One day, an older guy came into the lab carrying a stool specimen container wrapped in a grocery bag. When he handed it to me, I couldn’t help but notice that the container was abnormally warm.
So I asked him why it’s abnormally warm.
He said that the doctor told him to “keep it warm”, so he put it in the oven to “keep it warm”. I had to hold myself not to laugh.
So I told the patient to wait, and that I’m going to ask the technologist if his stool specimen would still be good for testing.
Went to the hood and put the specimen down while I track the technologist.
Right after I dropped off the specimen, the phone rings. I then answered the phone.
While I was on the phone, I suddenly heard a loud scream from our technologist—the loudest I’ve ever heard in the lab! I dropped the phone and rushed to see what happened… OMG! The container exploded in the hood, and poop were just everywhere!!!
It wasn’t funny at all at that time. But now, it’s freakin hilarious!
Submitted by:
Jojo Scott
Laboratory Assistant
Montana, USA
