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LisaC
12 years agoMember
Humour where needed
Hi ladies, hope you all had an enjoyable Christmas xx. Just had to share this with like minded people. I was cooking dinner 2 nights ago and someone comes to the door. Being Christmas time, my husband was home which in itself is unusual. Also having a door knocker is unusual. I hear my husband speaking to a young, enthusiastic girl who I think maybe selling something. I ignore and keep cooking thinking hubby will send them on their way. After 5 or so minutes hubby comes to the kitchen...."you better come and speak to them, they are collecting for cancer". I say to him, can't you just take care of it? "No, it's some long term thing, you better hear what they say". So off to the front door we go. The young lady starts raving about a payment plan we can do in a high pitched, over the top, enthusiastic voice without taking a breather, collecting for major hospital. Hubby says to me....being (major hospital) I thought you might want to do it....young lady asks am I familiar with (major hospital) and have I heard of Angelina Jolie and her preventative double masectomy....like it's the new "must have". Hubby then starts telling the girl that I have had a double masectomy just like Angelina Jolie, my mum was treated there and my brother in law currently going there. (Poor hubby has always felt the need to tell anyone that would listen, much to my disgust and have reprimanded him repeatedly.) So I give him the evil eye, silently pleading with him to stop telling this total bloody stranger when she pipes up and says "oh, so you're familiar with Angelina Jolie story! oh! you've had double masectomy - cool!, so you will be ok right?, so did your Mum like it (she died) etc etc digging herself into a bigger hole and says so if you wanta sign up for as little as $1.35..." Hubby comes in with the "it's not cool" reply and those 2 go at it like I'm not standing there with my half inch long post chemo hair listening to their discussion about cancer talk etiquette. I'm glaring at this stage at hubby to let it go....meanwhile the girl is continuing on her spiel like she has memorised word for word what she is meant to say & she is not going to stop for anything....meanwhile I burst out laughing, shake my head and start to head inside....both of them looking at me expecting me to decide an outcome...do we sign up? Talk about needing a sense of humour. This one was even better than my next door neighbour saying to me "you look well, so they have they told you you are going to live". Would love to hear from others with inappropriate "cancer" situations to share. Hope ladies on here can see the humour in this situation, the ability to laugh throughout the last 9 or so months has kept my sanity. Love to hear from others with like stories. Lisa xx
18 Replies
- LisaCMemberLol. My best friends daughter is 19 and has a range of issues, cerebral palsy and aspergers to name a few. She has an outstanding mind and memory and a great sense of humor in between her bouts of frustration. She keeps everyone on her toes. Always have to be ten steps ahead of her otherwise she can eat you for breakfast! Lisa x
- Kim_BMember
All adults Lisa, but all operating in the 'about 3 yrs' developmental age, can be lots of fun!
Kim. x
- LisaCMemberHaha, if were to make a slip like that to my best friends daughter than I would get "baaaarrp", "Wong answer, no deal, goodbye", then for the next 5 years she will ask me what I called them - & I would have to remember! Do you work with adults or kids?
- LisaCMemberHaha, if were to make a slip like that to my best friends daughter than I would get "baaaarrp", "Wong answer, no deal, goodbye", then for the next 5 years she will ask me what I called them - & I would have to remember! Do you work with adults or kids?
- Kim_BMember
Too true! Did you know the movie 'Grease' stars John Revolta & Olivia RootinJohn! One of my clients loves this movie & is convinced that's their names- he's even managed to convince some of the others that is so too. Kim x
- LisaCMemberOh gosh, at least you don't let her get to you. I worked with some like her her years ago. Not so much inappropriate comments but the lazy factor - very frustrating. Keep laughing Kim! especially with your clients - they have an uncanny ability to say the most honest and innocent things and get away with it. Lisa xx
- Kim_BMember
Hi again Lisa, & Sue!
yes, unfortunately I am still working with her, though she has just had 2 weeks leave & it's been bliss without her! I told the workmate who has stepped up to her position for the 2 weeks that she is a great disappointment as a team leader as she 1. turned up on time & often early for every shift. 2. didn't spend 2/3 of the shift outside smoking (while lying on the outdoor swinging lounge!). 3. didn't spend the remainder of the day talking on her mobile phone. 4. actually got work done. & 5. listened to her workers without making an inappropriate comment! Oh I will miss her leadership now that the 'real' one is back!
Last month I attended our breast centre's Christmas party & we were all discussing what we'd be doing for Christmas day, & when I said I'd be working, 2 of the other girls asked where I worked (I'm in disability support work), & when I told them they said "OMG you poor bugger, you've got ...... as your team leader haven't you? You know she's got mental health issues don't you." They were not at all surprised at the things she had said to me, & it turns out that they both worked in other units within the department (nowhere near mine), but we all had a good laugh over some of her most famous statements.
You know that even though I (like you) had a pretty lousy 2013, I would still rather be me & have gone through this, than be like her!
Just thought of another, but this one was funny & cute- one of my clients (who has a moderate intellectual disability) said to me when I returned to work- "Oh you've shaved all your hair off", I said "yes", he said "why?", I said "it was too hot, do you want me to do yours too?", he replied with a very emphatic "NO" & took off down the hallway.
Keep laughing girls, we'll have a great collection of stories between us!
Kim. xox
- LisaCMemberHi Kim, I can't stop laughing!! I can't believe your boss! Gosh - are you back working with her? Well done to you for thinking of that to say to her. I always think of things well after the fact unfortunately. Door knockers like that get what they deserve! I will have to keep that one up my sleeve haha. Lisa xx
- Sue_FMemberI had a similar thing happen to me Kim when I was diagnosed with Paget's in Nov 2011. I was with a group of friends and because it is a rare form of BC I was explaining the symptoms when one friend said she had actually heard of this form but only because someone she knew had been diagnosed with the same, and she had died. Luckily I found it humorous as this particular friend is known to often speak before thinking.
- jenpenMember
Reminded me of a similar situation.....
A few weeks ago my sons class were discussing "The Witches" by Roald Dahl......one of the boys said that all bald women were witches...to which my son replied "Well, my Mums bald but she's not a witch!"
He was relaying this story to me very proudly.....and it made me smile!