Gum Chewing

[NinetyNine]

What's everyone's opinions on chewing gum while on the job?

Just curious because I love to chew gum but I feel as though no one in my hospital does it.

[Spidey's mom, ADN, BSN, RN]

i remember an o-l-d nurse i once worked with whose dentures (upper and lower, i think) clicked when she spoke or even when her tongue moved. maybe she'd come back from the next life to torment this doctor.

kathy

shar pei mom:paw::paw:

oh! oh! wait! i have a relative in her 80's who has those same clicking dentures!!! she talks with a stiffened jam to keep them in so she speaks through clenched teeth . . .but they still click!!

steph

[nursel56]

believe it or not, i have *never* chewed gum at work, nor will i ever. too much dental work. i haven't chewed gum in decades. i have also never given my boss the finger or yelled at families from hell. (i have, however, deliberately ****** them off.)

ruby vee deliberately ******* off families from hell? priceless. i wish you could share. . .all the nurses shackled to their press-ganey surveys might get vicarious pleasure from hearing about it

[nursel56]

leslie :-D;4119167] . . .heck, if i really wanted to be obnoxious, i'd blow bubbles, click my pen AND make that disgusting, God-awful sound when hawking up some post-nasal drip.

. . . ever seen someone do that and then swallow it back down? :barf01: OK, OK I'll stop!!

[tewdles, RN]

this thread has taken a disturbing turn...revolting revolution

[nursel56]

this thread has taken a disturbing turn...revolting revolution

Kind of like the last few guests at a party engaging in slightly off-kilter silly-talk to amuse themselves before hitting the road.:)

[sharpeimom]

. . . ever seen someone do that and then swallow it back down? :barf01: ok, ok i'll stop!!

eeeeewwwww!!! but also :cheers:

kathy

shar pei mom:paw::paw:

[sharpeimom]

:tku:

this thread has taken a disturbing turn...revolting revolution

thank you! thank you! :flwrhrts:

we certainly tried our hardest. (curtsies just like i learned in dance class when i was six)

kathy

shar pei mom:paw::paw:

[sharpeimom]

kind of like the last few guests at a party engaging in slightly off-kilter silly-talk to amuse themselves before hitting the road.:)

reminds me of a cartoon i clipped out and had on our fridge until it finally disintegrated.

in the first panel, there are a whole bunch of people partying in someone's living room.

second panel, one lone couple, who are obviously tipsy continue to party. the clock shows

it's much later than it had been.

last panel, the man goes through in his pjs and sets the milk bottles on the porch steps, glaring at the couple.

they were probably chomping gum and clicking their teeth too.

kathy

shar pei mom:paw::paw:

[tewdles, RN]

Who besides nurses can be compassionate, empathetic, supportive, beligerent, disobedient, gruesome, and gross all in the span of a 5 minute conversation?

...at the dinner table...

[Spidey's mom, ADN, BSN, RN]

. . . ever seen someone do that and then swallow it back down? :barf01: OK, OK I'll stop!!

Isn't that better than bringing it into your mouth to spit it out, where you get to taste it????? :sofahider

steph:uhoh3:

[sissiesmama, ASN, RN]

Oh no no no. If she didn't birth me or sign my paycheck, that would NOT be happening.

Oh, u are right!!! I can't believe administration didn't get mad about the way she acted, because they sure got them about this MD. The ONLY person that has asked me to spit out my gum like that is my mom, a LONG time ago!

Anne, RNC

[nursel56]

QUOTE=Spidey's mom;4120519]Isn't that better than bringing it into your mouth to spit it out, where you get to taste it????? :sofahider

steph:uhoh3:

Yes. And can you just imagine our future grandkids or great-grandkids who choose nursing or have a school report be directed to the allnurses archives for stories of our heroism finding this?? :bdyhdclp: