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 on him (turns out, he was being extremely flirtatious with her, even after she mentioned her committed relationship to her boyfriend).
I, a woman, looked him dead in his face and said, “Well, that doesn’t sound like my wife…” He stared at me in disbelief as I showed him my new, shiny wedding set and said, “yeah, she’s my wife.”
He has not come back to blood bank since.
My coworker, my husband, and myself have had quite a few laughs about the whole situation!
Submitted by:
Margaret Lehane
Medical Technologist/Scientist
Louisiana, USA
how did he manage to flirt with her while discussing the issue on the wastage of blood units? opportunistic flirts? 😏