For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for January 27, 2019

and the kid was this patient’s niece or nephew (interesting how both sisters scheduled their appointments the same day)

Awkward!

Well, John, Elly’s not the only woman you put your foot in your mouth with!

I actually bought a paper today, and the first two frames of this ’toon were not included. I wonder why?

I would think professional ethics or courtesy (or at least common sense) would preclude talking about another patient.

The rule of funny tops every other consideration.

There is a rule in healthcare that, unless you are talking in generalizes, you never talk about your patients to other patients.

Been there. Done that.

Actually, with my poor memory for names and faces, the person that I was complaining to said, “That was me.”

I had been commenting about something that happened a few months before while at that company during a service call.

OUCH!! Open mouth, insert foot.

Open mount, ‘John’, insert your size number 12 foot and keep there for 15 minutes ! ! ! !

I’d bet money that something like this actually happened, but Lynn doesn’t have a note for this strip.

Guy was fixing my furnace and I made some disparaging remarks about the company that sold it to me. His father owned that company and had recently died. Whoops! I no longer do that.

Drop Kick Me Jesus Through the goalposts of life.

Hopefully, my dentist doesn’t talk about his patients to other patients that way (he’s never spoken that way to me).

uhhh ohhhjohn!!!

Which is exactly why you don’t talk about your customers, to your customers.

Ouch!

John, remember HIPPA. Oh, you’re in Canadia. Never mind.

For a moment there, I thought she was going to say, “I am your first patient this morning and that so-called ‘monster’ is my precious baby (boy)(girl) you’re talking about!” ;-)

in our county everyone is related. learned that the embarrassing way. learned to be careful

He – She with foot in mouth__________________________________________________fill in the blank.

Oh! OOops!!!

rule #1 among health care providers: NEVER discuss patient business in front of others

Oooopsie!!!

Dr. Patterson, didn’t they teach at dental school not to talk about your patients outside of your dentist office employees? Tsk Tsk.