"The catbird seat is an American English idiomatic phrase used to describe an enviable position, often in terms of having the upper hand or greater advantage in any type of dealing among parties... the first recorded usage occurred in a 1942 humorous short story by James Thurber titled "The Catbird Seat," which features a character, Mrs. Barrows, who likes to use the phrase. Another character, Joey Hart, explains that Mrs. Barrows must have picked up the expression from Red Barber, the baseball broadcaster, and that to Barber sitting in the catbird seat meant 'sitting pretty,' like a batter with three balls and no strikes on him." Wikipedia
So... During your nursing career, have you ever felt like you were sitting in The Catbird Seat?
Working in Employee Health was it for me. No real sick people, set hours, weekends and holidays off, lots of playing with needles, and allll the gossip.
Davey Do
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Okay, Daisy, you've hit on one of the reasons I feel as though I am sitting in the catbird seat: I have fun at work, doing my job.
I know my job well, feel as though I take good care of my patients, and the majority of the time, work with both competent and fun-loving coworkers.
It just doesn't get any better than this!