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[taleya]

Back in hospital for the next round of chemo.

Every fucking time I know it's just another chance for them to accidentally kill me with their own stupidity. The law of averages is not my friend. "


This one started off rather auspiciously right off the fucking bat at admissions.

Mum gives me a lift. We get there at 1:20.
"My name's taleya, booked in for ward 44south for chemo."
*fucks about* "Oh you'll have to wait about 20 mins. She's on lunch" (<--- WHAT. THE. FUCK. I used to work with computers not a ward full of fucking cancer patients and if no one was there to man my post, I didn't get fucking lunch)
*40 mins later*
"41 north is a children's ward. You're 31 years old. They aren't expecting you. I called and checked."
"4. 4. south" (You inbred idiot)
*sighs and calls them*
"OH! You should have been there at 1:30. You shouldn't be late, you know."

On top of mispronouncing my surname so badly and REPEATEDLY that we ended up yelling the correction at her. Which prompted a snooty look and a "Some people pronounce it that way" (Which got the response from me: "If it's spelled differently") Some people? Which people? In 30 years I have never heard ANYONE pronounce my surname that way. It's pretty fucking phonetic. In forty years my mother has never heard anyone pronounce it that way.

Real fucking auspicious start right there.

Comments

[siamesegoth2.livejournal.com]

That's it. I'm sending you circular knitting needles ( with yarn as a cover) and you can use them to garrotte these fucking idiots, it'd be a kindness and you'll be mopping up the chronically fucking stupid, who, quite frankly, deserve nothing better.

[vash3g.livejournal.com]

I recently met a nurse from melbourne and we were discussing accents and mainly how much you guys rip on the NZ'ers for sounding like yokels.

[taleya.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha Watch Beached As

[vash3g.livejournal.com]

I did finish Father Ted last week. Need to watch Black Books next. Do you go to Alfred hospital by chance?

[taleya.livejournal.com]

nope. That's in the city. Same with st. vincent's.

[ryttu3k.livejournal.com]

Well, she sounds like a bright fucking spark o.O Hi, lady, you work in admissions. Surely KNOWING WHAT WARD PEOPLE ASK FOR is, y'know, a prereq?

[taleya.livejournal.com]

That was mostly frustrated annoyance, the real boggle was the surname thing. I mean, she was coming out with fucking nesbitt. And then trying to cover with "oh some people pronounce it that way"

Yes. If you change 98% of the letters in it so it reads as "nesbitt" instead of what it actually fucking is. I've also had them randomly deciding my name is "Natalie" (Which sadly I can see, as I've had my name badly misspelled as "Nadali" before...but you know the frustrations on THAT front yerself :P)

[ryttu3k.livejournal.com]

I've got 'Nerolie' before *sigh* And 'Amy', which I can sorta see if people don't register the N or the O... but Natalie? Haven't seen that XD

[taleya.livejournal.com]

Interesting fact: A guy with a malaysian/chinese background (mix of Indonesian and Chinese accents) will pronounce our name with the EXACT same syllabic stresses as a french guy from Quebec (softening and shortening of the "A", and stress on the "O")

Strange but true :)

[residentgeek.livejournal.com]

The college I used to work at was basically a nursing school, and I had some shove-a-pickaxe-in-my-head-it-would-hurt-less interactions with some of the students, so I know these people do manage to get trained and employed. But damn, you sure know how to hit the jackpot when it comes to getting the epically stupid ones.

[twitchfetish.livejournal.com]

The solution is fire.

It's always fire.

T

[madscot.livejournal.com]

I'm still pondering how anyone could mispronounce your surname.

Hopefully this will the the only fuckwittery you encounter during your stay.

[taleya.livejournal.com]

http://taleya.livejournal.com/747760.html?thread=5761776#t5761776

Seriously. What. The. Fuck.

[madscot.livejournal.com]

How? I mean, how? Never heard it pronouced that way, mainly because it's not your name. What a fuckwit.

[kyoshyu.livejournal.com]

The universe is full of hatred lately.

[collegeanna19.livejournal.com]

I'm with twitchfetish on this one. Kill the stupid, and kill it with FIRE.

[cutebutpsycho99.livejournal.com]

*sending you weapons to stab people*

Good lord. Get them before they get you. That's my advice right now.

jeesh...

[yeah-i-be-crazy.livejournal.com]

Do I know where you are coming from. You know...I've got this nifty sock filled with a bunch of rocks. I keep it under my pillow when those evil minions with needles decide 2am is the perfect time to jab my arm while I am asleep....I can send it to you!
It' hand knitted.
And stripy!!