Things that give you the sh1ts

[Pseudo]

Don't get me started on the a**eh***s working inside the polling places... They're either direly incompetent or overly officious. Or both.

Geeze that's a bit harsh Pseudo
They're not all like that

Sorry Mum, I just copped a couple of effwits at my local booth. See grizzle here: viewtopic.php?f=20&t=27272&start=27

Next time let me know where you're working, and I'll make the trek to cast my informal vote at your booth

[Ian]

Don't get me started on the a**eh***s working inside the polling places... They're either direly incompetent or overly officious. Or both.

Geeze that's a bit harsh Pseudo
They're not all like that

Ditto

[A Mum]

Right now..... teenage girls (daughters to be precise).... grrrrr

[fisho mcspaz]

Flinders Medical Centre. Absolutely bloody hopeless.

[nuggety goodness]

Flinders Medical Centre. Absolutely bloody hopeless.

ditto to Modbury Hospital... i think it's the public health system in general!

waited an hour and 45 mins to have a 3 minute consult...

[fisho mcspaz]

Flinders Medical Centre. Absolutely bloody hopeless.

ditto to Modbury Hospital... i think it's the public health system in general!

waited an hour and 45 mins to have a 3 minute consult...

I got referred to a doctor at Flinders by my GP as a matter of urgency. The Flinders doctor was supposed to refer me to another clinic within the hospital. Evidently he didn't, because I got a call from a nurse today asking why I'd gone to see him in the first place. In addition, from the brief note he'd written the nurse, he didn't even appear to have looked at my current medical records. The nurse then asked me if I'd considered speaking to my GP. Finally she said that they couldn't do a referral for me, that I had to be referred by my GP first (which I had been), and THEN she said 'You sound a bit concerned', at which point I cracked the s**ts, hung up and chucked the phone across the room.

[Pseudo]

I got referred to a doctor at Flinders by my GP as a matter of urgency. The Flinders doctor was supposed to refer me to another clinic within the hospital. Evidently he didn't, because I got a call from a nurse today asking why I'd gone to see him in the first place. In addition, from the brief note he'd written the nurse, he didn't even appear to have looked at my current medical records. The nurse then asked me if I'd considered speaking to my GP. Finally she said that they couldn't do a referral for me, that I had to be referred by my GP first (which I had been), and THEN she said 'You sound a bit concerned', at which point I cracked the s**ts, hung up and chucked the phone across the room.

Back in the '80s an appointment was made for me to see a neurosurgeon (!) at Flinders. So I turned up at the appointed time. After an hour, I still hadn't been called up. After an hour and a half we spoke to the check-in staff who determined that the doctor wasn't actually around, so they paged him. Why in the name of all that is holy wouldn't you do that when we ARRIVED, rather than let us wait for 90 minutes? After 2 hours and 20 minutes - after closing time, the desk staff had all gone home and the place was empty - said neurosurgeon finally turns up and escorts us into his office. His initial words: "So, what can I do for you?" FFS, I DIDN'T MAKE THIS APPOINTMENT, YOU DID, YOU EFFING AR$EH0LE....

The visit to the neurosurgeon had actually been arranged as a followup visit after I had recovered from some serious head injuries (don't ask) which had seen me laid up in Flinders for a week. The above story is really just the final chapter in what was a veritable litany of incompetence and neglect from Flinders Medical staff, doctors, nurses, orderlies and even the catering people. I have no idea if things have improved there since the '80s, but having visited other friends and family there since, I have serious doubts. Should I ever wake up on a bed in FMC again then I'm walking home.

[Footy Chick]

Wow Pseudo

You still show an amazing level of intelligence and articulation - even after the labotomy

[fisho mcspaz]

I got referred to a doctor at Flinders by my GP as a matter of urgency. The Flinders doctor was supposed to refer me to another clinic within the hospital. Evidently he didn't, because I got a call from a nurse today asking why I'd gone to see him in the first place. In addition, from the brief note he'd written the nurse, he didn't even appear to have looked at my current medical records. The nurse then asked me if I'd considered speaking to my GP. Finally she said that they couldn't do a referral for me, that I had to be referred by my GP first (which I had been), and THEN she said 'You sound a bit concerned', at which point I cracked the s**ts, hung up and chucked the phone across the room.

