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jodymarie aimee

(3,975 posts)
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 04:56 AM Jun 2018

I was in the ER Sat and Sunday nites...they asked me who was President...

my mouth was working kind of loopey and I said "you really are going to make me say his name? You want my BP to go to 300?" But, I had to answer as they were waiting. I said "you must come up with a better question".

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I was in the ER Sat and Sunday nites...they asked me who was President... (Original Post) jodymarie aimee Jun 2018 OP
They ought to change that question to "Is water wet?" spiderpig Jun 2018 #1
You could have answered that he's the guy who lost the popular vote by 2.9 million votes. pnwmom Jun 2018 #2
Hope all is well health-wise now Lucinda Jun 2018 #3
Hope you're okay and I love your sense of humor. Vinca Jun 2018 #4
I just hope you're okay! Rhiannon12866 Jun 2018 #5
You don't have to use his name.. blue cat Jun 2018 #6
You should have said Soxfan58 Jun 2018 #7
My response to this question was... tiredtoo Jun 2018 #8
Better watch out... one or more of them might be MAGAts TheBlackAdder Jun 2018 #9
In the ICU my husband said (vehemently), "We don't have one." tavernier Jun 2018 #10
from harry potter....we do not speak his name dembotoz Jun 2018 #11
I was in the ER with my son and they told me they have stopped asking who is President. Pepsidog Jun 2018 #12
Same Question! The Conductor Jun 2018 #13
Nurse asked this question DeminPennswoods Jun 2018 #14
My late father's response for Bush II was Yonnie3 Jun 2018 #15
I Work RobinA Jun 2018 #16

spiderpig

(10,419 posts)
1. They ought to change that question to "Is water wet?"
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 05:18 AM
Jun 2018

I will never acknowledge Spanky as CiC, no matter my physical/mental condition.

pnwmom

(108,980 posts)
2. You could have answered that he's the guy who lost the popular vote by 2.9 million votes.
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 05:31 AM
Jun 2018

But prevailed because of an electoral college system that was set up to support the system of slavery.

That guy. He-who-shall-not-be-named.

Lucinda

(31,170 posts)
3. Hope all is well health-wise now
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 05:32 AM
Jun 2018

Country-wise we may have a bit of a wait...

My mom grew up in the Mid-South, and was quizzed by docs during an office visit during the Bush the Lesser years... When they asked her who was POTUS, she said "The Little Banty Rooster." My sister laughed and said "She means Bush. She knows who the POTUS is." She would not say his name!

Vinca

(50,278 posts)
4. Hope you're okay and I love your sense of humor.
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 05:50 AM
Jun 2018

You must have gotten a laugh out of the ER staff with that line.

Rhiannon12866

(205,475 posts)
5. I just hope you're okay!
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 06:27 AM
Jun 2018

Talk about adding insult to injury! They really need to change that question out of consideration for their more vulnerable patients. It's not a routine question anymore!

tavernier

(12,392 posts)
10. In the ICU my husband said (vehemently), "We don't have one."
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 07:08 AM
Jun 2018

They accepted his answer with a chuckle. He passed ten days later. I’m sure he still follows the news, though, and I bet his opinion hasn’t changed!

The Conductor

(180 posts)
13. Same Question!
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 07:54 AM
Jun 2018

I had open heart surgery Tuesday for aortic valve replacement. Just after they pulled the airway, some fool asked the same question: "Who is the president."

They said they knew I was actually conscious when they saw the eye-focus recognition, and a quiet moan of, "Nooooo!"

DeminPennswoods

(15,286 posts)
14. Nurse asked this question
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 08:21 AM
Jun 2018

to my dad during Obama's presidency. He answered correctly, but the RN said lots of people just said "the black guy".

Yonnie3

(17,444 posts)
15. My late father's response for Bush II was
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 08:26 AM
Jun 2018

"an ass." They said "what?" He clarified, "a shrub, a little bush."

He survived his cancer long enough to vote for Obama and see his inauguration.

RobinA

(9,893 posts)
16. I Work
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 08:48 AM
Jun 2018

in a situation where we routinely ask this question to see if a person is oriented. Every time we ask it the staff looks at each other and grimaces. We've gotten some pretty good responses from patients. If they know it we generally ask who the last President was and most of them brighten up considerably.

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