A highly advanced domestic violence prevention strategy...

tallaght01

I was walking through the hospital the other day, and as I got to the top of the escalator, there was this huge display stand staring me in the face.

"Is YOUR relationship dominated by domestic violence?" it screamed out.

And, there were all these leaflets and cards for you to take away, telling you where to get help if you beat your wife.

But it was right at the top of the escalator, in the total bottleneck point of the hospital. About a hundred people use this escalator every 5 mins. It's overlooked by this enormous canteen, where half the hospital can see you.

I went back today, and it looks like no one has touched the leaflets. I was curious meself, but didn't stop long enough to read the bumph, because it wouldn't look good if people thought their local friendly paeds reg was a wife beater. So, I kept walking away, while practicing a few krav maga moves, just to keep them guessing.

But, I just wonder who thinks these things up.

Hospitals are full of dumb internal campaigns, that are impractical, and that people don't identify with. My favourite is one on the kids hospital, that the infection control team have put up. It shows a little girl daydreaming. Underneath her, the caption says "Imagine a world where everyone washes their hands". Obviously, all our children relate to this, and stop using their soiled nappies as facecloths as soon as they see it.

Infection control teams. Jesus Christ.

is there a point to this thread? No.

I'm having my first day off in week. And my flatmate has moved out. So, I'm bored, and rambling.

But, honest to God, there's really a lot of tools that work in hospitals. Mostly getting paid way more than important people, like care assistants, too.

Dr Galen

ah jayus we haven't had a good old T01 rant in ages!

Glad to have ya back bro.

Hospitals are full of dumb internal campaigns, that are impractical, and that people don't identify with. My favourite is one on the kids hospital, that the infection control team have put up. It shows a little girl daydreaming. Underneath her, the caption says "Imagine a world where everyone washes their hands". Obviously, all our children relate to this, and stop using their soiled nappies facecloths as soon as they see it.

yep, goes on everywhere. Oz, Ireland, UK - everywhere. It's people justifying their wage for the most part.

Infection control teams. Jesus Christ.

i love these guys. You never see em, and then one person gets the runs and presto, the whole ward is closed, there is biohazard tape blocking the windows and the doors. Everyone is running around in aprons and gloves and facemasks and googles. The smell of chlorine would knock you out, and then this disappear. Grrrrrrrrrrrr the one time I had real need of them was when a patient came up, who had TB and I needed to get special facemasks for someone who had an allergy type thing to the material. Took a week......(no-one got TB btw, I think the vaccinations might have helped)

only good point about the infection team in my old hospital was that the clinical nurse specialist was hot

I'm having my first day off in week. And my flatmate has moved out. So, I'm bored, and rambling.

was she hot?

Carsinian Thau

Mystik Monkey wrote: »

was she hot?

He's in Australia.

So, yes.

Unless she's not Australian. Which would complicate matters...

Dr Galen

or maybe a man? which would complicate things further.

Vorsprung

Get out of the house and admire the talent big man.

tallaght01

My flatmate was an unemployed bloke from Drimnagh, who's looked like Bubbles from Trailer Park Boys. He was known as "Five shytes Heffo" coz he, well, shyted about 5 times a day.

Did a runner without payin his final week's rent, too!