You just got PWNED.............

[Amina516]

..........by some Amish Men...!

Some b/g: Amish patients are usually very stoic. Also, most don't go past the 8th grade when they can legally drop out and work on their farms /BG

I walk into a patients room with the nurse I was shadowing today and we're preparing to give our patient, who is amish, some meds, when a doctor strolls in.

Now, when a doctor strolls in, you gotta let him finish his stuff first, then go about your business...its also just better then you get to hear what he's telling the patient and can readily answer questions and etc.

So, Doc was explaining something to the patient and the patient asks if they can have some written info to read at home. Doc turns to us nurses and says "This is where these ladies come in. They'll prepare any papers that you need and make sure you understand whats going on. PLUS, you dont want me to write you anything. I cant write, you wouldnt be able to read anything!!!"..

The amish patient looks him dead in the eye and very seriously says "You mean they sent you ALL the way to college and didn'teach you to write?!?!?!?"

I couldnt help but titter....it was funny and the look of horror on the doctors face was priceless.

Then the patient and his sons start to laugh.....and the doctor kinda chuckled then hurriedly ran out of the room, face reddened.

I laughed even harder.

To see this little 5'5 full bearded man with a straw hat on pwn the doc. Too funny.

[WhiteRose]

omg...funny...

I'm planning on being a nurse and then maybe a doctor at one point...granted, not in a conventional setting, but still...I'd still have awesome handwriting, for a regular person....probably to the point where no one would believe i'm a doctor..."But you have too good handwriting to be a doctor!"

[Food Lady]

I think even the ones with good handwriting write illegibly due to being in a hurry all the time. I've heard some do it purposely so it's harder to forge.

[derangedperson]

'Tis a funny story indeed, English.

[WhiteRose]

a secret in mine and an old foster mom's signature? she skipped one letter in her last name, and i skip one letter in my first name, as well as changing the spelling in my last name signature...sometimes i misform one letter on purpose...not noticeably so, but it's unique enough to not be able to be copied...

[Dips]

At one time I was planning to be a doctor. I was a bio pre-med major, took the MCAT and applied to medical school. I was serious about it.

And yes, my handwriting is just TERRIBLE.

Anyway, long story short, I'm not a doctor. But if I were, I would have found that joke quite hilarious.

[infinitemonkies]

In other news, the doctor's strike continues. Negotiations are expected to begin shortly after a pharmacist is availble to come to the picket lines and read the signs.