How do you keep a straight face when......

[Sandlot13]

I was at work today and am on my lunchbreak, and I have a question that I ran into today...... how the heck are you supposed to keep a straight face when a patient walks in, one hundred percent serious, with a mullet?!?! I mean honestly, it was good today that I wasnt working with him cause all I could do was chuckle about it to myself. By no means was it a big deal, but still hilarious!

He's a great guy, and Ive worked with him before, but today for some reason, that mullet just struck my funny bone. Figured this would be a good thread to start, some place were we can go to share awkward situations and get comments or advice on how to deal with it....

😉

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[nerdsmakegraves]

ahhhh apparently you have never been to Pittsburgh ... mullets, skids (for those of you who can remember them!), and cigarettes .....

I always get a nice chuckle out of seeing mullets - on both men and women, and the variation on the classic mullet.... however the BEST is the mullet weave

 

[JaggerPlate]

I was at work today and am on my lunchbreak, and I have a question that I ran into today...... how the heck are you supposed to keep a straight face when a patient walks in, one hundred percent serious, with a mullet?!?! I mean honestly, it was good today that I wasnt working with him cause all I could do was chuckle about it to myself. By no means was it a big deal, but still hilarious!

He's a great guy, and Ive worked with him before, but today for some reason, that mullet just struck my funny bone. Figured this would be a good thread to start, some place were we can go to share awkward situations and get comments or advice on how to deal with it....

😉

Simple, you just explain that it's 'business up front, party out back.'

 

[DrMattOglesby]

i would like to see some current pictures of these haircuts you guys are speaking of...

and i dont remember "skids" ???

 

[GreenShirt]

You'll encounter patients that do stranger things than mullets. Keeping a straight face is part of professionalism.

 

[nerdsmakegraves]

okay so i couldn't find a good picture of skidz (whoa don't make it an "s" like i did before 🙄) Also they are usually baggy at the top and peg down to your ankle - TOTALLY RAD 😛

So the man errrrr DUDE i saw wearing them totally had a mullet (check), mid forties (double check) and had an AC/DC logo print on them (oh sweet triple check!!)


http://www.inthe80s.com/clothes/skidzpants0.shtml


enjoy!!

 

[Semicolon]

When I volunteered in the ER there was an incident. While the doctor I was shadowing was taking a patient history, the patient decided to get up and start urinating on the wall (he was intoxicated). Except the doctor didn't realize it until I went "...um" and he looked for himself.

I think the only person who didn't have at least a smile was the janitor.

When you're in a really stressful and serious environment, sometimes you have to be able to smile.

 

[Sandlot13]

seriously, i kind of feel bad for laughing at their expense, but then again it's so worth it to at least chuckle to yourself on the inside.......

 

[Sarg's kid]

You'll encounter patients that do stranger things than mullets. Keeping a straight face is part of professionalism.

Way back in the day, my gf was helping me frost my tips. In order to accomplish this, she had put all of my hair into little pony tails that covered the top of my head. Think puffer fish hairdo.

Anyway, I had a drs appointment and didn't have time to finish the hair thing, so I had to go with my hair all puffery. It was a military hospital and I was raised not to wear a hat indoors, so I sat in the waiting room hatless with people chuckling all around me. When the doctor got me into the room he had to stop before the procedure and ask me what the deal was with my hair. After I told him, he laughed, hard, and then relaxed and got things done.

Anyway, it was fun.

 

[Med Addict]

I had an incidence with a crazy patient who told me that he saw angel, that he dodged bullets, and that he had a magical coin... hmmm....

 

[Chocolate Bear]

One of my peds patients was Jesus. And Spiderman. And loved to run around naked. It was easy to keep a straight face if you thought about what his life was going to be like in the near future. He was young, OCD, and psychotic. Yikes.

 

[JaggerPlate]

I had an incidence with a crazy patient who told me that he saw angel, that he dodged bullets, and that he had a magical coin... hmmm....

I told you that in private. Damn!! Now everyone is going to come after my coin again ... jerk.

 

[facetedforms]

I always cringed a little when walking into houses or bedrooms and the patient was completely naked, and completely at ease about it! Old people, fat people, homeless people....I'll pass. At least the hospital gives you a gown...😀

Also, for those in EMS that have done it, using a stair-chair with a naked person on it gets you a little too close to umm...unsavory areas.