getting hit on by clients?

[lailanni]

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Heheh, this was mentioned in another thread. Thought it should have a thread of its own...

Do you ever get hit on by clients? Want to share a funny story? Bad pick up lines?

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I'll go - I do a lot of getting clients into rooms and taking info. I don't get hit on very often, but when I do I usually find it kind of funny : )

Me: so what brand of food is --- on?
Guy: Well, he's on Science Diet. How do you think he looks?
Me: I think he's looking pretty good, but the doctor will know more.
Guy: What brand of food are you on? Cause you're lookin great!

That busted me up!

 

[Steelmagghia]

Me: so what brand of food is --- on?
Guy: Well, he's on Science Diet. How do you think he looks?
Me: I think he's looking pretty good, but the doctor will know more.
Guy: What brand of food are you on? Cause you're lookin great!

That busted me up!

Niiiiice.
I don't get hit on a lot, but I don't generally spend a lot of one on one time with clients (I'm a kennel tech, not a vet tech, so I spend more time with then animals). I do get the old ladies that want to talk to me FOREVER about Fluffy's particular habits and preferences though. 🙄

 

[zpinkpanther]

The other week, I was talking to a guy that had brought his dog in for a leg injury. I was up front filing charts and he was waiting while the doctor looked something up, so we were just kinda shooting the breeze, and the doc comes up and says, "Robyn, quit flirting with the client and come fill this script, please." We both turned bright red and I ran to hide in the back until the guy left. I'm still plotting my revenge on the doc... 😉

But as far as pick up lines, I haven't gotten anything particularly fun or creative, just asking me if I want to go for dinner or something after I'm done with work. There's apparently one client, though, who asks every time he makes an appointment if I'll be there that day; but he's old and creepy and married.

 

[Hobiecat1642]

Me: It looks like you've moved, so if you wouldn't mind filling out this update sheet...
Client: Sure thing, blue eyes.
Me: ????


One client slipped me a note with a phone number! Then everyone at work made fun of me.

 

[projekt]

I once had a client who was a little "slow". Nice guy, but I didn't really know what to do when he called me up after his appointment and asked if I wanted to be his friend. I'm not so good in those situations.

 

[BartonVet87]

We had a client bring in a calf with a broken leg. The vet sedated it but I had to keep a knee on its neck while he casted it. Well, apparently the farmer was feeling a little frisky b/c he said "Honey, I'll take you home if you straddle me like that!"... 😱
I was too shocked to say anything, but the vet took care of it with a few sharp words.

Men always tend to make rude comments when I'm running the chute or preg checking at the salebarn. Is this really necessary??

 

[Truth74]

How about this one.
I put the man's change into his hand and he held on to my hand. (Keep in mind this is the one with the wedding ring on it) He then comments on how womanly and petite my hands are.
😱 I told him I'd let my husband know he liked them.

I had another guy that wanted to touch my hair, once. I used to wear french braids a lot. I guess he was dreaming about the texture.

Yeah, that job was way over, really quick.

 

[rosemma]

First off, the mailman for the clinic used to hit on me all the time, asking me if I liked to party and where and what I did and if I had friends as cute as me. It was creepy and I seriously think he was an addict of some sort.

Secondly, I was trying to schedule an exam for a client's dog and I asked him what the appointment was for and he replied "How about a full body massage!" in a very chester-the-molester voice.

 

[lailanni]

Ick!! Man, I guess I'm lucky and haven't had the creepy kind of getting hit on. Ew!

 

[HopefulAg]

As a male, no I don't. Though I have to say the line about the food was pretty good lol.


Only one I can think of is one time I was carrying food out to the car and it was two 40 lb bags stacked on each other. The lady I was carrying them out for grabbed my arm and goes 'such a well muscled young man' and I was shocked and just replied 'uhm, thank you. Will this be all? Have a nice day!' and got back inside quick as I could. She was very creepy.

