Category: LOL Moments

My manager had an aquarium in the laboratory and he had unusual creatures that resided in it. One night I was working as the only lab staff. It was fairly busy. Suddenly I noticed movement at the top of the aquarium. Startled the heck out of me, but then I realized it was the frog… 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. At the back of my apartment is a tiny pond. I filled a small water bottle with some of the dirty pond water and brought it to work. I just have to wait for the… Continue reading New Parasite

So, I used to be a phlebotomist, and when I was I would take any specimen I could to Micro just to smell the specimens in the room. Walking in, for a normal human being, most would wear a mask and drop off the specimens, where I feel like I just got some fresh air!… 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 Cath Lab in coolers for being returned out of temp. The next morning, the runner came in and was telling me that he and my female coworker had a "heated argument". She slammed the door… 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 sitting on the dish (formed specimen) covered and the cover was taped to the butter plate. She waited while we transferred the stool sample to a specimen jar. And took it dish back home. Note… 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 across the street from the hospital, literally 50 steps away. After 1730 on weekdays and on weekends, the lab is not staffed but each of us take turns being on-call. This story happened the weekend… 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 the day "Semen Sunday's" Every male "came" on Sunday to provide a sample. We had a private room where reading materials or videos could be used, which quickly became known as "The Boom Boom Room".… Continue reading Semen Sunday

I went to the nursing home right next to the hospital I work in to do my weekly lab draws. They usually have around 15 patients on the list and each one has to be drawn in their rooms. A nurse usually comes with to help with patient identification because some of them have really… Continue reading Blue Blood

We had a patient walk in with an order for post vasectomy semen analysis. He had to collect the sample in our lab restroom. When the patient came out of the restroom, just out of nowhere I heard one of our newer techs asking the patient, “How was it? Did you have fun?” Needless to… Continue reading Embarrassing Question

Working in a small town has its perks, until you start hearing stories about yourself that makes you say, OMG really? News travel fast, especially when it boards the Gossip Express! I’m not much of a gossiper myself, but I’ve overheard my fair share of hot gossips around town. One time, I was drawing blood… Continue reading Small Town Gossip