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Misadventurous Melissa

Everyday is an adventure, or misadventure as the case may be. It is the latter that makes for the best stories, inspiring the name of my blog. I'm a nurse and an attorney (and way too silly sometimes). I am retired now. WELCOME to my blog! This is a work of fiction inspired by true events. The patients I refer to are a patchwork quilt of various patient's problems mixed together. If you think you recognize someone, you are wrong. These people do not really exist.

Thursday, October 27, 2005

Am I Being Paranoid?


Like mushrooms, these things have suddenly popped out of the ceiling of another unit in the hospital. They are even in the patient's rooms. I just have one question. What the .... are they?

The official explanation is that they are being used to track nurses for a study. I would like to know if there are cameras inside. Do I dare bring a screwdriver to work and open one up to see what's inside? I can sneak in a screwdriver, but how do I sneak in a ladder?

Written by Melissa on 12:36 AM


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7 Comments:

At 10/27/2005 09:55:00 AM, Blogger Mary said...

"Doo-doo-doo-doo...."
(That's the Twilight Zone theme song, not something found in a bedpan, ok?)

Hmmm. Let us know if they tell you what they are 'studying'.

Big Doctor is watching you, haha.

 
At 10/27/2005 11:02:00 AM, Blogger Melissa said...

Lol, Mary. I guess that I should start fixing myself up so that I look good for Big Doctor.

 
At 10/27/2005 12:40:00 PM, Blogger dkgoodman said...

Hard to tell from the blurry photo, but I'm guessing it's not a camera. Probably it's picking up an RFID chip you have embedded in your security badge. Have you been given anything new to wear lately? A new name tag, or bracelet? If not, it's probably already in your ID.

 
At 10/27/2005 01:15:00 PM, Blogger Melissa said...

Hey, are you criticizing my photography skills? :)

I did get a really ugly starfish pin the other day, but there's no way that I'm wearing something grey and warty looking. That's the only thing new. I guess that I could "forget" my official ID and make a homemade one to wear.

 
At 10/27/2005 01:46:00 PM, Blogger Sarah said...

I bet you could "accidentally" knock it down with a broom handle or an IV pole and then you could open it up:)

 
At 10/27/2005 05:18:00 PM, Blogger Running2Ks said...

Yeah, I figure they are scanning you like the checkout line of a grocery store.

 
At 10/28/2005 12:53:00 AM, Blogger Melissa said...

Sarah and Lisa, it would be a lot of fun to try knocking them down, but since it's not my unit, people would probably be suspicious if I started swinging poles or bouncing balls off of them. The nurses in my unit are more accustomed to my sometimes odd behavior. :)

Lisa, my badge doesn't do anything as far as I know. The supervisors are very touchy-feely, so it's possible that I have been implanted with something that makes me scannable.

Brandy, now I know how it feels to be groceries. :)

 

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