Thursday, May 14, 2009

5/14 boredom report


Random hospital thoughts:


You would think that after a few months in the hospital over the past two years, I would know what the beeping noise on the IV pump means and how to stop it. I don't.


The hospital has outsourced most of its cafeteria operations to Wendy's, Chick-Fil-A, and Subway. This guarantees repeat customers. On a separate but weird note, Shands is apparently sponsored by Pepsi, and no Coke products are available anywhere. Diet Dr. Pepper is omnipresent, which is a positive development.


Why are ice cubes called "ice chips" at the hospital? Why do hospital blankets have the blue stripes on them?


The hospital housekeeping staff doesn't work on weekends. Apparently sick people are neater over the weekend.


Why are my sports training aids (Polar, Garmin, etc.) much more sophisticated and user friendly than what they use at the hospital to track vital signs?


Shands has awesome coffee concession stands ("Opus Coffee"). The coffee staff and the auto valets appear to have been hired from the cast of 90210. You have to love a college town - everybody's so young and perky.



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