the most “fucking, fair enough i guess” response ive ever gotten to something i said was in the ER
me: hi, i need a rabies shot triage nurse: oh? why’s that? me: i got bitten by a bat triage nurse: what were you doing that you got bitten by a bat at 3 in the morning? me: removing a bat from my bedroom
im given to understand that it generally takes a lot to leave ER staff speechless, but it sure was a good 5 seconds before she thought of anything to say to that
@solipseismic i am FASCINATED to discover that you are a real person and not a fictional character because this has been tagged about you often enough that i assumed it was a fandom thing. is your story any more interesting than mine or did it just make a disproportionately massive impression on your fiend group?
i had to take a moment to compose myself this (fandom thing) is possibly the funniest thing anyone’s ever said about me. probably not more interesting but like 200% more stupid and so accordingly has made a bit of an impression on most of the people who know me
>be me (freshman living in college dorm)
>go for a walk in the beautiful spring weather
>there is a bat on the sidewalk in the middle of the day
>sidebar to note that at this point in life my bat knowledge solely consists of “usually flying” and “only comes out at night”
>how terrible this bat must be disoriented by the bright sunlight (middle of the day) and fell from where it was ……………………… roosting (on the sidewalk)
>if i put this bat in a box with some water and then bring it back out at night maybe it will have recovered enough from the. sun
>text my roommate asking him to put a towel in a box
>i pick up the bat (on the sidewalk) (middle of the day) (no gloves)
>one bat in a box later i log onto tumblr dot com and post something along the lines of: does anyone know what to do in case of accidental bat acquisition
>mutual from area with many bats: you need to get rabies shots IMMEDIATELY
>i have no car (freshman in college dorms)
>surely it isn’t that serious
>thanks to google i now have 200% more bat knowledge and Boy I Fucked Up
>me to my mutual: it only bit me a few times and its teeth are so tiny it didn’t even break the skin i’m sure i’ll be fine :)
>i am of a curious nature so i google rabies symptoms
>oh! i need to get rabies shots!
so my ER experience was actually something pretty similar
me: hi, i need a rabies shot
triage nurse: oh? why’s that?
me: i got bitten by a bat
triage nurse: what were you doing that you got bitten by a bat in the middle of the day?