Back in the '80s an appointment was made for me to see a neurosurgeon (!) at Flinders. So I turned up at the appointed time. After an hour, I still hadn't been called up. After an hour and a half we spoke to the check-in staff who determined that the doctor wasn't actually around, so they paged him. Why in the name of all that is holy wouldn't you do that when we ARRIVED, rather than let us wait for 90 minutes? After 2 hours and 20 minutes - after closing time, the desk staff had all gone home and the place was empty - said neurosurgeon finally turns up and escorts us into his office. His initial words: "So, what can I do for you?" FFS, I DIDN'T MAKE THIS APPOINTMENT, YOU DID, YOU EFFING AR$EH0LE....

The visit to the neurosurgeon had actually been arranged as a followup visit after I had recovered from some serious head injuries (don't ask) which had seen me laid up in Flinders for a week. The above story is really just the final chapter in what was a veritable litany of incompetence and neglect from Flinders Medical staff, doctors, nurses, orderlies and even the catering people. I have no idea if things have improved there since the '80s, but having visited other friends and family there since, I have serious doubts. Should I ever wake up on a bed in FMC again then I'm walking home.

The labour ward has improved marginally... when my mum had me in the '80s, the epidural catheter came out of her back and my dad had to put it back in because all the nurses were outside smoking. I think he ended up just running out and screaming for help. 20 years later, I had my son there - I didn't have an epidural, and there WAS a nurse present, but she was a bitter old haggis who kept saying uplifting things like 'You'd better try and sleep or you won't last through your delivery'. Later, when they were stitching me up she tried to take the gas mask away and when I wouldn't let go (which was fair enough considering they were sticking me with local anaesthetic needles at the time) she snapped 'Is she always like this?' to my mum.

So from this, I would say it has improved a little bit from the '80s - but I'm hoping for further improvement this time round, or the next kid will be born at home and I will find a nice dentist to bring me a tank of gas.

[Thiele]

Everybody trying to take my work area.

[Brucetiki]

Flinders Medical Centre. Absolutely bloody hopeless.

ditto to Modbury Hospital... i think it's the public health system in general!

waited an hour and 45 mins to have a 3 minute consult...

You were lucky - mid last year, my sister waited at the Modbury A&E for 9 hours before they decided they wanted to admit her. My sister reluctantly agreed until they told her her bed would be in the middle of the Accident and Emergency waiting room. She told them what they could do with that and went home.

[Ian]

Right now..... teenage girls (daughters to be precise).... grrrrr

Our daughter makes us feel like that and she's still 18 months away from being a Teen

[A Mum]

Right now..... teenage girls (daughters to be precise).... grrrrr

Our daughter makes us feel like that and she's still 18 months away from being a Teen

May the force be with you Ian!

Mine has always been classed in the 'really good' basket - but now at 17yrs and 3 months has just lately really started to get on my nerves!
Mood swings are horrendous, can't even look at her without an attitude developing!

I give her to the 17yrs and 4 month mark to get over it before I lose it

[Bum Crack]

Right now..... teenage girls (daughters to be precise).... grrrrr

Our daughter makes us feel like that and she's still 18 months away from being a Teen

May the force be with you Ian!

Mine has always been classed in the 'really good' basket - but now at 17yrs and 3 months has just lately really started to get on my nerves!
Mood swings are horrendous, can't even look at her without an attitude developing!

I give her to the 17yrs and 4 month mark to get over it before I lose it

My daughter is like that now and she is only 11

[Pseudo]

Mine has always been classed in the 'really good' basket - but now at 17yrs and 3 months has just lately really started to get on my nerves!
Mood swings are horrendous, can't even look at her without an attitude developing!

I give her to the 17yrs and 4 month mark to get over it before I lose it

My daughter is like that now and she is only 11

My daughter is like that now and she is only 4.

[Wedgie]

In find my daughters mood swings a lot better than my missus!
Much easier to live with!

[Booney]

So its fair to say all our daughters can be shipped off to the same far away location then?

[Wedgie]

No, not mine, she's great. Ship my missus off!

[Bum Crack]

My daughter is a pain in the arse. Her mother spoils her to death and I don't fall for that trick, so I'm Mr bad daddy.

[aceman]

Being #3 in the line let in to the polling booth when they opened at precisely 8.00am(and not 1 second before) and being asked by the marker, "have you voted anywhere else before today"?
I know it's a standard procedure but FCS, when does common sense come into play?