Resident: “Are you tired?”
Me: “No.”
Resident: “Really?”
Me: “Nope, not tired.”
Resident: “You look like you could just drop.”
Resident: “You are such a doll. Even with glasses.”
Resident to another staff member: “Come here.”
Staff member: “Yes?”
Resident: “Can I ask you something?”
Staff member: “Sure.”
Resident: “Are you pregnant?”
(The exchange should just end here, but alas, it does not.)
Aghast. Staff member: “No. Why, do I look like I’m pregnant?”
Resident: “Well, sure you do!”
Me, to a colleague of mine: “I am so anxious about this weekend. I am feeling distracted from work.”
Colleague: “Really? Well, can’t you just go through the motions? What you do is pretty mindless, anyway.”
Me: Speechless.
*Colleague and I discussed this exchange later. All is well. But still, a pretty priceless conversation, if you can call it that.
Resident: “YOU LOOK LIKE AN ASS!”
Volunteer: “I always have, always will.”