Could be interesting. This sort of reminds me of “Weekends at Bellvue” http://www.amazon.com/Weekends-at-Bellevue-Julie-Holland/dp/0553807668/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259762497&sr=8-1
Just make sure you don’t piss off the hospital. They can be prickly about patients’ privacy, especially if they think they may be financially liable. All it takes is someone in a bad mood (as they might be in the ER) who sees you take their picture to go to the management.
Do it. I’d read it for sure.
Yep, you need pics of the people to do this (which may violate HIPPA laws).
Also, sorry I am not tipping you if I had to take my relative in for a heart attack or even stiches. Then again I wouldn’t valet at the ER either. I would pull up and park right in front of the entrance if necessary or park and walk. Maybe you can blog about jerks like me.
[quote]JGerman wrote:
Maybe you can blog about jerks like me. [/quote]
I think that’s the plan.
All these people defending why they wouldn’t tip you obviously don’t tip servers or bartenders well either.
A valet is a valet, sure your uncle is dieing, and it’s this guy’s job to give you a hand getting there as fast as possible. So don’t crap on him. Alot of people’s mentality about tipping is disappointing to say the least.
As for your blog, sounds like a fun way to vent about a frustrating job. Even if people don’t read it(which I think people would) it’d be theraputic.
[quote]sbr wrote:
Question. What kind of bear is best? [/quote]
LOL
If your blog takes off, you can recover any lost revenue from witheld tips by writing about the people that didn’t give any. Sounds good to me.
[quote]rrjc5488 wrote:
JGerman wrote:
Maybe you can blog about jerks like me.
I think that’s the plan.[/quote]
It’d make a great blog. This guy came in today. He parked in the parking lot. When he left he didnt’ tip me.
Or even better this guy came into today. He parked his car in front of the entrance. He carried his non-breathing son in his arms into the ER and started yelling for help. I guess his son didn’t make it because when he finally came out he was all upset and alone. Can you believe the motherfucker didn’t tip me?
BTW, I waited table and was a bartender in Austin for over 5 years. I do tip well. I don’t go to the Dr. or the ER well.
[quote]StevenF wrote:
Would anyone be interested in a blog about the kinds of people that visit the Emergency Room on a daily basis? They are really classy folks let me tell ya. I work as a valet at the ER everyday where I park incoming patient’s vehicles completely for free. Obviously a tip would be appreciated, a concept in etiquette which is apparently not taught anymore. But I digress, the whole point to this blog would be to illustrate what kinds of people the pending health care reform is aiming to give free health care to.
For example, I would probably write about this lady yesterday who asks me and the security guard sitting next to me if we could keep an eye on her kids while she went to go smoke a cigarette. Or I would write about the guy who comes in smoking a cigarette, just before he visits the ER, with oxygen tubes in his nose. OR the guy who walks in today, at least 300+lbs, wearing a t-shirt that says “The few, the proud, the BIG”. I am not so sure about the few and proud part.
Anyway, would this be interesting to anyone? It will most definitely include pictures. [/quote]
That would be interesting, but aren’t there privacy issues and such to worry about? I guess being in an ER isn’t exactly private…
Dude, you can write a blog about anything but you have to be a good writer. You can have the most interesting or boring topic in the world, it won’t make a lick of difference if you can’t write worth a shit.
If your blog isn’t funny, expect it to go unread. All of the people here might give it a shot, but if you can’t write to keep everyones interest, you can have the best stories in the world and it won’t matter.
Write up a couple stories and post them here to see if people would be interested in reading more. Or you can start the blog (it won’t cost you anything) and find out that way, but it’d be pointless if you’re just going to abandon it for lack of followers.
[quote]LankyMofo wrote:
Dude, you can write a blog about anything but you have to be a good writer. You can have the most interesting or boring topic in the world, it won’t make a lick of difference if you can’t write worth a shit.
If your blog isn’t funny, expect it to go unread. All of the people here might give it a shot, but if you can’t write to keep everyones interest, you can have the best stories in the world and it won’t matter.
Write up a couple stories and post them here to see if people would be interested in reading more. Or you can start the blog (it won’t cost you anything) and find out that way, but it’d be pointless if you’re just going to abandon it for lack of followers.[/quote]
I agree. A sample would generate interest.
[quote]malonetd wrote:
[quote]sbr wrote:
cycobushmaster wrote:
rrjc5488 wrote:
Brother Chris wrote:
And I guess I just never thought of not tipping someone good when handling my equipment.
“Why tip someone for a job I’m capable of doing myself? I can deliver food. I can drive a taxi. I can, and do, cut my own hair. I did however, tip my urologist, because I am unable to pulverize my own kidney stones.”
your urologist parks cars in an ER?
Question. What kind of bear is best? [/quote]
That’s a ridiculous question.
[/quote]
False. Black bear.
id be in, however it does not have to always be funny stuff, im sure you see some pretty wild injuries, or hear the crazy stories of how people ended up getting injured, maybe even throw in some some sad things too just to keep it real.
sample it here
oh yea and a black bear is the best kind of bear…
[quote]malonetd wrote:
[quote]sbr wrote:
cycobushmaster wrote:
rrjc5488 wrote:
Brother Chris wrote:
And I guess I just never thought of not tipping someone good when handling my equipment.
