Be Nice To Your Nurse
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When your hospitalized, it pays to be nice to your nurse, even when
you're feeling miserable. A bossy businessman learned the hard way after
ordering his nurses around as if they were his employees. But the head
nurse stood up to him. One morning she entered his room and announced,
"I have to take your temperature." After complaining for several
minutes, he finally
settled down, crossed his arms and opened his mouth.
"No, I'm sorry", the nurse stated, "but for this reading, I can't use
an oral thermometer."
This started another round of complaining, but eventually he rolled over
and bared his bottom. After feeling the nurse insert the thermometer, he
heard her announce, "I have to get something. Now you stay just like
that until I get back!" She left the door to his room open on her way
out, and he muttered under his breath as he heard people walking past his
door laughing.
After almost an hour, the man's doctor came into the room. "What's
going on here?" asked the doctor.
Angrily, the man answers, "What's the matter, Doc? Haven't you ever
seen someone having their temperature taken?"
"Yes," said the doctor. "But never with a carnation."