09-10-2012, 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Sliver
This shouldn't have happened, but I learned a little trick about getting better service at the hospital when I was in and out quite a few times with a brutal case of pneumonia that wouldn't go away in 2008. I started dressing up before going...not suit and tie, but dress shoes, nice slacks and a dress shirt versus my normal jeans and t-shirt attire. Got way better service when I started doing that.
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This is your mind playing tricks on you thinking you are getting better service. When you expect bad service, no matter what happens you'll be whining about something.
Nurses and doctors don't give a crap what you are wearing since they make no more or no less from any patient.
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09-10-2012, 12:32 PM
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#42
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Originally Posted by ComixZone
Well, perhaps we ought to replace admittance clerks with robots - because that's the only way you're going to get someone/thing to act exactly that way.
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Perhaps, or we could replace them with people who have the ability to put aside personal beliefs and perform their jobs competently. If you can't manage to do that I don't have a lot of faith in your ability to perform the other functions of your job.
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09-10-2012, 12:39 PM
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#43
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Originally Posted by fotze
People getting offended by things that are not offensive but are offended because they have been told to be, needs to be stamped out and not accepted.
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This. Quoted for truth.
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09-10-2012, 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by shermanator
Also, who the hell names their kid Stevahn? No wonder he's mad at the world...
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I wonder if he changed his name to sound more "goth".
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09-10-2012, 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by macker
Some of these costumed characters get out of hand though. Basic principle is how to make a good first impression and this guy obviously failed miserably  He goes out in public trying to play this card all the time. He doesn't care what anybody thinks but looks very proud holding out his cross for everyone to see. Guess no hospital clerks will ever mess around with Goths again |
Why is everyone assuming he went into the hospital and was difficult? I mean, aside from his appearance perhaps he behaved entirely reasonably and that the hospital employee was just simply way out of line? The way the hospital is apologizing with no caveats is quite telling to me. Even in the hypothetical exchanges posted earlier in this thread, posters included the goth kid somehow taunting the employee which I think is unfair. Most goths I know aren't the type to run around "playing their card all the time...proudly holding out their inverted crosses" as their appearance alone is the statement in itself.
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Last edited by Traditional_Ale; 09-10-2012 at 12:57 PM.
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09-10-2012, 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by macker
Some of these costumed characters get out of hand though. Basic principle is how to make a good first impression and this guy obviously failed miserably He goes out in public trying to play this card all the time. He doesn't care what anybody thinks but looks very proud holding out his cross for everyone to see. Guess no hospital clerks will ever mess around with Goths again |
He probably dislikes the way you dress. Who cares? Being a goth isn't the issue, though a few in here seem like they would like it to be.
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09-10-2012, 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by macker
Some of these costumed characters get out of hand though. Basic principle is how to make a good first impression and this guy obviously failed miserably He goes out in public trying to play this card all the time. He doesn't care what anybody thinks but looks very proud holding out his cross for everyone to see. Guess no hospital clerks will ever mess around with Goths again |
He's not interested in making a first impression when he goes to a hospital for treatment, he's interested in treatment.
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09-10-2012, 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Traditional_Ale
This. Quoted for truth.
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Just to clarify this a little more:
Had the clerk been an atheist that refused this patient admittance because he was wearing a religious symbol would have been equally inappropriate.
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09-10-2012, 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by MolsonInBothHands
Just to clarify this a little more:
Had the clerk been an atheist that refused this patient admittance because he was wearing a religious symbol would have been equally inappropriate.
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Agreed. It would be the same thing.
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09-10-2012, 01:05 PM
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Probably tripped on his trench coat catching up to the bus. Have you seen those massive, billowing things? It's an inalienable part of the uniform, even in 35 degree heat. I always assume they must be custom-made; perhaps hand-sewn from the flesh of sheepish conformists.
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09-10-2012, 01:05 PM
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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Some of you guys are making it sound like he went to a job interview and wasn't treated the same as everyone else. He went to the damn hospital. You can make all the justifications you want, but at the end of the day, there's zero room for discrimination at a hospital. People show up, they get addmitted, then they get treated. That's how it works in this country.
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09-10-2012, 01:13 PM
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The ironic thing is that one of Jesus' most basic teachings was to accept everyone, regardless of what you think of them or their lifestyle.
Apparently this particular devout Christian forgot that part.
But at least this gives us another instance for which to bash religion.
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09-10-2012, 01:14 PM
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Originally Posted by fotze
Ya, WTF. Making a good first impression at the hospital? That should be the place where you can always expect to make the worst first impression. I don't know about you but vomiting blood on someone is the absoulte worst first impression I would ever want to make on someone, so thats why the hospital tends to be free of judgement.
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Last edited by Traditional_Ale; 09-10-2012 at 01:18 PM.
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09-10-2012, 01:15 PM
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Where are the people citing "We've only heard one side of the story"?
Oh right, any chance to bash religion.
A lot of people are taking his words at face value.
So typical. precious Flame's prospect gets charged with a serious assault, and people want to hear the full story, wait until it goes to court, wait until he's convicted before they form an opinion.
But this guy obviously gets the benefit of the doubt, he seems like a real winner.
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09-10-2012, 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Iginla
he seems like a real winner.
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why do you say that?
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09-10-2012, 01:18 PM
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Who's bashing on religion? I haven't read anything in this thread that I would think constitutes "bashing." Actually, I think I'd have to be the poster closest to "bashing" by referring to God as a fictional character, but until proven otherwise that is in fact an accurate statement.
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09-10-2012, 01:20 PM
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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Originally Posted by fotze
Ya, WTF. Making a good first impression at the hospital? That should be the place where you can always expect to make the worst first impression. I don't know about you but vomiting blood on someone is the absoulte worst first impression I would ever want to make on someone, so thats why the hospital tends to be free of judgement.
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Hir sir, what's the issue? I haven't had a bowel movement in a long time and was told to show up here.
Eeewwwwww, disgusting! Not so good at first impressions, are you? Maybe try Foothills, I'm not really comfortable having a guy with a poop problem in my waiting room.
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09-10-2012, 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Iginla
Where are the people citing "We've only heard one side of the story"?
Oh right, any chance to bash religion.
A lot of people are taking his words at face value.
So typical. precious Flame's prospect gets charged with a serious assault, and people want to hear the full story, wait until it goes to court, wait until he's convicted before they form an opinion.
But this guy obviously gets the benefit of the doubt, he seems like a real winner.
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They appear in this thread on a number of occasions. Perhaps try reading it again.
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09-10-2012, 01:25 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Traditional_Ale
Why is everyone assuming he went into the hospital and was difficult? I mean, aside from his appearance perhaps he behaved entirely reasonably and that the hospital employee was just simply way out of line? The way the hospital is apologizing with no caveats is quite telling to me.
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I agree.
The hospital is working hard to diffuse this and their comments seem to be generally on the side of agreeing the complaint has merit.
You would expect more professionalism in that setting.
If you got something to say to the kid, do it on the sidewalk out front.
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