All in a Day’s Work
My husband is a physician and uses a dictation service to transcribe his oral notes. On occasion the typists have accidentally altered the sentence structure or words, resulting in something my husband had not necessarily intended. For example, one transcriber wrote, “The patient is recently married; otherwise, he is normal and healthy.” —Elaine Ehrenpreis Kew Gardens, New York
In case you’re wondering how being manager is going ... no one showed up today because I forgot to make this week’s schedule. — @Ariiigonzalezv
As she finished her dinner, my stuffed granddaughter turned to her mother and declared, “Mom, you make hamburgers so good, you could work at Mcdonald’s!” —Linda Rauch Roseburg, Oregon
A client was on trial, accused of assault with a deadly weapon—a
I realized just how long we’ve been working from home the day a package was delivered and my husband referred to the entrance of our house as “the lobby.”
—Kim Schafer Mount Juliet, Tennessee
charge he vehemently denied. The state’s star witness, at the end of her lengthy testimony, made the very damning statement, “And that’s when he started shooting at me with a .45.”
For my client, that was his gotcha moment. Abruptly leaping from his chair, he pointed at his accuser and shouted, “That’s a lie! It was a .38!” —Steve Cline
Grand Junction, Colorado
This Twitter alert from the sheriff’s office in San Miguel, Colorado, leaves no stone unturned: “A large boulder the size of a large boulder is blocking the southbound lane of Highway 145. Expect delays.”
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