Especially not co-workers.
Mal: Zoe, why do I have a wife? Jayne: You got a wife? All I got is that dumbass stick sounds like its raining. How come you got a wife?
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Connie Neil - Aug 12, 2014 12:09:11 pm PDT #12798 of 30002
brillig
erin_obscure - Aug 12, 2014 1:20:52 pm PDT #12799 of 30002
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
I consider hospital visits appropriate only for immediate family and maybe super close friends...unless the person has been there long enough to start asking for visitors to relieve the monotony. My upbringing was that one sends cards, flowers, gifts, reading material...but does not show up in person until convalescing has moved home (and that only after calling first to make sure that one's presence will be welcome and that the person to be visited is awake and not floating in a narcotic haze.)
erikaj - Aug 12, 2014 1:47:18 pm PDT #12800 of 30002
Always Anti-fascist!
I think I learned what Erin did. I've sent plants and stuff, though.
Typo Boy - Aug 12, 2014 2:00:24 pm PDT #12801 of 30002
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Exactly. The only time I've ever visited a non-close friend in a hospital was when her husband told me she was going out of her gourd with boredom and would welcome as many visitors as wished to come. I came bearing balloons and paperbacks. (I knew her reading tastes and that she liked balloons.) But that is an exception to a rule that applies 99.99% of the time.
omnis_audis - Aug 12, 2014 4:22:17 pm PDT #12802 of 30002
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
ICU isn't a visiting thing. If there is one chair in there, you are lucky, and that would be for spouse/offspring type of person.
I agree with the others. Hospital visits. Not unless the patient wants it. you are wearing a thin, ugly, wrap around piece of cloth, that isn't known for hiding things wonderfully. Ya stink. Ya got tubes coming in/out of your body. Call. Text. Email. Send a card. Flowers, if they want. All those things, when they get transferred to a room. ICU? Prayers. Best wishes. Food for the family members. Baby sitting? Just stay out of the way of the nurses and doctors.
Laura - Aug 12, 2014 5:57:15 pm PDT #12803 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
So Teppy, I'd say consensus of opinion is that your acquaintance is full of crap and should be ignored, always.
Trudy Booth - Aug 12, 2014 6:06:02 pm PDT #12804 of 30002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Ignored is probably best.
Though a "If the person is in ICU, I'm pretty sure they prefer visits to be family only, though it's hard to check for that. They definitely prefer the number of visitors is low." could certainly be warranted.
Beverly - Aug 12, 2014 6:48:10 pm PDT #12805 of 30002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
And if you send flowers, send the unscented kind. The hyacinths were beautiful, but they made me throw up. Balloons are actually best. Maybe get an artist to make you funky animal shapes doing questionable things?
Connie Neil - Aug 12, 2014 6:49:32 pm PDT #12806 of 30002
brillig
But no latex balloons.
erin_obscure - Aug 12, 2014 7:03:05 pm PDT #12807 of 30002
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
And no plastic combs if they are in a hyperbaric chamber