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ever have those nights (or days!) when things tumble out of your mouth before you can close it?! i had one the other night when i was floated down to ed...one of the things i say to patients when i discharge them is "ok! you're a free man / woman!" well, we had two prisoners that i was getting ready to discharge and you would have thought the bright orange jumpsuits they were wearing would catch my eye and make me bite my tongue, but nope. the words "ok, you're a free man!" were out before i could stop them. oops!! :rolleyes: the guy just looked at me and said "huh. i have 30 more days." the deputy was cracking up and i was slightly red :selfbonk:

i am an avid dog lover and my two black labs are my babies--i love them to death! a lab tech, another rn and myself were talking doggie talk for a sec and it was brought up that the other rn liked the itty-bitty dogs...to which i was joking and said," what?! those little sissy dogs are gay!" why did i choose the word gay? i don't know, i have nothing against gay people. it was at that moment, however, i realized the lab tech was a lesbian...agh!

so what are some of your big mouthed moments at work?!

:balloons: i would love to hear them!

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LOL that's a good one.

One day I was with a patient and his buddy. The subject of the lady who spilled coffee on herself from McDonald's came up. I said something like :"At least I know better than to drive around with something hot between my legs." They got a kick out of that one.

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LOL that's a good one.

One day I was with a patient and his buddy. The subject of the lady who spilled coffee on herself from McDonald's came up. I said something like :"At least I know better than to drive around with something hot between my legs." They got a kick out of that one.

Hee hee! I just cracked up and my dogs looked at me somewhat crazy...guess I startled them! :rotfl:

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Specializes in PeriOp, ICU, PICU, NICU.
ever have those nights (or days!) when things tumble out of your mouth before you can close it?! i had one the other night when i was floated down to ed...one of the things i say to patients when i discharge them is "ok! you're a free man / woman!" well, we had two prisoners that i was getting ready to discharge and you would have thought the bright orange jumpsuits they were wearing would catch my eye and make me bite my tongue, but nope. the words "ok, you're a free man!" were out before i could stop them. oops!! :rolleyes: the guy just looked at me and said "huh. i have 30 more days." the deputy was cracking up and i was slightly red :selfbonk:

i am an avid dog lover and my two black labs are my babies--i love them to death! a lab tech, another rn and myself were talking doggie talk for a sec and it was brought up that the other rn liked the itty-bitty dogs...to which i was joking and said," what?! those little sissy dogs are gay!" why did i choose the word gay? i don't know, i have nothing against gay people. it was at that moment, however, i realized the lab tech was a lesbian...agh!

so what are some of your big mouthed moments at work?!

:balloons: i would love to hear them!

opsie! i used to use the word gay a lot as in happy. i don't anymore because ppl usually take it the other way.

people take things the wrong ways often and you can't blame them. just brush it off and laugh.

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LOL that's a good one.

One day I was with a patient and his buddy. The subject of the lady who spilled coffee on herself from McDonald's came up. I said something like :"At least I know better than to drive around with something hot between my legs." They got a kick out of that one.

lol that made me laugh:)

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I hope you had time to add a little salt and pepper to your foot before you took a bite. :uhoh21:

We have all been there, sometimes it just pays to have stood in bed.

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Specializes in LTC,Hospice/palliative care,acute care.

:chuckle I don't know how many times I have referred to a patient's much older companion as their mother or father and been told they were actually the spouse!!!

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:chuckle I don't know how many times I have referred to a patient's much older companion as their mother or father and been told they were actually the spouse!!!

Ha! I'm glad I am not the only guilty of that! A few weeks ago I told a patient that her son was in the waiting room and would be back in a few minutes...she said, "Son? I have 3 daughters. That's my husband."

Oops again! She was a sugar mama!

:rotfl:

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Ha! I'm glad I am not the only guilty of that! A few weeks ago I told a patient that her son was in the waiting room and would be back in a few minutes...she said, "Son? I have 3 daughters. That's my husband."

Oops again! She was a sugar mama!

:rotfl:

I just did the same thing about 4 days ago!!:rotfl:

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