Introverts, how is your day?

[Van Buren Supernova]

On 11/2/2018 at 3:43 PM, Pseudonym said:

Moral of the story: never ask a bored men how they are, because they will tell you.

[Pseudonym]

Wouldn't call that bored

[Carol the Dabbler]

Could be depression, yeah.  Though could just be really, really bored.

[Pseudonym]

It's depression in the show. It's also the personification of a Monday morning. 

[Pseudonym]

I went to visit my father in hospital on Saturday. God hospitals are depressing, and finding my way there in the dark really wasn't fun. Dad seemed okay, not too worn down, though some woman on his ward is one of those who goes around talking at everyone whether they want to talk or not, and she's also coughing over everyone. My dad already has a lowered immune system, he doesn't need her spreading her germs about. 

Apparently my brother doing his doctor act when he took my parents to A&E did chivvy the hospital on a bit, even if my folks found his 'doctor voice' annoying. 

[Carol the Dabbler]

14 minutes ago, Pseudonym said:

... she's also coughing over everyone. My dad already has a lowered immune system, he doesn't need her spreading her germs about. 

Might not be germy, but yeah, who needs it.  Maybe you could see if the nurses could keep her out of his room (in their "copious' spare time).  Or hope that she gets discharged really soon!

[Pseudonym]

His room? Ha ha, you need Mycroft in order to get a room.

[Fantasy Lover]

It's depression in the show. It's also the personification of a Monday morning. 

This is the personification of Monday.

[Pseudonym]

One is the personification of Monday, one is the personification of the effect of Monday. Both are terrible. 

[Pseudonym]

[Van Buren Supernova]

1 hour ago, Pseudonym said:

God hospitals are depressing, and finding my way there in the dark really wasn't fun.

Did you visit at night?

Glad your Dad is okay.

 

He had to go hospital A&E (after hours) couple of months ago and the process took several hours to be admitted in. It was close to midnight before I had the time to scramble something to eat and a toothbrush and some necessity. So I took a long walk from the hospital wing to the main lobby in attempt to search for some 24 hours shop (we were lucky that the insurance covered a room so they relaxed on me staying there). It was a long walk, going through in and out building, multiple doors with barely anyone or any activity because I was walking through day clinic and specialist etc etc to get to the shop.

The problem was when I came back I realized that some of the doors I passed by couldn't be opened without some access card. It's either I was following someone when I went out or it's one way access. So I had to linger around until some doctor/hospital staff actually passed by and opened the doors for me. I had to tailgate a nurse to get through two doors before being abandoned again because she went through different direction, and found another gatekeeper :D. Even some elevator were locked. Not a fun midnight walk at all. At the very least it didn't feel creepy. I remember the hospital where my brother was admitted when he was a kid had a stairwell that made ghostly sound, formed by the wind, but it sounded like wooooooooooooooooo.

[Pseudonym]

I visited at 6, and it's already pitch black by 5. 

You must have escaped when you weren't meant to. My grandfather went on the run from hospital once and had to be chased. 

[Carol the Dabbler]

7 hours ago, Pseudonym said:

His room? Ha ha, you need Mycroft in order to get a room.

You still have wards?  I don't think I've ever seen those except in old movies.  When I was a kid, most rooms (except Mycroft's, of course) were "semi-private" meaning you had a roommate.  But I haven't seen one of those for decades.

[T.o.b.y]

1 minute ago, Carol the Dabbler said:

You still have wards?  I don't think I've ever seen those except in old movies.  When I was a kid, most rooms (except Mycroft's, of course) were "semi-private" meaning you had a roommate.  But I haven't seen one of those for decades.

What do you call the floors then where the patients' rooms, single or double, are? 

[Pseudonym]

18 minutes ago, Carol the Dabbler said:

You still have wards?  I don't think I've ever seen those except in old movies.  When I was a kid, most rooms (except Mycroft's, of course) were "semi-private" meaning you had a roommate.  But I haven't seen one of those for decades.

