Drinking From a Urinal

It didn't seem like that big of a deal to me. I don't know why everyone got so upset. All I did was leave a container of ice tea in the kitchen at work. So it was in a urinal bottle, what else was I supposed to do? The hospital ran out of water pitchers.

They are all nurses, you wouldn't think that everyone would freak out by the site of a tea colored beverage in a urinal. Okay, it was in the kitchen, but I need ice tea at work. It was the same thing all evening. Someone would go in the kitchen and stomp out and yell, who did this? I would reply that it was mine. They would look at me stunned as I explained what it was.

The next evening, we were still out of pitchers, so this time, I made tea in the kind of container that we use for measuring liquids, like urine, vomit and watery diarrhea. This time, no one minded. I don't get it. The urinal made more sense to me because at least it has a lid.

I think we should give all of the patients water in urinal bottles until we get pitchers. It makes more sense than giving each person half a dozen cups of water, which tend to result in nasty spills.