 

[Orthonut]

oh god...its something about those horny old ranchers...*shudder* I get comments like "a lil girl as purty as you oughta have a ring on that finger...." (keep in mind I'm 6 feet tall and average looking)

I tell them "oh I DO have a ring! I just don't wear it cause I don't want to give poor old Bessie a RECTAL TEAR while I am FEELING HER OVARIES THROUGH HER ANUS" and use lots of "rectal exam" and "penis" "vagina" proper body part terms etc (caution: Don't use penis/vagina around the icky guys...it works better for the old flirts) my boss (also my BIL at that sale yard) is usually close enough to pick up on it and holler over "quit hittin on my sister in law Bert, her husband is a mean SOB and she's pregnant" (note: Orthonut is NOT pregnant, nor is Mr Orthonut Mean)

 

[BartonVet87]

I'm glad someone else has been through the saleyard... It is a totally different world!!

Another salebarn story: Last Friday I was holding tails for my boss while he castrated bull calves and some random guy asked if I was going to fry them up for my hubby (referring to my boss who is twenty years older than me). I replied quite frankly that my boss was my uncle (not really) and I don't cook (totally true) while wiping poop off onto my coveralls. 😀

Oh, and I don't want to hijack the thread, but people seem to have a really hard time saying penis/vagina etc. and flinch when I say it... why?? It is not called the "special place" or her "va-jay-jay"!! I might start a new thread about this 🙂

 

[msmrtrthnyllb]

The Greenbrier (communal cremation service) man has a crush on one of our techs. 😍
Creepy.

 

[zpinkpanther]

The Greenbrier (communal cremation service) man has a crush on one of our techs. 😍
Creepy.

Oh yeah, that reminds me! Our Pet Memorial guy asked one of the techs out while she was helping him carry a 150-lbs frozen dog corpse to his truck. Really romantic, huh?

 

[weirdhobo]

His love was as big and heavy as the dog, maybe that's what he was going for heh.

I don't know if this is a generalization, but it seems that the majority of pre-vet/ vet students are female.

 

[Steelmagghia]

His love was as big and heavy as the dog, maybe that's what he was going for heh.

I don't know if this is a generalization, but it seems that the majority of pre-vet/ vet students are female.

Heck yeah. At most of the schools I applied to 70% of the class is female.
I had to choose a profession where being female does NOT give me diversity points. 🙄

 

[Poke]

I can't think of any times where I've been hit on.. If I have, I've probably blocked it out because I'm terribly shy when it comes to things like that. 🙂 One of the other assistants, though, she used to get hit on all the time by this one client.. I can't think of any specific instance, but he would always remark to her about how she should leave her husband.

Props to the guy with the food comment, though. 🙂

 

[kekemapa04]

Last year when our regular Dr.'s were on a vacation the relief vet was really nice to me. After the first couple days we were standing in the back of the clinic during some down time and he turned to me and asked:

"What do you want to do in your down time? Play a little grab-ass??"

I was totally embarrassed and I am pretty sure I just laughed with him and walked away....

Apparently this Dr. has also been fired from other jobs for being inappropriate

 

[bakaduin]

Im usually work summers at a vet clinic in my hometown while Im off from school. Let me preface this story by saying I'm a STRAIGHT MARRIED MALE. We had one client who I came in quite a bit because his pet store pup had some pretty bad respiratory problems. He happened to be in on my last day of the summer, heard I was leaving, and left his business card with the receptionist for me complete with his personal number hand written on the back. Did I mention he was a gay male? NTTIAWWT but I have to admit I was a bit shocked by the offer.

 

[weirdhobo]

bakaduin, you could be optimistic and take it as a complement haha xD

 

[HopefulAg]

I've had that happen. People just assume that since you're a male working in a vet clinic some how you're gay if you're not the vet? I'm not sure how that all started...

 

[rachroo]

HopefulAg--maybe it just depends on the practice? The guys that have I have worked with over the years (besides the vets) have been lavished with attention from my female coworkers.

Just a question in response to the post...how are you supposed to respond if you are hit on? I guess it would depend on if your interested or not...but if your interested is it totally uprofessional to accept?

 

[CookieBear]

I'll never forget the crazy, insane Saturday we were having at our old clinic. I think I was working the front desk alone. A regular client, nice older man, was waiting with his dog. Complaints about waiting time were fairly frequent on those types of Saturdays, but this guy just sat patiently the whole time.

After the appointment, I finished cashiering him out, and said something to the effect of, "I'm sorry you had to wait so long... thanks for being so patient!" And he smiled and said, in front of the entire waiting room of clients, how he didn't mind, and it was OK, as long as he got to look at my "pretty face"! 😳

There wasn't anything creepy about him, he just said it so nicely and sincerely, it just made my day. I know I turned all shades of red and managed to say thank you, as he headed out with his dog.

