Clueless People
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I recently sang my medical nurse wife Belinda's praises at a holiday gathering breakfast.
Belinda had just gotten off her 12-hour MN shift from working in IMU and had typically done some extraordinary work she told me about on the drive to the gathering. Basically, she had started an IV on a confused patient after an ER & ICU had failed to do so.
Not only that, but the patient, who was retired police officer, became hostile and threatening. Belinda used that fact to control his behavior by saying something along the lines of, "You were a police officer, is that correct?" The patient assured her they were. "Then", Belinda said, "you know the importance of following protocol".
The patient agreed yet continued to be loud and threatening. Belinda said, "If you don't calm down, then I'm going to have to call the hospital police". The patient told her to go ahead, they weren't afraid of the police.
The hospital security arrived, and the patient immediately calmed down and said, "Yes sir" and "No sir" to them.
I sung Belida's praises, saying that not only did she do a great medical intervention, but she also did a great psych intervention!
A member of the gathering piped up with, "You should have said that he was a prisoner and that you were going to call the warden on him!"
In a split second, multiple thoughts went through my mind. This person who piped up refused to allow Belinda to be in the limelight for one minute. They had to attempt to say something clever and put the focus on themselves instead of reinforcing a job well done by someone else.
That low self-esteemed selfish behavior inspired me to react.
"NO!" I said, "Belinda used a point of reference to which the patient could identify. The patient had been a police officer. They had not been a prisoner. Belinda used information she knew about the patient and manipulated her media to achieve a desired outcome!"
I could have continued supporting the premise with more information, but sensed my point was driven home. Still, no one said anything, so I said, "Let's have a round of applause for Belinda!" to which everyone clapped.
These are a group of people with whom Belinda regularly socializes. Me, being an antisocial recluse, will do so only at Belinda's request, as I find them to be shallow and self-serving.
It's too bad we can't pick our friends' noses.