Thursday, June 9, 2011

Trouble brewing

I got dragged in to ER last night to see an acute stroke. In the next room there was a 16 year old guy wailing and screaming uncontrollably.

He'd taken the family car without permission. Wrecked it. Knocked over a traffic light, broken both legs. And (of course) didn't have a license.

He was fine and quiet with all this until he found out his mom was coming to the hospital. And then he REALLY freaked out. Not over the wreck... but because she'd see that he'd gotten a tattoo on his chest.

"Oh my God! She's going to kill me! She hates tattoos! Please! Somebody, give me a gown, a shirt, a towel, anything, please, I gotta cover this! Please! Why did you guys have to cut my shirt off? This is going to get me in such deep shit. Somebody! A blanket! Or even a big band-aid! Or something, anything, to put over it."
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31 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 9, 2011 at 8:05 AM

    So Mom won't care that he stole the car, wrecked it, didn't have a license, and was seriously injured? Shit for brains, all teen boys have shit for brains. And of course, he never considered any of this before he stole the car...

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  2. AnonymousJune 9, 2011 at 8:17 AM

    When I got my first of many tattoos I broke a window just to distract mine... or did I get the tattoo to distract from the window? Meth is a hell of a drug... nah!

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  3. PackerJune 9, 2011 at 9:32 AM

    Nothing like perspective.

    My own ER story, my daughter--now RN wanted to know how they treated me at ER, after I knocked myself out cold in a fall Superbly said I--Why she queried, as her perspective was set by her stint in school. I replied because I wasn't on drugs, I wasn't drunk, I was clean and I wasn't abusive to staff--unlike almost every other asshole in the patient category.

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  4. AnonymousJune 9, 2011 at 9:51 AM

    I don't think, considering the reason the imbecile kid was hospitalized, mom will be overly surprised that her widdle boy got a tattoo.
    Did, by any chance, the tatt say I'm an asshole?

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  5. OldSquidJune 9, 2011 at 10:21 AM

    I thought this was going to be another post about you not being able to find sugar for your coffee and the coke machine being out of order.

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  6. PA HoneybeeJune 9, 2011 at 10:50 AM

    Talk about missing the big picture! What a moron! He committed a crime, had a major wreck which will cost the city $$$ to fix, did bodily harm to himself, and is worried about a tattoo. Hmmmm, sounds like someone needs a little perspective! Unbelievable! (This sounds like something my nephew would do, crossing my fingers he doesn't!)

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  7. The Nite NurseJune 9, 2011 at 11:02 AM

    A coworker of mine has two tats one on each ankle. She had kept them successfully from her Mother and had planned to even past her wedding day. However her Mom went dress shopping with her and could see them under the dressing room door. And this is an adult. *SMH*

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  8. girlvetJune 9, 2011 at 11:15 AM

    uh oh....busted. How do people under 18 get tattoos? Don't you have to show ID?

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  9. AnonymousJune 9, 2011 at 11:31 AM

    "I told her I was going to save that spot for her!"

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  10. AnonymousJune 9, 2011 at 11:41 AM

    What a loser. LOL @ Anon who asked if the tattoo said "I am an asshole"! ~Francine

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  11. genaJune 9, 2011 at 11:55 AM

    So wrecking the family car, severely injuring himself, destroying property, all while not having a license--all that would have been okay with Mom, but a tattoo is going to be an issue? I think I see how the family dynamic works already.

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  12. AnonymousJune 9, 2011 at 12:12 PM

    "She has the same tattoo, and she's going to sue me for copyright infringement!"

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  13. BethanyJune 9, 2011 at 12:13 PM

    Loser indeed! @girlvet My cousin got a tattoo at 15 years of age because her friend's mother signed a waiver for her. Fake parental consent. Gotta love it.

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  14. AnonymousJune 9, 2011 at 12:14 PM

    "It's going to kill her when she finds out that I'm a Mets fan..."

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  15. AnonymousJune 9, 2011 at 12:21 PM

    "In retrospect, tattooing 'World's Best Driver' on my own chest while I was doing 85 in the right lane of the freeway may have been a mistake."

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  16. AnonymousJune 9, 2011 at 12:34 PM

    I hope they didn't give him something to cover up with so she'd see it for sure. Also hope she'll tell the docs not to give him any pain meds so he'll suffer and learn his lesson.

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  17. AnonymousJune 9, 2011 at 12:48 PM

    And he was just on his way to buy her a Mother's Day present...

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  18. AnonymousJune 9, 2011 at 12:59 PM

    Sadly, she may not care very much, either way. Perhaps that's why he's intent on acting out so much?

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  19. AnonymousJune 9, 2011 at 1:09 PM

    "On the bright side, she's the one who taught me to drive, so maybe she won't make it here."

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  20. AnonymousJune 9, 2011 at 1:18 PM

    "On the other hand, isn't it all worth it to express my undying devotion to KRAP-FM's Morning Zoo show? Now I'm sure I'll win those Hootie and the Blowfish tickets!"

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  21. Officer CynicalJune 9, 2011 at 1:40 PM

    "Hey, that's not MY tattoo!"

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  22. AnonymousJune 9, 2011 at 2:39 PM

    The tattoo must have been put on when I wasn't looking!
    Dude - she's going to kill you anyways.

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  23. AnonymousJune 9, 2011 at 3:18 PM

    He took the car and broke both legs. Mom may just be thankful he's alive. The tattoo, however, occurred *before* the accident that injured him. I'd say it's some pretty decent reasoning from a teenage point of view.

    To the idiot who doesn't think Mom will care either way - parents are not responsible for every single action their children take. I managed to do some pretty stupid things as a teenager, none of which my mother (or father) was responsible for.

    If it's not the parents fault, it's the teachers fault. If it's not the teachers fault, it's the governments fault...

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  24. arzt4empfaengerJune 9, 2011 at 5:24 PM

    Priorities, he has strange ones. o_O

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  25. AnonymousJune 9, 2011 at 5:38 PM

    ok. all males who did the same or worse as teens, but were somehow lucky enough to have it not end up on public display, please raise your hands. .... uh-huh, i thought so.

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  26. AnonymousJune 9, 2011 at 6:17 PM

    a major wreck which will cost the city $$$ to fix

    Please tell me the taxpayer is not on the hook for this and that this kid and his family are.

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  27. pharmacy chickJune 9, 2011 at 6:50 PM

    I think the tattoo may be the least of this boy's worries. you may not want mom too near...she just might finish off the job that the wreck failed to do.

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  28. watercolordaisyJune 9, 2011 at 7:46 PM

    aaaahahahahahahhaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!

    Totally. He's probably right. lol. Once mom is over the shock of being thankful he's alive she's going to kill him. LOL

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  29. AnonymousJune 9, 2011 at 8:56 PM

    If he has a mom who will really be more concerned about the tatt than about what he did and how injured he is, then it appears to be a case of familial stupidity.

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  30. terri cJune 10, 2011 at 1:48 AM

    Well, I'd give some consideration to the fact this kid has rattled his brain cell(s) kind of thoroughly and can probably think at most one thought at a time. The fact that he chose a silly thought to think should probably not surprise us. This is not a mental giant...

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  31. terri cJune 10, 2011 at 3:19 PM

    Also, Officer Cynical FTW!!

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So wadda you think?