Not The Annoyingly Trivial Things-Bitches be cray cray week.

castletownman

Young wan driving behind me earlier with her attention turned entirely to her child in the back seat. Turned around at least three times to give out. Definitely swerved towards the central merge each time too. Actually it's more than TA'ing, it's incredibly dangerous and inconsiderate.

But at least she had the decency to roll down the window when she was smoking her cigarette at the same time.

LadyMacBeth_

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

My missus was with her mam yesterday. The mam was heading off to meet a female friend of one of her other children, who she referred to as 'like the daughter I never had'. :eek:

That's exactly what my mum said to my missus, she has me and my sister :eek:

retro:electro

I bought myself a thermal vest today and my uncle just dropped me in a gift of an ashes hoover. I'm half delighted with myself and half annoyed that I'm a 29 year old 89 year old

s4uv3

When you see two missed calls from someone so you call them straight back because they've obviously fallen down a well or are stuck up a ladder or some other emergency.

But no. They were just calling to repeat a conversation we had two days ago o_O
SAKE

New Home

anna080 wrote: »

I bought myself a thermal vest today and my uncle just dropped me in a gift of an ashes hoover. I'm half delighted with myself and half annoyed that I'm a 29 year old 89 year old

Look on the bright side - "a friend of mine", on her birthday (and it was a milestone one, too) was given a hand-me-down slimming sauna-suit (read: plastic tracksuit) from her father as a gift. He said, "There, you might have some use for this". Keep in mind that said "friend" had just lost about 15 kilos due to a very very stressful situation, and was underweight at the time. I wish I was making this up. That was the only present "my friend" got from her father, too.

Ted_YNWA

Jumped into shower here, and trip switch goes. Had to jump out & make myself presentable to run to fusebox.

That & I've Despacito stuck in my head.

northgirl

Ted_YNWA wrote: »

Jumped into shower here, and trip switch goes. Had to jump out & make myself presentable to run to fusebox.

That & I've Despacito stuck in my head.

I now too have that stuck in my head

Surreptitious

Stoopoid weather. No network signal at all. Can't ring or text anyone.

Ted_YNWA

northgirl wrote: »

I now too have that stuck in my head

My work here is done.

TA at the mounting heap of ironing I am procrastinating about.

Widdershins

TA Going to a gym is so common now it's almost expected of everyone. I hate the idea of going and the idea of a boyfriend cantering on a treadmill in sportsclothes kind of puts me off. I don't know why. I get that it's not always easy to get enough physical activity if you're working all day in a job where you have to sit down, or if it's expected that you'll keep yourself very fit for your job.

BBDBB

TA, opening an already open but re-sealed packet of cashew and peanuts, unaware that the packet had been folded down onto a packet length tear down the side. Result? Peanuts and cashews all over the kitchen floor grrrrr:mad:

madmaggie

I was in slow moving traffic today, when a a delightful young lady, resplendent in tracksuit, pony tail and hooped ear-rings, walks out in front of my car while she was texting. She informed me I was a "f**king asshole". Such eloquence.

MuffinTop86

It is a bit annoying when traffic is creeping along and you're trying to cross the road but drivers would rather edge a foot forward than let you cross.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

^ some days though I will walk across the road anyway thinking "run me over, go on, I dare you" put me out of my misery.


My TA is people who use me as the middle man. "Can you book this?" "Can you cancel that?" and the worst is when I try do what's none of my business and they haven't replied to me quick enough the person who should have asked in the first place is hassling me for an answer.

LadyMacBeth_

Going to the dentist today for a check up and a teeth clean. My dad has inherited gum disease and lost all of his teeth years ago as did my granny so every time I go to the dentist I'm terrified that I will be told that I'm going to lose all of my teeth. I dream about it sometimes. Can someone go for me? Cheers

ILikeBoats

madmaggie wrote: »

I was in slow moving traffic today, when a a delightful young lady, resplendent in tracksuit, pony tail and hooped ear-rings, walks out in front of my car while she was texting. She informed me I was a "f**king asshole". Such eloquence.

KatW4

Drivers who open their car doors fully out onto the road without checking for cars driving near. Some day I'll drive through their bloody door and bring it with me down the road.

CrowdedHouse

That time of year again - back on the porridge for brekkie, I'm struggling with my ratios, either too thick or too thin and it's annoying.

Rubberlegs

CrowdedHouse wrote: »

That time of year again - back on the porridge for brekkie, I'm struggling with my ratios, either too thick or too thin and it's annoying.

