Sunday, August 8, 2010

Date night

Waitress: "Hi! I'm Lacey! I'll be taking care of you tonight. How are you folks doing?"

Mrs. Grumpy: "We're fine. How about yourself?"

Waitress: "So-so. My daughter spent most of the afternoon in ER!" (starts crying).

Mrs. Grumpy: "Oh... I'm sorry. Is she okay?"

Waitress: "She shoved a Lego up her nose!"

Dr. Grumpy: "Usually they can get those out."

Waitress: "The doctor there tried for, like 2, hours, and couldn't. So on Monday we have to take her to a pediatric ENT."

Mrs. Grumpy: "I'm sure she'll be okay."

Waitress: "Our specials tonight are meatballs fornicato..."
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17 comments:

  1. OMDGAugust 8, 2010 at 7:43 AM

    Did you leave her a big tip?

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  2. Grumpy, M.D.August 8, 2010 at 7:47 AM

    Of course. She did a great job at getting our food. And the meatballs were awesome.

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  3. The MotherAugust 8, 2010 at 8:53 AM

    What is it with chatty waiters? Is it a generational thing?

    'Cause in my day, they were too busy to chat.

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  4. AnonymousAugust 8, 2010 at 9:26 AM

    Meatballs fornicato? Fornicating meatballs? Were they better than sex?

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  5. ERPAugust 8, 2010 at 9:52 AM

    Couldn't get a lego out of the nose?!:? LAME! All you need is the Katz Extractor!

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  6. RehabNurseAugust 8, 2010 at 12:13 PM

    Funny. Had you told her you were medical people up front? If not, there really is a lot of TMI going on.

    I try not to tell people so I don't have to listen to the whole story...at least until after they bring my food.

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  7. Grumpy, M.D.August 8, 2010 at 12:22 PM

    I never tell people I'm a doctor. If someone calls for one, I hide.

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  8. terri cAugust 8, 2010 at 1:49 PM

    I think Mrs. Grumpy is awfully nice. I also am guessing this is the waitress's first child.

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  9. Captain FoulenoughAugust 8, 2010 at 4:13 PM

    I certainly hope the meatballs fornicato came with pasta puttanesca.

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  10. Kimbra KaschAugust 9, 2010 at 2:08 AM

    ;) you can hide but you can't get away

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  11. the spelling/grammar nitpickerAugust 9, 2010 at 7:55 AM

    "Waitress", I assume? How could you spell it incorrectly twice? :P

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  12. Grumpy, M.D.August 9, 2010 at 8:26 AM

    Okay, teechur, I fiksed it. Hazerds of kut and payst.

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  13. ChrisAugust 9, 2010 at 8:52 AM

    I was thinking the same thing abou the meatballs.........love the comment about the puttanesca.....

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  14. AnonymousAugust 10, 2010 at 1:52 AM

    I suffer from a chronic illness, daily ups and downs, and it took a while to not hesitate before answering "how are you?".

    Never occurred to me to actually start in with it, though.

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  15. myoclonicjerkAugust 14, 2010 at 10:02 AM

    Ah, the ever-elusive art of the segue...

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  16. JulesAugust 16, 2010 at 7:10 PM

    "I never tell people I'm a doctor. If someone calls for one, I hide."

    I work for one of the big insurance companies and I'm always slightly nervous that someone will assault me because they had a bad claim experience when I'm wearing one of our company's polo shirts in public.

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  17. ayeekazJanuary 5, 2019 at 6:20 AM

    Removing foreign bodies is genuinely my favourite part of working in ER. It gets me out of bed in the morning. Love these cases!

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