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[quote=Anonymous]This is going to be kinda long winded, but I need to vent :\

I'm a new worker at my local hospital in the emergency room. (I've been there about 3 weeks) I work in registration. Basically, I'm the one with the portable computer who comes up to you in the ER and asks for your insurance, ID, contact info, gets you to sign consent forms, etc. Our ER is usually slammed, so it's a very fast paced job. Also, we are put under time lists. We're supposed to register a patient within an hour after them getting into the ER. That seems like it's a lot of time, but not really. If a nurse or doctor is with the patient, we're legally not allowed to be in the room unless they give permission.

Anyway, the list of people waiting to be registered is called the "tracker". I've seen the tracker full (20+ people waiting to be registered), I've seen it dead (1-3 people). There's usually 4 people on per shift. SO MY POINT IS....I worked on Easter Sunday and it was a slow day. I registered about 17 people in 8 hours. Not a lot. We joked that Monday would be slammed.

I walk into the ER Monday and it WAS PACKED. Patients filling rooms and hallways. Lots of nurses, doctors, and even a ton of student doctors. EMT's and stretchers everywhere. It was CHAOS.

Our 'registration office' is more like a small open hallway in the ER. There are no doors. One of the entry ways leads to where the ER secretary sits, and the other entry way leads to a hallway where there's a bathroom and just a random walking space. So, I get to the computer, look at the tracker and see over 40 people on it. I looked at my co-worker and was like "WHOA it's packed! it's like an explosion in here!!". She responded "Sry, it's like a what?" (I think she didn't hear me or was multitasking and couldn't understand what I was saying), so I repeated "Like a bomb explosion!".

I turn around to grab something, and see the CEO of the hospital standing there with his back to me talking to a nurse or doctor. I didn't think anything of it and starting working.

Not even 5 mins later, my director apparently runs over to my coworkers saying "WHO PISSED OFF THE CEO?!!!!!!??? BOMB TALK??". I was in the room with a patient and didn't hear any of this. My coworker finds me & says "Director wants to see you when you're done". I honestly was like "ok?!!?"

I get into her office.....

BTW, my director is Polish with an accent.

Director: Did you say something about it being too busy today?
..before I could respond..
Director: Did you say anything about a bum?
Me: WHAT? a bum? Homeless person?
Director: Explosion? Bomb?
(OMFG HER ACCCENTTTT SOUNDED LIKE BUM LOL my life)
Me: OH. A bomb. Uhhhhm, I did. Kind of. I did say it was busy....
Director: Can you tell me exactly what you said?
Me: Um. I said the tracker exploded and it was just..overwhelming.. *mumbles something*
Director: Okay well it's good that we're full. That's how we run a business. The CEO heard what you said and was very very upset. He said "Maybe this registrar isn't on the same page as us, isn't fit to work here", etc etc
Me: I'm new, and this is the busiest I've ever seen in the ER...I wasn't trying to say anything bad...I'm sorry...?!!?
Director: You don't say bomb in an airport, you don't say bomb in a hospital
Me: Okay, I understand, I didn't have any bad intentions....
Director: Okay. I'll tell him what you told me.

and that was kind of it. I went back to my shift and all of the bosses went home since it was late in the day (I was working a night shift).

I HATEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE confrontation and I felt SOOOOOOOOOO embarrassed, stupid, and honestly kinda mad at this guy (maybe I don't have a right to but I did at the time). As a new worker, I feel like I already fucked up.

I didn't work today but I go in tomorrow. I honestly don't even want to face any of my bosses, see the CEO, etc. Part of me thought I was going to get fired.

How can I get over this?

Can you just, idk, tell me a time you got "in trouble" at work? Lol :( :\

SORRY THIS WAS FOREVER LONG.[/quote]

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