This Customer Is A Pain In His Own Back(side)
ITALY, OFFICE, PATIENTS, STUPID | HEALTHY | SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
A customer in his seventies hobbles to the window. I start processing some papers and we do some small talk in the process.
Customer: “My back has been killing me for the past week. I couldn’t even walk if I wasn’t on [painkiller].”
Me: “That’s actually the same brand I use. It’s quite effective.”
Customer: “I do hope so. I took four this morning but it has done me no good so far. I might have to take more.”
Me: “That’s unfort— Wait, how many did you say you took?”
Customer: “Four, why?”
Me: “Um, sir, the recommended dose for [painkiller] is two, twice a day. Four in total. Did you just take four all in one go?!”
Customer: “Well, I assumed since I was in a lot of pain I could double the dose.”
Me: “Doubling the dose would mean seriously overdosing on paracetamol. I wouldn’t do that.”
Customer: “That’s bulls***. Yesterday, I took ten in total and it still did nothing.”
I ended up calling an ambulance on him!
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