“Why tip someone for a job I’m capable of doing myself? I can deliver food. I can drive a taxi. I can, and do, cut my own hair. I did however, tip my urologist, because I am unable to pulverize my own kidney stones.”
your urologist parks cars in an ER?
Question. What kind of bear is best? [/quote]
That’s a ridiculous question.
[/quote]
FALSE Black Bear
jesus it took me so long to log in two people posted what i was going to.
[quote]MementoMori wrote:
All these people defending why they wouldn’t tip you obviously don’t tip servers or bartenders well either.
A valet is a valet, sure your uncle is dieing, and it’s this guy’s job to give you a hand getting there as fast as possible. So don’t crap on him. Alot of people’s mentality about tipping is disappointing to say the least.
As for your blog, sounds like a fun way to vent about a frustrating job. Even if people don’t read it(which I think people would) it’d be theraputic.[/quote]
that’s about it right there. I make 6/hr + tips and I have a college degree in Criminal Justice and the head of security won’t even give me an interview, no experience.
[quote]JGerman wrote:
[quote]rrjc5488 wrote:
JGerman wrote:
Maybe you can blog about jerks like me.
I think that’s the plan.[/quote]
It’d make a great blog. This guy came in today. He parked in the parking lot. When he left he didnt’ tip me.
Or even better this guy came into today. He parked his car in front of the entrance. He carried his non-breathing son in his arms into the ER and started yelling for help. I guess his son didn’t make it because when he finally came out he was all upset and alone. Can you believe the motherfucker didn’t tip me?
BTW, I waited table and was a bartender in Austin for over 5 years. I do tip well. I don’t go to the Dr. or the ER well. [/quote]
well, today was rather uninteresting… until this grey Grand Marquis pulls into the driveway and the driver, a young african american male, starts honking the horn. His car was riddled with bullet holes. About 8 in the driver side doors, a shattered driver side window, one hole in the back window, and 2 more bullet holes in the windshield. He was somehow only grazed in his back. I heard the nurses found crack and a large amount of money on him when they took his clothes off, big surprise there. The last guy that I saw come in with gunshot wounds wasn’t so lucky.
While this could be entertaining it isn’t exactly a rarity. Most people that work retail, social services, and/or customer service encounter these people daily. So what you need to focus on is the way that you write it. If you can write well then proceed if you can’t then don’t waste your time. BTW you friends and family members telling you that your writing is good doesn’t count.
[quote]StevenF wrote:
[quote]JGerman wrote:
[quote]rrjc5488 wrote:
JGerman wrote:
Maybe you can blog about jerks like me.
I think that’s the plan.[/quote]
It’d make a great blog. This guy came in today. He parked in the parking lot. When he left he didnt’ tip me.
Or even better this guy came into today. He parked his car in front of the entrance. He carried his non-breathing son in his arms into the ER and started yelling for help. I guess his son didn’t make it because when he finally came out he was all upset and alone. Can you believe the motherfucker didn’t tip me?
BTW, I waited table and was a bartender in Austin for over 5 years. I do tip well. I don’t go to the Dr. or the ER well. [/quote]
well, today was rather uninteresting… until this grey Grand Marquis pulls into the driveway and the driver, a young african american male, starts honking the horn. His car was riddled with bullet holes. About 8 in the driver side doors, a shattered driver side window, one hole in the back window, and 2 more bullet holes in the windshield. He was somehow only grazed in his back. I heard the nurses found crack and a large amount of money on him when they took his clothes off, big surprise there. The last guy that I saw come in with gunshot wounds wasn’t so lucky. [/quote]
Now that is intresting!! Like they said if you have some witty writing skills and pictures it would go along way. They don’t even have to be actual pics. Just google similar images.
I only read one blog regularly. It is geared towards sports, women, sex, and all round funny stuff.
[quote]StevenF wrote:
[quote]JGerman wrote:
[quote]rrjc5488 wrote:
JGerman wrote:
Maybe you can blog about jerks like me.
I think that’s the plan.[/quote]
It’d make a great blog. This guy came in today. He parked in the parking lot. When he left he didnt’ tip me.
Or even better this guy came into today. He parked his car in front of the entrance. He carried his non-breathing son in his arms into the ER and started yelling for help. I guess his son didn’t make it because when he finally came out he was all upset and alone. Can you believe the motherfucker didn’t tip me?
BTW, I waited table and was a bartender in Austin for over 5 years. I do tip well. I don’t go to the Dr. or the ER well. [/quote]
well, today was rather uninteresting… until this grey Grand Marquis pulls into the driveway and the driver, a young african american male, starts honking the horn. His car was riddled with bullet holes. About 8 in the driver side doors, a shattered driver side window, one hole in the back window, and 2 more bullet holes in the windshield. He was somehow only grazed in his back.
I heard the nurses found crack and a large amount of money on him when they took his clothes off, big surprise there. The last guy that I saw come in with gunshot wounds wasn’t so lucky. [/quote]
how is this a blog? this is the kind of crap i see everyday, except i don’t want to burden anyone else with the meories…
i don’t know where you’re at in MI, but i know the head of the gang unit in Flint. if you wanna be a cop, he’s hiring. then you’ll have some kickass stories to complain about on the internet…