CAT Scans In The Twilight Zone
BIZARRE, BOULDER, COLORADO, EMPLOYEES, IGNORING & INATTENTIVE, LAZY/UNHELPFUL, MEDICAL OFFICE, USA | HEALTHY | MAY 15, 2021
I arrive early for my CAT scan and sit in the waiting room. [Tech
#1 ] comes out of the back.
Tech
#1 : “Is [Man] here? [Man]? [Man]?”
Receptionist: “Who’s [Man]?”
Tech
#1 : “His wife is back there and too dizzy to walk. I’m looking for her husband.” *Louder* “[MAN]! [MAN]?!”
[Tech
#1 ] disappears for a few minutes and then he’s back.
Tech
#1 : “[Man]? [MAN]?! [Receptionist], would you page him?”
Receptionist: “What’s his last name?”
Tech
#1 : “Just page [Man].”
Receptionist: “I can’t do that! There are lots of [Man]s!”
Tech
#1 : “I don’t know his last name. Just page him!”
[Tech
#1 ] disappears again. [Tech
#2 ] comes out of the back pushing a woman in a wheelchair.
Tech
#2 : “Someone’s supposed to transport this woman to the lobby.”
Receptionist: “Park her over there until they come.”
[Tech
#2 ] parks the woman and goes into the back.
Tech
#1 : “[Man]? [Man]?”
Transport Nurse: “Where’s the woman in the wheelchair?”
Receptionist: *Waving vaguely* “Over there.”
Transport Nurse: “I see the wheelchair, but it’s empty.”
Receptionist: “That’s odd.”
The transport nurse leaves.
Receptionist: “[My Name], we’ll get to you in just a few more minutes.”
Me: “That’s just fine. You’ve lost two people in the ten minutes I’ve been here, so I’m really overwhelmed with confidence at the moment.”
Someone else behind the reception desk calls out:
Employee: “Don’t ask me! I’m on lunch!”
Tech
#1 : “[Man]?”
They did eventually find [Man]. They never found the missing lady. And my CAT scan went on without further incident — whew!