Just call me flabbergasted!

[Stepharoonie!]

Well, I sure didn't know what in the world to say to this guy today when he came to my desk to check out from his appointment.

I'm the one who collects the copays, so I hear a lot of griping and moaning everyday. Well, this one was a new one. A grungy/burly guy comes up to me and annouces very loudly, "WELL! You must be the girl who takes the money....just like a woman wanting money, hands out and legs up in the air!"

What in the....???????

Of course, the nurses are just laughing away behind me, but oh my GOSH! I was literally without words. Everyone was shocked when he left!

Sigh...I really get the weird ones in my office...

 

[Tazicket]

wow. just...wow.

 

[Stepharoonie!]

Yeah, I know. It's kinda like the patients who told me I had big hoogies. Uhh...I had never heard that word until that point!

 

[Tazicket]

I had a customer call me at the store once, after I'd helped him find a book. He wanted to ask me out. I nicely let him know that I'm married. However...I don't think I've ever been told that I have "big hoogies." So...you win!

 

[tevagirl]

Yeah, I know. It's kinda like the patients who told me I had big hoogies. Uhh...I had never heard that word until that point!

Steph, maybe he meant 'hoagies'. Were you eating a couple of big sandwiches at the time?

 

[paigevz]

Geez...........

 

[Kimmielee]

Steph, maybe he meant 'hoagies'. Were you eating a couple of big sandwiches at the time?

Time to wipe off the computer screen....

Steph - I don't know how you kept a straight face.... did you think of any good comebacks after he left?

"Well, sir.... that may be the way you get sex... but it's not how you pay your bill here."

 

[disneygirlatheart]

WOW! I would have been flabbergasted also. His wife or girlfriend must have really let him have it!

 

[Stepharoonie!]

Time to wipe off the computer screen....

Steph - I don't know how you kept a straight face.... did you think of any good comebacks after he left?

"Well, sir.... that may be the way you get sex... but it's not how you pay your bill here."

Pffttbb, no. I can't think of good one liners after these people come up to the desk and completely freak me out.

Why, yes....hoagies!

 

[Fan2CSkr]

Well, I sure didn't know what in the world to say to this guy today when he came to my desk to check out from his appointment.

I'm the one who collects the copays, so I hear a lot of griping and moaning everyday. Well, this one was a new one. A grungy/burly guy comes up to me and annouces very loudly, "WELL! You must be the girl who takes the money....just like a woman wanting money, hands out and legs up in the air!"

What in the....???????

Of course, the nurses are just laughing away behind me, but oh my GOSH! I was literally without words. Everyone was shocked when he left!

Sigh...I really get the weird ones in my office...

You should have said just like a man to have diarrhea of the mouth and never knowing when to just shut up. Tell him you happen to have some Imodium AD would he like a glass of water with it. Some people men and women say the darndest things.

Never heard the hoogie term either!

 

[Stepharoonie!]

WOW! I would have been flabbergasted also. His wife or girlfriend must have really let him have it!

I'm sure he didn't tell her when he got home...he was by himself

What made it even more fun was him standing there talking to me for a good three minutes while I was scrambling to make his appointment and take his money (shuddering).

It's always fun at my job. You see some really weird, and really interesting people...although, my favorites are the ones who come in with warts in a really private place, start to have them treated, then lo and behold they come in complaining that they have them on their hands now. Well, they SPREAD if you touch them, you idiot. The docs tell them no more duh-duh-duh-duh for at least a month or until the warts clear up...but they never listen. Hrrr. It's fun to look those guys in the eye and make their next appointment

 

[DawnCt1]

Pffttbb, no. I can't think of good one liners after these people come up to the desk and completely freak me out.

Why, yes....hoagies!

I think I would have said, "that was extremely rude. you need to apologize".

 

[Stepharoonie!]

I think I would have said, "that was extremely rude. you need to apologize".

Sad thing is though, we aren't really allowed to "talk back" to the patients. We're really treated like dirt at our company. The next time he comes in, I can have someone else check him out, but we can't tell a patient they're being rude.

 

[DISUNC]

You should have said....."Well if you dont stop paying for THOSE kind of woman, you wouldn't be at this office all the time!!!!!"...or SMACKED him!!!!

 

[DawnCt1]

Sad thing is though, we aren't really allowed to "talk back" to the patients. We're really treated like dirt at our company. The next time he comes in, I can have someone else check him out, but we can't tell a patient they're being rude.

I would have a talk with the doctor or office manager then. I know that a patient was extremely rude to one of the dental assistants at my dentist's office. The dentist told him that he was not entitled to speak to any of his employees that way and he was not to return. The patient argued and the dentist told him to leave now or he would escort him out of the door. There are just some things over the line. I can understand "a good customer service" response when a pt. is impatient, unhappy or annoyed, but when it is clearly sexual harrassment, he should be spoken to and you should have the doctor's blessing to do so.

 

[DISUNC]

Sad thing is though, we aren't really allowed to "talk back" to the patients. We're really treated like dirt at our company. The next time he comes in, I can have someone else check him out, but we can't tell a patient they're being rude.

Your Employer NEEDS to be informed of the SEXUAL HARASSMENT LAWS....because that is precisely what you encountered today. No IF's, AND's or BUT's.

And for those nurses who were behind you giggling...SHAME ON THEM!

 

[4nana]

Horrible !! I can't believe your employer allows his staff to put up with that kind of potty talk from clients while other nurses laugh?!?! What's wrong with this world??? Sorry, as a female I find it totally unacceptable and would definitely demand more respect at the work place. This male patient was way out of line and needed to be held accountable. Afterall, isn't this exactally what most ladies are fighting for sweetie?!?!