viritrox

TL,DR: I, as a man, was ignorant of obvious signs that a man was prone to harassment, and a woman suffered for it.

I work in an emergency department. I had a slightly intoxicated patient in triage, he was a happy drunk, not belligerent, just making jokes and whatnot. During my initial evaluation, he made some comment about how pretty the nurses are. I didn’t even give it a second thought, whatever, drunks say that sort of thing all the time here. I’m worried about a clot in his leg, so I order an ultrasound.

We have a secure texting system at my hospital where you can contact any other employee and discuss patients. Shortly after ordering the test, the ultrasound tech, a woman, texted

Finally a forum for my soapbox

You’ve probably learned the trick to remove an avocado seed where you hold the half with the seed and “whack” the seed with the knife.

Unlearn that shit.

Put the avocado half on the cutting board, don’t hold it.

I have sewn up 6 hands related to this practice since I started counting 2 years ago. These people weren’t idiots, these were normal, guacamole-eating, embarrassed-by-their-mistake people. Don’t be my seventh.