I was inspired by another thread in which someone pointed out that men fantasized about nurses. It's beyond irritating to be objectified. Anyway, when I was still in nursing school I worked as a nursing assistant. One early morning, all decked out in my nursing uniform, I was heading for my car when a man who was walking down the street stopped me, using that tiresome "I think I need a nurse, take my pulse" Gee fellah, do you think you're the first moron to come up with this line? Instead of being annoyed, I suddenly got a great idea. So I took his pulse and it was normal. Instead of telling him it was just fine and dandy, I feigned concern and told him he needed to get to his M.D. pronto, because his pulse was "dangerously irregular," and it might be atrial fib (as if he knew what that meant.) Suddenly he turned from a lothario wanna be into a sprinter, rushing off to call his doctor I presume.
I'm new to this group, but I HAD to respond to this thread. Today I was walking out of our local scrub shop when a guy passed me on the street and looked me up and down as if I'd just walked out of Victoria's Secret or something. He winked and said "Whatcha got in that bag?" :imbar
OH MY GOSH THAT IS SOOO FUNNY! What a GREAT response!
I wish I had such quick thinking and wit for such a reaction!
In high school I was a candy-striper volunteer, and I was about sick of hearing every dirty old man patient say "Hey candy StriPPer, I need a little candy over here, baby" arg!! LOL
Farkinott, RN
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Me neither! Control freaks the lot of them!