Just a small anecdote that happened when working at the National Neurological hospital in central London - it's the most prestigious neuro hospital in the country.
Anyway, my friend made the headlines of the local tabloids because we were both working there as temp nurses, and we'd only worked a few shifts before, but the surgeon was used to the nurses automatically getting his cup of tea, but as we were new there, had no idea. But he didn't tell me to get the tea (maybe because I was a guy) but he asked my friend (who was female) where his cup of tea was.
She politely told him she was there to fetch his tea for him.
The doctor didn't exactly complain, well, nothing official, but he did speak to the charge nurse, who did excused the temp nurses actions and had a quiet word with her.
My friend wasn't happy about this, moaned about it to her friends outside of work, one of whom happened to work in the newspaper business, and suddenly her story is on the front page of the paper.
Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development.
I'm awesome. Bring me tea.
Far did offer to do a coffee run the other day over in the AN Addiction thread on the blue side- maybe she can throw in a tea or two while she's doing that.
I would suggest that in order for him to take all his marbles and go home, he must have been in possession of all his marbles in the first place. And I'm not entirely convinced of that as a fact...
Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.
But are you a woman? And did you see any news articles about it?
Yes I am a woman and no I did not see any articles on it. What I remember seeing was my hospital being accused of being a den of iniquity but other than that nothing
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Far did offer to do a coffee run the other day over in the AN Addiction thread on the blue side- maybe she can throw in a tea or two while she's doing that.