ER Pet Peeves

We had one lady complain because she was moved from the eent room which was right next to a trauma bay ( we had a trauma coming). We moved her because she had her little girl with her and we didn't want the little girl to see the trauma (VSA). The mom kept trying to see what was going on and complained that she saw the doctors laughing and telling jokes at the nursing station. Well excuse me. Why don't you go where you are needed and comfort your sick daughter (who was later given tylenol and sent home). And excuse the docs who work long shifts with little or no breaks! When it is busy/stressful, we need to let off steam and besides, I love a good joke!
Sorry, just needed to vent a little.

For the record, this CAN be the case for some folks (like me).

I have hypothyroid issues (and other endocrine abnormalities, I'm assuming, that fortunately aren't severe enough yet for me to justify the several thousands of dollars in testing to diagnose), and my "normal" temp can be in the 95-96 range on most days, especially if my thyroid levels are low.

I can be downright miserable with a temp of 99.0, over 100 for me can feel like 104+ for someone who is "normal".

Now, if the patient has no other symptoms, or is a known Frequent Flier or whatever, that's one thing. But when they have body aches, chills, lethargy, etc., or other symptoms (sinus pain, sore throat, infection of whatever), if they're telling you that they "normally run low so that's really a fever" they could very well be telling you the truth!