i committed so many stupid mistakes this few days.
first one happened during my patient interview.
venue:CSU
characters: between me and one indian middle-aged lady who is a super good simulated patient
time: 17jan morning
me: so how may i address u madam?
patient: MISS Lucy
me: oh, MISS Lucy, so how old are u?
patient: 40 years old
me: (stupidly) so are u married?
patient: why did u ask this question????!!!!! didnt i say i am MISSSSS Lucy. u were not listening!!!!!!
she looks really pissed. i must really compliment her good acting!!!
and the conversation continued with her shooting me. thankfully it was not an assessment. anyway, at the end of the 8mins interview, the patient gave me some really constructive comments. i guess it does help to prepare me a bit to face and handle with such situation in the future.
another incident happened during last nite's steamboat. it was soooo embarassing and i shall not elaborate more. but the moral of the story is ' do not give stupid suggestion coz u might end up doing it' sounds vague and confusing, but erm it is too embrassing that i wont post it here.
1 comment:
This just occurred to me, but I think it was a correct thing to do to ask her if she's married. Sometimes things like this shouldn't be taken for granted at face value. Like, sometimes at a workplace, even if a person's married, she'll still be referred to as Miss something something. So to make sure, to confirm, to double check, it's always wise to ask about things that seemed obvious...my pov :)
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