I have been writing a collection of things people tell me in my job. I am itching to see my patients, my grumpies. (the old or sick can be very grumpy; I started calling them grumpies because, somewhere along the way, their grumpiness became charming to me.) I think they have a lot to teach us and I love that I get a chance to stop and listen. They do say the darnedest things sometimes...
One woman who had just arrived home from the hospital when I was on the phone with her husband and was trying to give me directions to her house says "well if they can't find it, I'll come find them. Of course, I can't walk very well yet." I laughed and told her "you will just hobble on down the road after them with your walker." I can just picture it.
Another woman, when I asked how she was doing, said "oh I am almost as good as new and after you come I'll be right as rain." Though I am not sure rain is something you should shoot for, I was glad to hear this.
Good Advice in life: "Don't pick up any naked hitchhikers or take any wooden nickels."
And when you need some help...
"Rent a grandkid." for electronic support i.e. Working remote controls.
A multi-generational poem: one woman said this was from her mother:
"If it's not one thing it's another.
Oh my finger
Oh my thumb
Oh my back
Oh my bum"
One gentleman answering the phone: "Kelly's bar...Kelly's on the floor."
"Some people make us laugh which is better than those who make us cry...you make me laugh."
"Well aren't you the sunshine in my day."- that's kind of sweet.
When asking one gentleman if he drives (I think he was 91): "Well, no more than I have to as the kids don't want me to, and as fast as I can, as the cops keep chasing me...but I got me one of those electronic garage openers and I keep it open and drive right in and close it as quick as pie so the cops just drive right on by. You won't tell will you?" I couldn't tell if he was serious or not...
Oh the things I hear in my job...
More to come later.
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