“Ma’am, when will you expire?”
By ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
Philippines
June 11, 2016 3:06am CST
I forgot to narrate this story when I attended the pre-opening seminar last 7th of this month. Our clinical coordinator informed us to update our files and I told her to submit our latest updates.
One of my colleagues asked me naively: “Ma’am, when will you expire?” I was surprised with her question, so I immediately knocked on wood. (It is a practice for us to knock on wood so the statement will not happen).
While knocking on wood, I asked my colleague, “Why? Do you want me to expire now?” she replied, “No, Ma’am, I mean when your IV therapy card will expire?”
I told her my IV therapy card will expire on my birthday this year. I then asked her to inform me if there will be updates on IV therapy so I can update my card. Having an IV card means I am an IV therapist.
Now, with the picture here, can you guess who among the 3 colleagues asked me that question?
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
12 Jun 16
@ridingbet I think that's a common practice. I look for wood too with such statements.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
12 Jun 16
yes, when somebody utters a statement that should be rectified, we knock on wood. i still want to live longer to see my son have his own family.
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
15 Jun 16
@ridingbet Yes , you are also correct , sometimes the features show . 
She seems like she only knows how to beautify herself. 
She seems like she only knows how to beautify herself. 1 person likes this
@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
16 Jun 16
@ridingbet No wonder , she seemed to have no brain .
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
14 Jun 16
yoU are right my lady. does she look like she said that? sometimes the features show
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@DaddyEvil (174405)
• United States
19 Jun 16
LOL! The young lady furthest to the left ask you that question.
That is a funny story!
Some people here still knock on wood to ward off evil... (I hope you have not knocked on wood when you saw my name? LOL!)
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@DaddyEvil (174405)
• United States
21 Jun 16
@ridingbet LOL! If I told you that DaddyEvil is really my name, would you knock on wood, then? LOL!
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
21 Jun 16
@DaddyEvil no, i don't think so. that is just a username
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
21 Jun 16
funny indeed. no, i did not knock on wood when i read your name. that is just your username, right?
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@brokenbee (11937)
• Philippines
12 Jun 16
The one with a white blouse and watch... hihi just a guess...
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
12 Jun 16
3 of us wear white blouse and have watches hija, so excluding me, you narrow the choices.
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
13 Jun 16
@brokenbee oh, you should have specified hija.because i thought just white blouse and watch, no adjective in the watch
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@brokenbee (11937)
• Philippines
13 Jun 16
@ridingbet hihi I said white blouse and watch Ate..
--white blouse and white watch....
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
11 Jun 16
I think it's the second from the left LOL!
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
12 Jun 16
@ridingbet Just intuition and the look on her face :) Am I right with my guess?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
12 Jun 16
this nurse speaks right, my friend, and she thinks too, before she utters a word. sorry, not she
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
12 Jun 16
what made you decide that nurse in the extreme right asked me that question, my friend?
@jaboUK (64346)
• United Kingdom
12 Jun 16
@ridingbet Shucks that I wasn't right. She obviously knows that she can trust you if she asks for your advice.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
12 Jun 16
@jaboUK yes, that is true. that is why she calls me "mudra" or mother in texts and when we converse.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
12 Jun 16
the one in the middle of the three is a pediatric nurse, to handle midwifery students at delivery and labor rooms, and she has 2 kids; she is also a cumlaude, but is always anxious if any of her kids are sick. she is sometimes uncertain of her nursing actions when a family is sick and she would always text me for some advice.
no, my friend, she is not the one.
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@ida123 (6206)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
12 Jun 16
@ridingbet just tell me friend, just whisper it to me
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
12 Jun 16
@ida123 hahaha! okay, here goes. wush wush wush, aha aha aha! got it?
@DianneN (254926)
• United States
12 Jun 16
@ridingbet I am so bad at guessing!!! Lol!
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
12 Jun 16
the nurse on my right? she is also a widow, my friend, like the one in far left, and she will handle students in the community and delivery rooms.
no, she is not the one.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
13 Jun 16
@DianneN really? just a hunch will do. well, actually, i did not put any other clues so it should be a wild guess my friend. some of the commenters chose the right colleague.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
12 Jun 16
so what if she is beautiful? you remember my posts on bubblews about the swipe thingy?
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