Siren Song
The bastards have been playing with our call light again. Management decided that we're not answering the call lights fast enough, so their solution was to make the call light louder and more piercing. Hiring more aides to help with the lights would help too, but they would rather have us just run to answer the lights.
The sound is particularly high-pitched with rapid dinging that hurts our ear drums and makes me want to scream in pain and frustration. Visitors to our floor all say the same thing, " What is that sound?" One doctor suggested that management just get a recording that says, "Lazy bastards, get over here."
What do you think that I did about the problem?
a) nothing
b) complained to anyone who would listen
c) muffled the alarm with bandages
d) used a screwdriver to disable the alarm
e) hit the alarm with a sledgehammer
f) sued the bastards
Here's a hint of how I solved the problem:
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You didn't really expect to see a sledgehammer did you?
7 Comments:
you'll be written up for doing that :)
If it hurts your ears, it's a health violation, isn't it? :) Sue the bastards! (Know any lawyers?)
I think you should refer to your place of work as "Dilbert Memorial Hospital"
Sounds to me like it was screaming in pain and needed to be bandaged.
You used nursing ingenuity to solve an audible hazard to the psyche of all those in hearing range.
Tell the powers that be that you (1) assessed the situation (2) planned an intervention (3) carried out the intervention and (4) evaluated the effectiveness.
Nursing process in action!
Sometimes a girl has gotta do what a girl has gotta do. :)
Yaaaaaaaaay i was right, do i win a prize?!
May, let them. :)
Dave, DMH, it does have a certain ring to it. It kind of sounds like it should stand for Department of Mental Mealth, though.
Connie, I'll use that as my excuse if anyone asks me about it.
Kim, here we do plan-do-check. It does fit. Management should congratulate me.
Gary, I gotta be me.
Michelle, you won the grand prize, a sloppy kiss from each of my dogs.
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