:D I was a hospital receptionist for two years and on phone duty on nights as part of another job for five more. Transfer me right now or I will come over and kick your ass! I wanna speak with Deborah the cradiology clinic nurse - NO I don't care that it's Saturday and the clinic is closed and I called inpatient cardiology, just get me Deborah! Somebody called me from this number - who is this? (at midnight). What do you mean a hospital?? Do you have any Filipino employees, to whom we can sell cheap calls to Philippines?
And my favorite: But are you sure you're not Filipino? (That one wasn't even selling cheap calls.)
i don't think i could ever answer phones at a hospital, especially at night. the crazies come out at night! i'd be tempted to fuck with them. i mean, "someone called me from this number, who is this?" would get "shit, they got out of the morgue again, sorry about that" or something.
and, uh, i think you'd know if you were filipino or not....
The night actually wasn't bad: the calls were mostly internal, from lab and radiology and such. The evenings was a nuthouse. Oh, wait, I also loved it when 911 operators called, because a patient called them from the room to say they dropped their call button and couldn't call the nurse. That happened ALL THE TIME.
Doesn't sound too bad for me :). But did you discover why the receptionist never came back? Instagram crashing the browser? Good know it's not only my laptop having problems with instagram ...
yeah, it wasn't horrible. i was kind of pleased and kind of surprised. and the receptionist didn't come back because apparently the train wasn't running often enough. she was in this morning, tho.
i have no idea what the problem was with instagram! but every time i tried to open it to look at a photo, i got an "internet explorer is shutting down" kind of error message. weird!
fortunately no. (well, maybe not fortunately for her, since she's looking for another job.) apparently the train would get her back late enough that it was stupid of her to try. she was in this morning.
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And my favorite: But are you sure you're not Filipino? (That one wasn't even selling cheap calls.)
(Sorry, I don't know how I posted it too early.)
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and, uh, i think you'd know if you were filipino or not....
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Yup :D I told her I was quite sure of that.
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Instagram crashing the browser? Good know it's not only my laptop having problems with instagram ...
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i have no idea what the problem was with instagram! but every time i tried to open it to look at a photo, i got an "internet explorer is shutting down" kind of error message. weird!
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