Do you make it in a saucepan? I was the same, could never get it right so switched to microwaveable porridge, you can't go wrong.

TA can't make up my mind what to eat, was going to have scrambled eggs but have porridge on my mind now

Widdershins

Ta that ambulance crews and nurses seem to be doing the doctors jobs for them at times.

And I know this is a matter of the triage nurse who is on duty at the time but a huge TA is that sometimes in casualty, they are NOT seeing people based on priority OR order of arrival. I know this because I spoke to patients who told me what their very minor problems were and they should have been at their GP or minor injury clinic. One wanted to sue someone for a sprained ankle which she was walking on, exercising on while she waited, and she was laughing and having a lot of craic with her friends. Now there were people there looking at deaths door, quietly, in the corner, for hours, and little miss sporty is in and out in fifteen minutes. A chap with a skin condition that was not clearing up, was also seen very early and he had arrived after I did. At that stage being told they are seeing patients based on urgency is beyond bald faced lying and patronising.

foxy farmer

Widdershins wrote: »

Ta that ambulance crews and nurses seem to be doing the doctors jobs for them at times.

And I know this is a matter of the triage nurse who is on duty at the time but a huge TA is that sometimes in casualty, they are NOT seeing people based on priority OR order of arrival. I know this because I spoke to patients who told me what their very minor problems were and they should have been at their GP or minor injury clinic. One wanted to sue someone for a sprained ankle which she was walking on, exercising on while she waited, and she was laughing and having a lot of craic with her friends. Now there were people there looking at deaths door, quietly, in the corner, for hours, and little miss sporty is in and out in fifteen minutes. A chap with a skin condition that was not clearing up, was also seen very early and he had arrived after I did. At that stage being told they are seeing patients based on urgency is beyond bald faced lying and patronising.

I personally think that age is a factor too. The younger you are the better and quicker the attention you'll get.

snowgal

northgirl wrote: »

I now too have that stuck in my head

Im kinda TA that I just dont know this song?? How can I, a down with the ppl, cool person have missed this craze??! I honestly have never heard the song but have heard people talk about it so much. Im gonna have you tube now......

ohnonotgmail

snowgal wrote: »

Im kinda TA that I just dont know this song?? How can I, a down with the ppl, cool person have missed this craze??! I honestly have never heard the song but have heard people talk about it so much. Im gonna have you tube now......

I only heard this song for the first time a few weeks ago when i was in my sisters car. She looked at me like i had two heads when i asked her what it was. it was the sound of the summer apparently.

Widdershins

foxy farmer wrote: »

I personally think that age is a factor too. The younger you are the better and quicker the attention you'll get.

Maybe in some cases, with some triage nurses making the decision, but it doesn't really fit with what I saw recently. There was no common factor really. I honestly had to wonder if it was a matter of private insurance over medical cards, or ''who you know'' in some cases, but that wouldn't fit most of those patients. Sporty was only about 19 but the patent with the skin problem was much older, and there were others with tiny injuries, of all ages, brought in before more serious cases .

Although I heard a doctor asking another doctor why are all the young children getting in first and the reply was that it's up to the triage nurse. That was the day after I'd been waiting myself, so it was a different triage nurse and different set of patients waiting outside.

My friend broke his head open in a fall a few years back when in his fifties (I think) and i think he broke his back too, he was in a bad way anyway, and he was treated really well by the ambulance crew, then left holding his own head closed in casualty. He doesn't actually remember it but his brother said the EMT lost his temper with the doctor over it. Apparently EMT also had to point out that the doctor was about to sew his skull closed starting from the wrong direction :mad:

Naming no names or locations here!

iamwhoiam

Widdershins wrote: »

Ta that ambulance crews and nurses seem to be doing the doctors jobs for them at times.

And I know this is a matter of the triage nurse who is on duty at the time but a huge TA is that sometimes in casualty, they are NOT seeing people based on priority OR order of arrival. I know this because I spoke to patients who told me what their very minor problems were and they should have been at their GP or minor injury clinic. One wanted to sue someone for a sprained ankle which she was walking on, exercising on while she waited, and she was laughing and having a lot of craic with her friends. Now there were people there looking at deaths door, quietly, in the corner, for hours, and little miss sporty is in and out in fifteen minutes. A chap with a skin condition that was not clearing up, was also seen very early and he had arrived after I did. At that stage being told they are seeing patients based on urgency is beyond bald faced lying and patronising.

