment and walked into what looked like the clinic but it was a dental lab. Two technicians were polishing dentures so I asked where Dr. Patel’s office was. They pointed me down a corridor as if it explained why I’d just sat in their reception reading outdated magazines for 5 minutes. FML
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llamafish 25
Well congratulations on finally coming out of the closet! :) But that's beside the point, did you find Narnia?
alexup24 13
Yes, you should be. It was all your fault.
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PrincessPesa 20
Better toughen up before you actually become a doctor! This is marvelously embarrassing. The other doctor(s) had to have known it was a closet too! Haha! Sorry op!
girlwithmoodeyes 0
if you open the door before walking inside, wouldnt you have realized it was a closet?
chatoyant_fml 12
Just my thoughts, when opening a door which you didn't have in mind to enter, why enter instead of close and try the next one?
TheFirstSamurai 18
This is a storyline R. Kelly could work with...
GoW_Chick 15
Damn it! I didn't see you there now 42(my comment) isn't as fresh as I thought! *sobs*
TheFirstSamurai 18
Great minds think alike. :)
Michaelsgirl04 9
you could've run back out, looked around, and said "Aslan says hi!" then run out the correct door
GoW_Chick 15
Might as well run to the psychiatric ward while you're at it, they'll get you the help you need.
PrincessPesa 20
Nothing says "I'm a loose cannon!" better than spaz-walking into a closet, bursting back into the room you were just asked to leave while cracking a joke referencing a children's story (albeit an excellent one), and then running out. I like it.
PrincessesCrown 17
The closet door is made of all different types of wood, my friend- FIRED UP
Honestly_Lainey 21
*whispers in ear* ALL KINDS
mgkgambino 3
Didn't you have to pee???
SloppyFlamingo 4
It was only 20 minutes? Lol
Bullpine 11
When does the narwhal bacon?
xx000o 27
You might have walked out and sa
xx000o 27
I'd "I'll meet with you tomorrow" and vanished
rubberduckie94 13
I have a rare disease. It causes tumors to grow on my nerves so I have to have a lot of surgery. The doctors always bring the interns in to see me because it's rare. I always let them look at me. Sorry the patient made you leave. You missed a learning experience.
ImaginaryFoe 1
A. I hope you're feeling well. B. Not every case is rare so he/she might not have missed much except practical experience (still important but not rare). C. When I was having my first baby, the intern turned green and left the room flushed. After that I had a no intern policy during delivery unless it was an actual Ob/Gyn intern.
SamCat 21
When I gave birth to my second child there was a team of 3 interns watching. They all thanked me for letting them watch their first baby :) They seem to get reject a lot lol
rolsenxo 6
It'd grow on my nerves if I had tumours too
Ellenpop 15
So did you hear what the patient's secret was??
N9ne_ZxxZxxZ_ 3
so the patient isnt intitled to some privacy when dealing with a maybe imberassing discussion?
laden_swallow09 35
*isn't *entitled *embarrassing
ddeathbombb 5
120- grammar nazi