the locked door, all
we have to do is look
at each other and we
crack up.
• Caution: wet floor.
The restrooms in the
dressing room are so
far away from the OR
suites that it'll take
you more than a few
minutes to go to the
bathroom and get
back to the room.
Some architect in his
infinite wisdom saw
this and included 2 bi-
gender bathrooms in
the OR hall. After
hoofing it relentlessly in a 8 plus-hour shift, Kate, one of the techs,
had to go really bad. So she sneaked off (so she thought) to use one
of the bathrooms in the OR hall. That's when an orderly seized his
opportunity. Once Kate locked the door, he counted to 10 and then
poured about a half a bucket of clean mop water under the door. Kate
could be heard yelling clear down the hall. The orderly knew he'd
have to clean it up, but the situation was just too tempting to resist.
• Wrong door. The OR suite had your standard double-door system.
One of our scrub techs put a USE OTHER DOOR sign on each door. Poor
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