That was ... probably about 13 years ago now!

 

[Steelmagghia]

I'll never forget the crazy, insane Saturday we were having at our old clinic. I think I was working the front desk alone. A regular client, nice older man, was waiting with his dog. Complaints about waiting time were fairly frequent on those types of Saturdays, but this guy just sat patiently the whole time.

After the appointment, I finished cashiering him out, and said something to the effect of, "I'm sorry you had to wait so long... thanks for being so patient!" And he smiled and said, in front of the entire waiting room of clients, how he didn't mind, and it was OK, as long as he got to look at my "pretty face"! 😳

There wasn't anything creepy about him, he just said it so nicely and sincerely, it just made my day. I know I turned all shades of red and managed to say thank you, as he headed out with his dog.

That was ... probably about 13 years ago now!

Awww. That's so sweet. 🙂

 

[littlecaitling]

I'll never forget the crazy, insane Saturday we were having at our old clinic. I think I was working the front desk alone. A regular client, nice older man, was waiting with his dog. Complaints about waiting time were fairly frequent on those types of Saturdays, but this guy just sat patiently the whole time.

After the appointment, I finished cashiering him out, and said something to the effect of, "I'm sorry you had to wait so long... thanks for being so patient!" And he smiled and said, in front of the entire waiting room of clients, how he didn't mind, and it was OK, as long as he got to look at my "pretty face"! 😳

There wasn't anything creepy about him, he just said it so nicely and sincerely, it just made my day. I know I turned all shades of red and managed to say thank you, as he headed out with his dog.

That was ... probably about 13 years ago now!

Aww, thats so sweet! I can't think of any creepy hit-on stories at clinic that particularly stand out, just the typical remarks about how a pretty young little thing like me should be out bagging a rich one instead of working a dirty job like this, and how its a wonder the dogs dont hold me down (I'm about 5'1" and 120lb). I did have one breeder start talking to me in spanish and when I made it clear that I was far from fluent, he said something to the effect that such a lovely spanish girl should be proud of her heritage and learn the language. When I proceeded to inform him that I am in fact mostly of Norwegian, German, and British descent, he curtly replied with an "...oh" and from then on completely ignored me and was just generally cold toward me.🙄

 

[polo vet]

once while working at a kennel, i had a mother hit on me on behalf of her son. she told me i ws just his type, and that i should be into him bc he was a "burley fireman". she offered to have him pick up the dogs the next time so "we could hit it off". l guess i was not in the next time when she brought him by. kindof funny. i heart busibody mothers

 

[Moonpaw]

once while working at a kennel, i had a mother hit on me on behalf of her son. she told me i ws just his type, and that i should be into him bc he was a "burley fireman". she offered to have him pick up the dogs the next time so "we could hit it off". l guess i was not in the next time when she brought him by. kindof funny. i heart busibody mothers

Aww, that's actually kind of cute. I wonder how mortified the son would be, though, if he knew his mother was intervening like that

 

[Biomajir]

I've had that happen. People just assume that since you're a male working in a vet clinic some how you're gay if you're not the vet? I'm not sure how that all started...

I am gay and working at a vet clinic, guess I am the stereotype idk. The problem I have is gay clients coming in and hitting on me and then thinking they will get a discount lol. Never anyone that a normal person would want hitting on them either. Its like because I am part of the "family" they should get some money off the bill. I think not.

 

[ri23]

When I was down at Symposium this year Debbye Turner, former Miss America (1990) and a veterinarian was talking about her senior year during clinics. It was right after she had won Miss America, and she was measuring bull testicles for a project. She said that one of the farmers walking by saw her and yelled "Aww shucks, had I known Miss America was going to be here I would have gone in the chute myself."

 

[tealamutt]

oh god...its something about those horny old ranchers...*shudder* I get comments like "a lil girl as purty as you oughta have a ring on that finger...." (keep in mind I'm 6 feet tall and average looking)

I tell them "oh I DO have a ring! I just don't wear it cause I don't want to give poor old Bessie a RECTAL TEAR while I am FEELING HER OVARIES THROUGH HER ANUS" and use lots of "rectal exam" and "penis" "vagina" proper body part terms etc (caution: Don't use penis/vagina around the icky guys...it works better for the old flirts) my boss (also my BIL at that sale yard) is usually close enough to pick up on it and holler over "quit hittin on my sister in law Bert, her husband is a mean SOB and she's pregnant" (note: Orthonut is NOT pregnant, nor is Mr Orthonut Mean)

haha! too funny. I feel your pain. You're right about not using penis/vagina on the creeps. Luckily most ranchers out here are LDS and don't even say 'damn it' let alone get yucky. Most of them like to make marriage comments though!

