R's rue

“ You have to be kidding” I managed to leave out the fucking in “ you have to be FUCKING kidding”  But it really DID deserve to be inserted there as I stood for a mini second with urine in my face, urine seeping under my mask into my mouth and eyes and all across my head. The patient and the nurse-who had forgotten that she had left the urine standing inside a covered bedpan looked at me open mouthed  I lost my usual bouncy sense of humour and bolted to the sluice where I ripped off my sodden mask and washed my face and hair Urine in open eyes and mouth is the equivalent to a needle stick injury and has to be taken seriously  After a shower, a failed blood taking effort by the hospice doctor, a long talk to occupational health and cup of hot tea, my sense of humour slowly started to reappear.....just !   Once I nursed a psychiatric patient who would intermittently delve down his pants , grab a large and rather wet turd and fling it at the nearest nurse....

 Give me faith  To not fear What I cannot see And belief To trust  In the God Of all Creation from R's rue https://ift.tt/2YXptyY

Just one of the legacies of  teaching English for most of my working life is that my ability to spot errors is laser-like. I just cannot help it. It is how my brain is wired. I hear grammatical errors upon the tongues of TV newscasters and I see them in signage, in newspapers, in books that have been edited extremely carefully. In fact, I see mistakes everywhere - even in blogs! Please don't get me wrong. What matters above everything is what people say - their meaning. The "how" is less important - for it is just a means to an end. Furthermore, I readily admit that I am prone to the occasional error myself - perhaps through carelessness or occasional stupidity. The old adage - "We all make mistakes" is very true when it comes to expression in the English language. Oftentimes, people will bristle when their errors are pointed out to them. It is as  if you are challenging their very personhood. I like it when people accept correction gracefully - recognising...