Ruin My Week
While many jobs have their perks, ALL jobs have their horror stories. Twitter user @medburnbook recently asked their followers to “give me a horror story from your specialty in five words or less,” and people from all walks of life quickly jumped to the challenge.
give me a horror story from your specialty in five words or less
— status annoyicus (@medburnbook) May 22, 2020
I’ve gotta admit: I don’t know what all of these mean. Different professions all have their own unique terminology, so while I realize some of these medical entries are bad (“bowel content on the dressing”), some I don’t fully understand the extent of (“Hemoglobin is six point nine”).
But most of these we all understand, even if we aren’t actors (“can you lose weight please?”), teachers (“is this on the exam?”), or graphic designers (“Photoshop has reset your presets”). Take a scroll through the 5-word job horror stories below, and see if you can figure out what profession they are referring to.
1.
Bowel content on the dressing.
— Lesley Barron (@drlesleybarron) May 22, 2020
2.
The client wants comic sans.
— Otis K. Boomer (I’m O.K., You’re Okay…or not.) (@BoomerOtis) May 23, 2020
3.
“Remember that patient you saw?”
— SimonJudkins (@JudkinsSimon) May 22, 2020
4.
Asymptomatic person to person transmission
— Shmuel Shoham (@ShohamTxID) May 23, 2020
5.
We don’t need a stuntman.
— Douglas Henshall (@djhenshall) May 26, 2020
6.
“Your mic was still hot…”
— Tom Harrington (@cbctom) May 25, 2020
7.
This should be a novel.
— Micro Flash Fiction📖 (@MicroFlashFic) May 26, 2020
8.
“The Apprentice” host became president.
— Andy Swift (@AndySwift) May 25, 2020
9.
Forgot to check my staging.
— Scott Manley (@DJSnM) May 23, 2020
10.
The cat wasn’t spayed
— Elle Maruska (they/them) (@ellle_em) May 23, 2020
