A thread for the airing of the grievances. Also known as "med room consultations." 

My contribution: Few phrases will elicit a string of muttered profanity and an eye roll from me like "This patient is a VIP." 

I'm offended by very little in life, but that phrase absolutely offends me on multiple levels.

I go ballistic when I hear management say "Do more with less." My feeling is that you're lucky if we can do the same with less, but how about less with less??

I don't ever hear "do more with less" but what makes me cringe is the "thank you for all you do, it's going to get better" which I've heard for a couple of years now.  Meaning:  you're screwed with staffing, and you will remain screwed but thank you for your service, here's a pizza.

5 minutes ago, Tweety said:

  here's a pizza.

...probably not even the good stuff.

Just now, Jedrnurse said:

...probably not even the good stuff.

And nightshift will get 5 empty boxes and 2 leftover pieces with the toppings removed. 

22 minutes ago, Raven Sierra said:

And nightshift will get 5 empty boxes and 2 leftover pieces with the toppings removed. 

So true.  Years ago, long before the pandemic my hospital got an account with a local pizza place to deliver pizza to the night shift up to 1AM.  It was mainly used for the ER when they couldn't get a lunch break.    The pizza to thank us for all we do is long established.  LOL

25 minutes ago, Jedrnurse said:

...probably not even the good stuff.

Always thin with skimpy amount of cheese and a few toppings.  LOL

31 minutes ago, Raven Sierra said:

And nightshift will get 5 empty boxes and 2 leftover pieces with the toppings removed. 

LOL This!

Why'd you put the VTBI at 1,000,000 so the whole friggin bag runs dry. ?

I got a bad sugar cookie and a bag of stale popcorn once. ?

7 hours ago, 2BS Nurse said:

I got a bad sugar cookie and a bag of stale popcorn once. ?

"Thank you for all you do."

Yeah, once a long time ago we had a newish DON, who informed us at a mandatory staff meeting : "We are so thankful for all the hard work you do for us." (the company).

HUFF!

I stood up and said, "I know you don't know me, and this will probably sound rude, but *I* don't work for you. *I* work for my PATIENTS, not for this company! The company is just the middle-man."

Why can't anyone in my family properly load the dishwasher?! 

Sorry, wrong rant thread, but that's my issue today.