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Prank pages at 4:30 am
Published on December 21, 2007 By BlueDev In Misc

Whew, dusting off the old keyboard here.  Been a while.  But I had to share, this was too ridiculous.

4:30 this morning.  I was on call for General Surgery (and Pedi Surgery and Vascular Surgery and Trauma and ENT).  Other than a vascular patient who decided she wanted to try to die and hemorrhage on us (she's as okay as she can be, at least not bleeding like a stuck pig anymore) it was a pretty quiet nite.

One of the joys of being the junior Surgery resident on call is that you have the glory and honor of having all outside phone calls that want to talk to a Surgeon directed to you.  You get a page that starts with 333** with two other numbers (the **), and when you call back, you are connected to the caller.  This is usually either MDs from other hospitals calling to transfer someone to us (because they are too complicated, the patient that is, or because they are too lazy, the MD that is), or previous surgery patients who have a question about something.

These calls can be a real pain.

So, the pager goes off.  333**.  Outside call.  My guess is, at this time, a sick person has shown up at another hospital and they want to send them our way.  I dial the number, hear the beep that tells me we are connected. 

"Hello, this is PJ with Surgery."

"Um, yeah, my brother, well, he wants to be a woman."

Silence.

"Do you do that surgery?"

"No.  No, we don't do that surgery.  General Surgery isn't even the right person to call for gender reassignment surgery."

"Well, can I talk to the person who does it?"

"No, no one here does it."

"Um, can you give me the number of someone who does?"

"No."

Click.

This has to be a prank.  No one in their right mind, lest anyone who actually is considering gender reassignment, is going to have their drunk sounding brother call at 4:30 in the morning. 

My money is on one of the other Surgery residents who are on research this year and have the time to pull a lame prank like this.

Needless to say, it made a fun story to tell the other residents this morning.  What a classic line.

"Um, my brother wants to be a woman."

Priceless.


Comments
on Dec 21, 2007

That is kind of hilarious. 

on Dec 22, 2007
I read the title, and I'm thinking, "I knew it!" It was only a matter of time before San Chonino confessed to "wanting to be a..." something or another. I knew it!
on Dec 22, 2007
I accidentally posted twice, and can't delete this one. Bluedev, that's up to you...sorry.
on Dec 22, 2007
LOL. Make sure I never get your phone number because I know the prank call I'm going to make! hahahahaha.
on Dec 22, 2007
ROFL!!!! I can't stop laughing at this one, especially since initially I thought this was all about Braeden!! hahahahaha.....
on Dec 22, 2007
ROFL! I can't stop laughing!! Thx for the laugh in this wee hours Peter!!
on Dec 22, 2007
BlueDev, why did you hang up on my brother?  ;~D
on Dec 22, 2007
Good one Ted. haha!
on Dec 22, 2007
And here I was thinking that you were just making fun of me . . .

But what a story!
on Dec 22, 2007

Heh, thanks for commenting folks.

I tell you, I hung up on the dude and just sat there in bed (yeah, I actually had tried to sleep for a few minutes: silly) and just couldn't get over it.  It was so ridiculous, so stupid, that I just couldn't help but laugh.  Needless to say, I think that outside call will be a tough one to top.