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.

To revive an old thread. I was recently fired by a pt. Her complaint. I multitask while in her room. I talk to her while feeling her legs for edema, asking about bowel movements. I ask her about walking while picking up the room. I listen to her lungs, while the vital sign machine takes her blood pressure. I then throw away the trash in her bathroom as I check for output, all on my first visit in the room!!! It's too much!! I ask her if there is anything she needs, and I bring....ALL AT ONCE. I need to slow down. I'm rushing her. I'm too busy. She just feels she can't get good quality care from me.

Specializes in Clinical Research, Outpt Women's Health.

Wow - the irony. People are clueless!

To revive an old thread. I was recently fired by a pt. Her complaint. I multitask while in her room. I talk to her while feeling her legs for edema, asking about bowel movements. I ask her about walking while picking up the room. I listen to her lungs, while the vital sign machine takes her blood pressure. I then throw away the trash in her bathroom as I check for output, all on my first visit in the room!!! It's too much!! I ask her if there is anything she needs, and I bring....ALL AT ONCE. I need to slow down. I'm rushing her. I'm too busy. She just feels she can't get good quality care from me.

Yes, sounds about right. Complain about success.

Specializes in Telemetry, Med-Surg, ED, Psych.

I was a new CNA on the acute med/surg floor back in 2003. I was a hard worker and willing to do my job to the best of my ability (which I feel I often did - Great perceptor).

My 90 day eval came and the charge nurses wrote fantastic stuff about me - all but one. The guy was a big brown noser with the NM.

In a nutshell he wrote that I was unprofessional, unorganized, disrespectful, lazy, mentally slow, and disruptive to the unit. I was a terrible offender and the NM just went with it.

That man also once took me in the office and ask if i knew how to do my job. Yes I do sir. No you don't - there was a post op pateint who had no vital signs taken after being on the floor for 5 minutes. You are a disgrace to nursing and I am surprised your working here - I am talking to the NM.

He was a sadistic evil man not to me but to other CNA's/LPN's/RN's. He made a few of them cry.

But What goes around comes around -A few years ago I heard he was diagonsed with stage 4 terminal lung CA w/ mets - Less than 6 months to live

Don't expect a sympathy card from me - But i will go to your funeral wearing white

and I will thank God each an every day you are not on this earth screwing people over

I actually got FIRED (my one and only time) after 2 weeks on the job.

I wasn't smiling enough.:lol2::lol2::lol2:

I had just lost my Dad, my best friend, my brother, and yes, even the damn dog died in a 3 year period.

I was still the best nurse on that floor and communicating well with my patients.

Guess I wasn't perky enough.

Specializes in Critical Care.

I was once banned from a patient's room, because his wife said she was afraid of me because of "my wild hair, and crazy eyes."

Specializes in Critical Care.
I have been told I am too cheerful!

LOL, one of my co-workers got a negative yearly review because of his "unnecessary glee." I kid you not.

My parting words to the caregiver during a home health visit was, " don't forget to call the office for any increased SOB or any falls, even if there no injuries" to which the CG replied, "well that's just common sense, I'm not stupid!" I explained that we always review home health safety education and 1st call procedure with our patients and caregivers. To which she replied," well, you can just take your education and leave" Gotta to love trying to help people that are mad at the world. The kicker is she said she pastors a church, I'm thinking hmm, The Church of Hell!

Specializes in Trauma Surgery, Nursing Management.

I once had a pt's brother tell me that he didn't want me taking care of his brother during surgery because "my name sounded Middle Eastern". My last name is a very common German name. When I assured him that I was American (not that it should have mattered, but he was making such a stink about it), and then resumed to interview my pt in the pre-op area, he went to the front desk and told the charge nurse that he didn't want "that danged girl with the racist name taking care of my lil' brother!".

*sigh

Specializes in Certified Med/Surg tele, and other stuff.
Someone complained that my smile appeared to be fake.

Do you walk around looking like this?:D

:lol2:

Specializes in Med/Surg, Trauma and Psychiatry.

The silliest complaint that was made about me was that I "didn't socialize with the staff enough." This was brought up during my evaluation, can you imagine! The truth is I am not a talker and I hate to make small talk just to be accepted or be a part of a group...I don't talk about my life at home and I definitly do not participate in conversation about other people (no I am not a Saint, it's just something that I tell myself I will not do). At break and lunch time these nurses want everyone to meet at one spot, eat, smoke and talk trash. I don't smoke and chose not, so they said I was not social or is it sociable? Otherwise, my eval was good.

Specializes in Certified Med/Surg tele, and other stuff.

We had a complaint written to management about the floor nurses. We were all too happy because he had heard laughing on occasion and it didn't make him feel safe.:rolleyes:

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