After working in the medical field for four years, I sometimes forget that I have an immunity to words like diarrhea, vomit, and phlegm. The other day a man was telling me about his mom's stomach troubles and a visit she was making to the doctor. I casually asked if she'd been constipated, and the poor guy flushed, shuffled his feet, and mumbled something about not having asked her that.
Note to self: not everyone is comfortable talking about their bodily functions, let alone those of their dear old mother.
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