Hair-Raising Medical Bureaucracy
As with all other posts about medicine, the following has been altered to remove any identifying information.
**RING RING**
Blake: Hello.
Unnamed and Really Very Nice Hospital Administrator: Hello, is this Medical Student Blake Charlton?
Blake: Yes.
Admin: This is the hospital security department. We can’t process your photo ID request because you left “hair color” blank.
Blake: That’s because I don’t have any.
Admin: Color?
Blake: Hair.
Admin: But what color is it?
Blake: No color.
Admin: So…white?
Blake: No! I mean yes. I mean I’m white, but my hair isn’t because I don’t have any.
Admin: Okay, sir, but what color would it be?
Blake: …
Admin: Sir?
Blake: Okay, guys ha ha. Who set this up?
Admin: What color was your hair?
Blake: Did Paolo Bacigalupi set this up like he did the WorldCon 2006 crank call?
Admin: Paul Bacigawhopi?
Blake: Or is this Morgan and Danica?
Admin: Oh! Sir, okay, can you tell me what color your eyebrows are?
Blake: Um…brown?
Admin: Thank you, Sir.
Blake: Wait, you really are—
**CLICK**
Comments
8 Responses to “Hair-Raising Medical Bureaucracy”
blodeuedd
11:07 am Apr-14-2011
Lol, I should not laugh but that was just too silly
Kei
11:31 am Apr-14-2011
Hahaha! Too funny!
Livia Blackburne
12:11 pm Apr-14-2011
Now you have to tell us about that 2006 crank call.
blakecharlton
12:37 pm Apr-14-2011
that’s gonna be in a later, much longer post
aidan
12:25 pm Apr-14-2011
Wow!
Kathleen
1:02 pm Apr-14-2011
that is hilarious.
Mieneke van der Salm
8:20 pm Apr-14-2011
How long did you stare at your phone in amazed confusion (or confused amazement) after they hung up on you? Thanks for the giggle
blakecharlton
6:49 am Apr-15-2011
heh. more like looked at the guy next to me who heard 1/2 of the conversation and tried to explain what just happened. he laughed his head off