But you also have to remember we have free healthcare, which means there are no bells and whistles. If you want a private room then you pay for private healthcare. 

[Carol the Dabbler]

2 hours ago, T.o.b.y said:

What do you call the floors then where the patients' rooms, single or double, are? 

Uh, floors?  When there are special sections, they have descriptive names, such as the cardiac care unit (CCU).  I have heard "maternity ward," but that was ages ago, so they probably have a different term by now.  Sometimes there are euphemisms, such as one large hospital has a wing devoted to psychiatric problems, and people just call it "R Wing."

1 hour ago, Pseudonym said:

... we have free healthcare, which means there are no bells and whistles. If you want a private room then you pay for private health care.

That makes sense.  (Though I assume most people are actually paying for medical care already, but since it comes out of their general taxes, it feels like it's free.)

[Artemis]

8 hours ago, Carol the Dabbler said:

When I was a kid, most rooms (except Mycroft's, of course) were "semi-private" meaning you had a roommate.  But I haven't seen one of those for decades.

^ I think they’re still around.  Almost all the hospital rooms I’ve been in have been “semi-private” (roommate with a curtain between you, usually), and my last visit was less than 10 years ago.

 

[Carol the Dabbler]

1 hour ago, Artemis said:

Almost all the hospital rooms I’ve been in have been “semi-private” (roommate with a curtain between you, usually), and my last visit was less than 10 years ago.

Maybe it depends on the hospital, and when it was built.

[Pseudonym]

I'd rather it come out of my taxes than have to risk paying thousands if I have an accident. Plus all those wonderful free drugs, yum yum yum.

[Pseudonym]

Awww, my oldest brother told my nephew that Gollum was hiding under his bed and he was terrified. 

[Carol the Dabbler]

1 hour ago, Pseudonym said:

I'd rather it come out of my taxes than have to risk paying thousands if I have an accident

Kind of like paying for medical insurance, I guess, but with less comfortable hospital rooms.

[Van Buren Supernova]

On 11/6/2018 at 4:27 PM, Pseudonym said:

Awww, my oldest brother told my nephew that Gollum was hiding under his bed and he was terrified. 

That is..... what kind of parenting is that??    

 

Yesterday a friend told me she will be attending her cousin's wedding in her home town, so she would take leave and fly back. She then complained about how busy she would be and how many people she would have to meet.

Me, of course as every sane person,  told her that she does it to herself. I meant, it's perfectly reasonable situation to escape from, and you have every right to not go. But if you decide to do it, then do it! I don't really get why she would want to do it but then complaining about it. And of course, I told her that I pity her husband to be dragged in that situation; taking day off, paying for flights only to attend wedding (ugh) of a cousin?? especially when she would be busy and for sure leave him by himself. I've known them for 18 years and I know her husband is more on quiet side and quite introverted. She is also not a social butterfly but she seems to have thousand of family events because everytime she goes back, it's for this and that family gathering.

But anyway, it's unsolicited input from me, because I feel horrified for the husband. But of course she insists that he would be okay, that I just have extreme view and fear of socializing  . Maybe she is right, she is always surprised with how I view things. 

[Arcadia]

Sounds to me like she's just venting to a neutral party. Which I do too, for reasons that would take too long to describe. But sometimes I regret ever having learned to vent, because I've been on the receiving end, and boy, it can get tedious to sit there and listen to someone whine. I hate to think how many people I may have bored over the years.

[Carol the Dabbler]

3 hours ago, Arcadia said:

... sometimes I regret ever having learned to vent, because I've been on the receiving end, and boy, it can get tedious to sit there and listen to someone whine. I hate to think how many people I may have bored over the years.

Me too. 

[Arcadia]

On the other hand, if you're on the right wavelength with the person you're venting to, or being vented at by, it can be quite therapeutic for both of you. And yes, I realize that "being vented at by" is horrible grammar, but I'm too tired to do it correctly.