Monday, July 16, 2012

Sunday night, 9:05 p.m.

















Mrs. Nerve: "Hello?"

Dr. Grumpy: "Hi, it's Ibee Grumpy, calling to give weekend check-out to Dr. Nerve."

Mrs. Nerve: "He's in the bathroom."

Dr. Grumpy: "Okay, can he call me back when..."

(muffled male voice in background)

Mrs. Nerve: "He says he wants to talk to you, hang on..."

(muffled male voice in background)

Mrs. Nerve: "He wants to know if Mr. Smith is still in the hospital?"

Dr. Grumpy: "He went to the rehab floor, but Dr. Nerve will need to check his follow-up CT..."

(muffled male voice in background)

Mrs. Nerve: "Hang on, he says he's out of toilet paper."

Dr. Grumpy: "Look, I'll just call back in..."

Mrs. Nerve: "No, it's okay. He asked if the Jones girl had any more seizures?"

25 comments:

GPMommy said...

Well at least he didn't ask for the phone while he was on the toilet.
I never cease to be amazed by the people who have conversations on their cell phones while in the ladies room!

Wendy said...

They weren't inconvenienced, so why were you? You weren't even there?

Your Doctor's Wife said...

Thank goodness we don't have smell-a-phones! Sheesh!!!

Chris said...

Why is the practice so commonplace now? Ugh...

Chris

www.chrisjbritt.com

Packer said...

I don't know, those type of conversations always leave me a little wiped out.

Officer Cynical said...

I hope you washed your hands after you hung up.

Anonymous said...

TMI, Dr. and Mrs. Nerve!

Whelk Lad! said...

"Oh, and he also wants to know if you have any good tips for cleaning shower curtains?"

Chris said...

Do you suppose he was on his laptop or iPad reading Doc Grumpy's blog?? You never know...

Chris

www.chrisjbritt.com

Anonymous said...

Poor guy. The reps probably brought something that didn't agree with his delicate constitution.

Andie said...

I wonder if it was a two-flusher?

Anonymous said...

Would this be a HIPAA violation, since the wife is involved and hearing the details? Not that anyone's going to hunt Dr. Flush down n bust him, but still curious.

Nana said...

I just say, 'have him/her call me' and HANG UP right quick!

Anonymous said...

sorry, but many times i have gotten middle of the night pages and had to pee. and answered the page while peeing. fact of life for an old man.

Chris said...

I too have returned middle of the night pages while peeing... I often feel like an old man but truth of the matter is, I'm 30...

www.chrisjbritt.com

gloria p said...

Communication hasn't been the same since the advent of cordless phones.

Unknown said...

Please stop, you're trying WAY too hard (and it's NOT working). You should have just stopped after the first kind-of-funny comment, especially with the peddling of a blog. *facepalm*

Anonymous said...

HIPAA violation... I'd be curious about that one as well.

pharmacy chick said...

one can file this under TTMI...Toilet Too much information

Anonymous said...

Jeremy, don't see any need for an attack here. Good Grief!

Anonymous said...

At least he didn't take the phone and talk to you himself! Imagine the noises you would have heard in the background had he done that!

Anonymous said...

You all should be nicer to
Dr Porcelain, he has really taken some lumps over this.

Ms. Donna said...

AWWWWWWWW ... Youre' a Doc or a Yak herder. Surely you've seen what was going on before!

But other posters are right - cell phones will lead to civilization's downfall.

Anonymous said...

what did he do to make the wife mad???

Anonymous said...

dr g. you could hang up?

 
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