Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes

Overheard over the radio:

Dispatch Drone: “Medic XXX, we need you to respond to #1 Kiloton Way on a lift assist. We’ve got Medic YYY en route to back you up.

Reluctant Medic: “10-4, do you need us to go lights and sirens?”

Dispatch Drone: “Negative, Medic XXX. It’s just a lift assist on a bariatric patient who needs help getting back into bed.”

Reluctant Medic (being deliberately obtuse): “So, are we expected to transport this patient to the hospital?”

Dispatch Drone (speaking very slowly, with small words): “Negative, Medic XXX. The. Patient. Just. Needs. Help. Off. The. Floor.”

Reluctant Medic (feigning confusion): “So, do we need a signature page, or do we write it up as a refusal?”

[long pause]

Dispatch Drone (with a certain amount of satisfaction): “Write it up as a refusal, Medic XXX.”

If she’d have kept her mouth shut, there would have been no paperwork involved. Now, she gets to document a refusal, which counts as a black mark on her performance scores.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes!