You may remember that a couple of weeks ago I conducted a poll for Writing 101, which asked what type of blog posts you would prefer me to write. Here are the results:
- Posts about things going wrong 13 votes
- Posts about my family 11 votes
- Something else of your choosing 3 votes
- Other 3 votes.
I am happy that you have chosen when things go wrong as your winner, as being clumsy, normally gives me a blog post or two to write about. So, for Writing 101 ‘Take a cue from your readers’ post today, I thought I would share this story with you, that happened at work today.
The morning at work had been pretty busy as was normal, and of course, staff were thin on the ground as is also normal. I had decided to try to get some notes done after lunch, as I was due to go home in just over an hour, and I wanted to leave my colleague as little as possible to do. (Most of the staff on the ward prefer the 12 1/2 hour shifts, but I like the ‘short’ 7 1/2 hour ones).
I had even managed to make a coffee and was sitting at the table in the handover room, where there was a student and a Sister who was signing off some competencies for her.
Suddenly though, there was a commotion outside the room. A new patient that had arrived on the ward just previously was getting rather agitated and was threatening to whack a male nurse with his wooden walking stick! A female care assistant was trying to calm him down but he was swinging the stick around his head trying to lash out at whoever came near him.
The male nurse managed to get past him and into the room where I was writing the notes. Suddenly a stick came through the door and a loud THWACK sounded as he clouted the counter top just missing some of the cups that were there. Myself and the Sister jumped up and tied to get the stick off of him. We did manage to grab it but he was kicking at us and had more strength than we bargained for. We got the stick off of him and avoided the punches that he was dishing out (although the Sister got licked a couple of times) and I rushed to call security.
I went back into the room, as the patient was now sat down and chatting with the Care Assistant. Going to grab a much-needed swig of coffee, I hamfistedly ended up knocking the large mug of undrunk coffee all over the table. It went everywhere. The student’s notes were soaked through, as was everything else on the table, including the tortilla chips that a relative had brought in for us! Ooops, another day in paradise!
No doubt, a great category for you to keep writing in Judy. Great entertainment, lol, sorry it’s at your expense. 🙂
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HaHa! Oh I like to laugh at others’ expense as well so it is not a problem 🙂
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Hi Eddie, on the subject of things going wrong I thought you might like to read this post by CJ of ‘Above the River’: http://cjabovetheriver.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/me-and-giant-peach.html
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Thanks Daffy, I have found a brilliant new blog to follow, thanks to your recommendation 🙂
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So glad you do this, too!
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Yes. I do it all the time! 🙂
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too many calories in those tortilla chips anyway.
xx
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Ha Ha! Yes, I saved their waistlines! 🙂
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Your day is like the woman who had helium injected into her breast implants. It all went tits up.
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Ha Ha HA! Actually it started off rubbish the minute I walked onto the ward. One of the men decided to put himself on the floor, so I helped one of the night staff get him up and sort him out, only to knock a full jug of water flying, much to the rage of another of the night staff who helped me mop it up!
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So easily done; another post on my ten best knocking overs..
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Maybe there’s good reason for this category winning the most votes ???☺ Everyday life…can’t make this stuff up.
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That’s true indeed! 🙂
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What a way to end the week. At least you didn’t get whacked with the stick. Happy weekend. Hope you get to relax after such a day. 🙂
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How interesting that most readers want to hear about what goes wrong!! Must be your sense of humor turning those moments into amusing stories. This one included! 🙂
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Thanks, they have the same wicked sense of humour as I do and like it when it all goes pear-shaped!
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And still you keep your sense of humour, Judy. Well good on you.Jx
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It is a case of having to I suppose . 🙂
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oh my Judy!!!!
My clumsy sister!!!!
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I know, Two peas in a pod us. God help anyone that gets near us when we are in Klutz mode!
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Oh I know!!!!
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Great stuff Edwin a, love it
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Thanks Steve 🙂
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You recommended a post this morning, I can’t remember now, but the one that starts out with the cat making in the tub? This post is like that, only instead of over the course of an entire day, it’s like everything went wrong quickly, in a short time! Sad about the coffee spill. Always a sad event. Less coffee and more mess, so sad.
But you write it so funny, and I love that. You have a gift! 😀
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Thanks so much Joey, I was mad about the coffee as I needed it and there was none left!
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Ha! I love it…
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Thanks Jenn 🙂
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Oh good Heavens! Love your candor and stuff like this always makes for a great post!!
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Thanks Terri 🙂
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Never boring…. you could do your own TV series, Judy 🙂
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People would think we were making it up, you just would not believe some of the things that happen. 🙂
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I think some of the stories happening during your day wouldn’t even be accepted for an episode: to unrealistic…!
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I know. Even though they did actually happen 🙂
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Yes… that is the “funny” thing about it 😊 at least for us. But sometime I am sure you think you are part of candid camera!
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Yes I know. Always something going on 😊
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😃
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