I don't like drawstrings, for good reason. I work in ER & by the time I get to go to the bathroom, I'm doing the "pee-pee dance" & it's a guarantee that I can't get the stupid ties untied....
Now, that is soooo not true. The "non emergent" patient is the most impatient patient. They do not have that understanding that they have wait for us to provide emergent care to the higher priority...
I've seen a lot of really dumb c/o in the ER. But, I think the worst was the mother who brought her 10 yr old son in a 2am because "he woke me up to tell me he had had a really bad dream & asked...