Category: LOL Moments

My manager had an aquarium in the laboratory and he had unusual creatures that resided in it. One night I… Continue reading Attempting to Save a Life

I was working with a young uppity know-it-all supervisor in urine microscopy and thought about pulling a prank on her.… Continue reading New Parasite

I was a supervisor on a 3-11 shift in a County/Teaching hospital and I went to check on the ER… Continue reading Shot in Head in a Bar

So, I used to be a phlebotomist, and when I was I would take any specimen I could to Micro… Continue reading Smell of E Coli

Our blood bank had a day where we had to waste five units of RBCs that had been issued to… Continue reading That Doesn’t Sound Like My Wife

A patient brought a stool specimen to the lab on a cut crystal butter dish with a cover. It was… Continue reading Special Stool Sample

First, a little backstory. I live in a small town of 2000 people with a small 25-bed hospital. I live… Continue reading Wake Up Call

I worked at an outpatient lab that was open on Sundays. Typically not a busy day, but I quickly name… Continue reading Semen Sunday

I went to the nursing home right next to the hospital I work in to do my weekly lab draws.… Continue reading Blue Blood

We had a patient walk in with an order for post vasectomy semen analysis. He had to collect the sample… Continue reading Embarrassing Question