My Beloved’s back went out so lucky me got to accompany her to the Doctor’s office, which is part of one of Houston’s major hospitals.
1. Pulling into the parking garage and encountering 4 employees who are obviously loitering outside (in the rain no less) smoking cigarettes and drink soft drinks does send a positive message to prospective patients.
2. I understand why hospitals need linoleum floors but why do they have to be battleship grey in color?
3. Hospital halls are very, very long and battleship gray or beige linoleum only add to the sense of endless corridors.
4. It’s easy to tell the nurses from the pharmaceutical sales representatives. The nursing staff wear Crocs & scrubs, the sales reps wears pencil toe 3” heels and $500 suits. I wonder whose feet hurt the worse at the end of the day?
5. When did mint green and dark purple become mandatory accent colors for the medical profession?
6. I realize that hanging around a waiting room can be boring to the extreme but what is wrong with a book or a magazine to while away the time? Why must the room be dominated with a big screen TV with the volume turned up LOUD?
7. Especially on a weekday morning when the only choices appear to be game shows and Fox News. Don’t the receptionists get tired of the constant drone of sound?
8. And speaking of waiting rooms? Who selects the chairs? May they one day have to sit in one for 2 hours while cursed with back pain.
9. Potted Poinsettia plants (slightly whilted) are mandatory décor during the Christmas season. The red of the flowers clash with the purple of the mandatory accent trim.
10. Hospitals have lots of bathrooms. That’s a good thing.
11. They don’t have an unsecured wireless network. That’s a bad thing.
12. Food in the hospital restaurants costs twice as much as a meal in the real world. They must assume that everyone who enters the doors earns a doctor’s salary. NOT!
13. Is there any other place on earth where both so much happiness and so much sadness are contained under one roof?
1. Pulling into the parking garage and encountering 4 employees who are obviously loitering outside (in the rain no less) smoking cigarettes and drink soft drinks does send a positive message to prospective patients.
2. I understand why hospitals need linoleum floors but why do they have to be battleship grey in color?
3. Hospital halls are very, very long and battleship gray or beige linoleum only add to the sense of endless corridors.
4. It’s easy to tell the nurses from the pharmaceutical sales representatives. The nursing staff wear Crocs & scrubs, the sales reps wears pencil toe 3” heels and $500 suits. I wonder whose feet hurt the worse at the end of the day?
5. When did mint green and dark purple become mandatory accent colors for the medical profession?
6. I realize that hanging around a waiting room can be boring to the extreme but what is wrong with a book or a magazine to while away the time? Why must the room be dominated with a big screen TV with the volume turned up LOUD?
7. Especially on a weekday morning when the only choices appear to be game shows and Fox News. Don’t the receptionists get tired of the constant drone of sound?
8. And speaking of waiting rooms? Who selects the chairs? May they one day have to sit in one for 2 hours while cursed with back pain.
9. Potted Poinsettia plants (slightly whilted) are mandatory décor during the Christmas season. The red of the flowers clash with the purple of the mandatory accent trim.
10. Hospitals have lots of bathrooms. That’s a good thing.
11. They don’t have an unsecured wireless network. That’s a bad thing.
12. Food in the hospital restaurants costs twice as much as a meal in the real world. They must assume that everyone who enters the doors earns a doctor’s salary. NOT!
13. Is there any other place on earth where both so much happiness and so much sadness are contained under one roof?
4 comments:
#1 ugh! a major pet peeve of mine too.
but i must confess that i like my dark purple scrubs. great list and great looking blog. thanks for visiting my tt.
The Childrens' Hospitals are a lot more cheerier. You'd think bright colors would encourage the patients more.
I noticed the green and purple (with mustard) color scheme at medical facilities about 4 years ago. When the library opened that I helped plan I think the designer used that--so must be ca. 2000.
My Thursday Thirteen is up--remembering special Christmas gifts. Check here.
Why do so many pharmacy reps dress like someone's idea of a high-class call girl??? It's bizarre.
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