Triage is putting people in different queues for a reason .,There are orthopaedic , medical and surgical queues in major A and E's . The team for orthopaedic might have less to see or might be moving quicker so Mr Skinor Miss Ankle might have been seen by one team and you were waiting for another ?
Also in many hospital children will take priority as they get sick very quickly and and cannot voice a deterioration . BY no means are nurses perfect but in my opinion the staff on the ground in the HSE are carrying the whold show on their shoulders with very little support .

Widdershins

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Triage is putting people in different queues for a reason .,There are orthopaedic , medical and surgical queues in major A and E's . The team for orthopaedic might have less to see or might be moving quicker so Mr Skin might have been seen by one team and you were waiting for another ?
Also in many hospital children will take priority as they get sick very quickly and and cannot voice a deterioration . BY no means are nurses perfect but in my opinion the staff on the ground in the HSE are carrying the whold show on their shoulders with very little support .

I do understand that too, the availability of the relevant doctor on call, but what about actually seeing people in the first place to determine what doctor from which discipline needs to be called for and how fast? I mean people with possible cardiac or appendix or other urgent things need to be seen quite fast, initially.

There is a mixed bunch in hospitals the same as anywhere else and some have ten times the sense and work ethic than the rest of the room full of medics put together. And that's not enough to keep it running efficiently.

I didn't question children getting in to be seen first, a doctor did.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

On the whole, I'd agree with the above. Depends what dr you need to see. I've generally been lucky any time I've been unfortunate enough to be in a+e. They usually bring me from triage straight in, unless it's orthopaedic then I wait. The only time I've been waiting a really long time was when there was someone in resus but the triage nurse told me that and nobody was called in pretty much the entire night.

One night I was being admitted from a+e to a ward I heard another patient come in kicking up a fuss about an awful pain in her chest. Then about an hour passed and she left her bed and came around to other people's beds. She stuck her head around my curtains asking how I was now and what I'm in for. Eventually the dr came back to her and turns out she had a fry for dinner and it was indigestion.

My TA is although I'm finished my anti biotics and my kidney infection should be better I'm still peeing every 15 mins. Hatttte it.

Widdershins

LexieOnRale wrote: »

On the whole, I'd agree with the above. Depends what dr you need to see. I've generally been lucky any time I've been unfortunate enough to be in a+e. They usually bring me from triage straight in, unless it's orthopaedic then I wait. The only time I've been waiting a really long time was when there was someone in resus but the triage nurse told me that and nobody was called in pretty much the entire night.

One night I was being admitted from a+e to a ward I heard another patient come in kicking up a fuss about an awful pain in her chest. Then about an hour passed and she left her bed and came around to other people's beds. She stuck her head around my curtains asking how I was now and what I'm in for. Eventually the dr came back to her and turns out she had a fry for dinner and it was indigestion.

My TA is although I'm finished my anti biotics and my kidney infection should be better I'm still peeing every 15 mins. Hatttte it.

Yes but afaik you're not attending the A and E I'm talking about, which has a reputation and has among the worst waiting times in the country.

Some woman who mistook indigestion for a heart attack doesn't diminish the need to always make sure. And women can have heart attacks and not even realise it. We often don't get the symptoms men get, its less dramatic.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Widdershins wrote: »

Yes but afaik you're not attending the A and E I'm talking about, which has a reputation and has among the worst waiting times in the country.

I've been in a few a+es thanks to a condition I have. I'm not telling you that you're wrong, merely pointing out not all a+es are incorrectly run and in fact most of them offer a fantastic service considering cutbacks and more pressure on the system and the staff. This is not a chat thread so I'm not getting into this with you any longer. You posted your experiences, I've posted mine. I think we're done.

iamwhoiam

LexieOnRale wrote: »

On the whole, I'd agree with the above. Depends what dr you need to see. I've generally been lucky any time I've been unfortunate enough to be in a+e. They usually bring me from triage straight in, unless it's orthopaedic then I wait. The only time I've been waiting a really long time was when there was someone in resus but the triage nurse told me that and nobody was called in pretty much the entire night.

One night I was being admitted from a+e to a ward I heard another patient come in kicking up a fuss about an awful pain in her chest. Then about an hour passed and she left her bed and came around to other people's beds. She stuck her head around my curtains asking how I was now and what I'm in for. Eventually the dr came back to her and turns out she had a fry for dinner and it was indigestion.

My TA is although I'm finished my anti biotics and my kidney infection should be better I'm still peeing every 15 mins. Hatttte it.

You need to ring the GP as the antibiotic you took may not have been right for the type of bacteria in the urine .