Who's on first.....

[osodecanela]

"It's de ja vu all over again", to quote Yogi Berra.

I have a flagging system in my office to know which patient to go see next. Last Friday, I asked Natalia as I exited one room where I was going next.

"Room 5, Green", she replied.
"Who's the patient?"
"Green"
"I know that, I just finished red. Who is it?" Our flagging system runs red, green, yellow, blue, in that order.
"Green!"

I shrugged, then shook my head and walked to room 5. Looked at the chart resting in the chart holder, then slapped my forehead.

I don't have any patients surnamed Green, but I do have one where it's his first. That's who was waiting in room 5.

D'uh.

Comments

[epinoid.livejournal.com]

Giggle

One of my dad's favorite stories like that was from when we were visiting the farm in central Illinois when I was maybe 8 or 9 years old. We had left Virden (near Springfield) and were coming to another town, so from the back seat I asked my dad where we were. He said "Lowder". So of course I practically screamed from the back seat "Can you here me now, where are we?" He cracked up and it took some very long minutes before he could explain why he was laughing.

[aaron-of-mpls.livejournal.com]

He he he... :-)