What is the silliest complaint someone has ever made aboutyou?

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I don't know what made me remember this but I had a coworker once with whom I had developed(I thought) something of a rapport. Well one day we were in the nurses' station and I jokingly made a comment about her not working hard. I forget my exact words but it was something along the lines of are you hardly working or working hard. You know that lame joke, well not that lame but it was harmless like that. Well a few days later, guess what I got invited to a meeting with her and the charge nurse to discuss my attempt to slander her! She said that she felt like I had a low opinion of her as a nurse and my comments left it open for people to believe that she was not a hard worker. And I was attempting to destroy her reputation as a nurse. As broadsided as I was, I apologized profusely for my faux-pas but she wasn't in a forgiving mood. So *shrug* what could I do? Obviously we weren't as good of friends as I thought or she might have given me the benefit of the doubt. Also she must have had a massively low self-esteem or insecurities if she was that bothered by my little joke. I just moved on. I can remember being quite annoyed at first but it's funny now.

Makes one wonder where they did meet. Hehe

Maybe on 'The Love Connection'?:lol2:

Specializes in ER,Med-Surg, Corrections, Psych,LTC.
So why didn't you give him the water?

He is drowning already!

I was called in for a brief mtg with the DON of a hospice in pt facility where I'd worked for a year. One particular nurse had complained because I was too upbeat and positive when I came to work and it irritated her. My DON said I needed to "work on that" - and then just shook her head in amazement and smiled.

i was working in home health, not as a nurse because i just became one (go me) but as an aide. she was old and always picked someone out of the crew that she picked on. Well she sat on her bed one day and asked me to get her a glass of water. ok im not a nurse, but water i can get (LOL), at least i thought so, anyway. so, i proceeded to the sink and got her water. job well done, right? Not to her. she complained that i had gotten the water wrong (how can you get a glass of water wrong anyhow?) apparently, she wanted me to run the faucet for 30 secs before getting it to get the water "cleared out of the pipes"!! lol!!

This happened many years ago to a friend on the night shift. We had a woman with Guillian-Barre who was on a vent. She complained to the day shift that the night RN's got her up in the wheel chair and ran up and down the hallways with her.

About a month later, the same woman complained that an oriental male climbed up on top of her and put his member in her mouth-mind you she was still on the vent. When her husband found out he went ballistic and called the local police. The funny thing was the MD and the RT were both oriental!

Poor woman was on our unit for 9 months and she and her husband drove us nuts!!!!

Specializes in EC, IMU, LTAC.

I stand by my conclusion that humanity has evolved into a race of spoiled brats.

Specializes in Tele, Infectious Disease, OHN.
i had a co-worker complain the boss that i refused to take a cookie from her!!

hmmm... but your name is cookie.....

Specializes in Tele m/s, new to ED.

A 19ish female with back pain left one rural hospital with Dad to drive 25 minutes to our rural hospital because their ED was to busy, and didn't want to wait. After I assesed her, IV'd her and told her the entire process of UTI vs K. Stone, she told our tech that I was arrogant.

Specializes in med-surg,sa,breast & cervical ca.

Hmm, it's just unreal what people say isn't it?

I had a Dr. tell me I was "insolent" once, lol. Can't remember what I said to him but hey maybe I was.

Also had a fellow staff member whom physically threatenend me complain to our boss afterwards that I wasn't being "friendly" with him. I filed a formal complaint about his witnessed threats and YES it was actually brought to my attention that he made this complaint.

Still not friendly with him, the turdball.

Ms.P

I was told by a surgeon that I was salacious. ( I had given birth 3 months prior and d/t breastfeeding had centerfold-sized breats)

Specializes in Elderly Rehab.
I stand by my conclusion that humanity has evolved into a race of spoiled brats.

Couldn't agree more.

We are often forced to pander to the patients and the relatives.

Specializes in Labor & Delivery.

I had a RN complain that I had failed to put a PITOCIN label on a bag of LR. When I went in the pt's room to check (because I was sure I had) I showed it to her. She said she couldn't see it, because it was not on the right side(the pre-printed side, showing what type of fluid). I don't normally cover that side with a label, for the obvious reason - but maybe I should have realized you can't see a BRIGHT RED LABEL thru the clear fluid or that it was too difficult to turn the bag of fluid around to check for a label. I was actually written up and the Unit Manager reprimanded me, saying the way I did it was not the way the nurses did it at this particular hospital. (I was on a travel assignment). :nono: SoooooooSorryyyyyyy:uhoh3:

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