 

[Saffronownsme]

A client was getting pretty friendly with me while I took his dog's vitals and asked me why his dog had nipples if he was a male. I cooly asked the owner if he also had nipples, and if he was also a boy. He just said "point taken." I know it was totally unprofessional, but I just had to say something smart-alec-y to a question like that.

On an immature note, a client told me very excitedly yesterday that his spayed lab was "just ball crazy!" He meant the kind you throw of course, but I had to smother a giggle and keep myself from saying, "I'll bet she is!" I need to grow up 🙂.

 

[aggiedonk]

I guess this is a little bit of the opposite, but one time I had a really creepy client get REALLY freaked out because I took his cat's temperature for a routine vaccination exam. Apparently, I was supposed to KNOW about his aversion to the thermometer placement. He stared me down during the ENTIRE consult with the vet and kept making remarks. Really freaky. I have never mentioned having taken an animal's temperature again to a client unless they ask.😱

 

[Hobiecat1642]

That is so weird--he thought it was dangerous for the animal? Or it just squicked him out? Just today I was taking a temp on a sick dog, and the ENTIRE family thought I was crazy...

 

[aggiedonk]

That is so weird--he thought it was dangerous for the animal? Or it just squicked him out? Just today I was taking a temp on a sick dog, and the ENTIRE family thought I was crazy...

No, the whole thermometer in the rear thing freaks him out. Supposedly this was an "understood" thing in his mind that we would not temp his cat whenever he came in. Problem is the cat is there for VX and you really need to take the temperature beforehand. AND we always take the cats outside of the client rooms to weigh and temp them. SO he didn't see me do it but when I came back and reported that his cat's temp was normal he freaked out. Totally caught me off guard. He stared me down for the rest of the appointment like I had violated his cat. Totally awful.
Later the vet says "Oooh yeah, I forgot, that guy doesn't like that". 😡Thanks.

 

[athenaparthenos]

Later the vet says "Oooh yeah, I forgot, that guy doesn't like that". 😡Thanks.

Sounds like it's time for a sticky on the front of that guy's chart...

 

[HopefulAg]

He stared me down for the rest of the appointment like I had violated his cat.

Well, uh....I don't know how ya'll take cat temps but if someone did it to me I'd feel pretty violated.

 

[VAgirl]

That is so weird--he thought it was dangerous for the animal? Or it just squicked him out? Just today I was taking a temp on a sick dog, and the ENTIRE family thought I was crazy...

An ex of mine used to kid me (when I was working at a small animal hospital) about how I liked to stick things up cats' and dogs' butts because I made the mistake of telling him about taking animals' temperatures. But then, he was kind of an immature person.

Not to mention...don't these people know that's how you take a baby's temperature (or at least, how you used to before ear or armpit thermometers came around)? I mean, seriously, how are you supposed to say to a dog/cat/baby, "Put this under your tongue and leave it there for a minute, and oh yea, be sure not to chew it!" People just need to use their brains a little bit.

 

[Tiraka]

They actually make ear thermometers for animals now - a clinic I worked at used them. Unfortunately, they were unreliable to the point of being pretty much useless

 

[dyachei]

They actually make ear thermometers for animals now - a clinic I worked at used them. Unfortunately, they were unreliable to the point of being pretty much useless

Fort Dodge gave them out to students this year at UTK. They are only anywhere near reliable if you use the covers that you have to buy from them.

 

[ri23]

Fort Dodge gave them out to students this year at UTK. They are only anywhere near reliable if you use the covers that you have to buy from them.

Even with the covers I found the one that I got completely unreliable.

 

[Steelmagghia]

Even with the covers I found the one that I got completely unreliable.

We have an ear one for people at my house and it SUCKS.
Depending on where I put it in my ear, I can get a range from 97-100. If I put it in the same place, it still ranges 1-2 degrees up or down.
It's crazy.
I usually take averages of 5-6 readings. Haha.