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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsNo Friday night drinking thread last night. I'm sorry. I missed you. I'm on call this weekend.
Looking forward to next Friday. Getting buzzed, watching the Great British Baking Show, and hanging out with my beloved Loungers.

Marthe48
(21,917 posts)glad I didn't miss anything
Here's to a quiet on call weekend for you!
Aristus
(70,960 posts)Thank God for nurse triage. Trained, battle-hardened professionals who have no reservations about telling a caller This sounds like something that can wait for your primary care provider, or Do you really expect me to wake up the on-call provider for this shit???
So no more getting calls on the emergency line at 3 in the morning like: Yeah, I just have some questions about COVID-19
niyad
(127,490 posts)Aristus
(70,960 posts)

niyad
(127,490 posts)Aristus
(70,960 posts)There are some recipes in my bar book that I will never try. The ones the call for grapefruit juice or (ugh!) clam juice, for example.
Otherwise, there are still hundreds left to experience. Theres a whole chapter on cocktails made with sake. So I need to get a bottle of it.
niyad
(127,490 posts)You will have to let us know about the sake. Only tried it once, not a fan.
I tried a Paloma. Again, not a fan.
Aristus
(70,960 posts)Also not a huge fan, but like a lot of things in life, maybe I was doing it wrong.
niyad
(127,490 posts)possible that I ws drinking an inferior sake.
Aristus
(70,960 posts)🍶
berniesandersmittens
(12,620 posts)Especially when that call comes at 2am and you're in a deep sleep. I spent many years in that life.
Have a nice, uneventful weekend!
Aristus
(70,960 posts)They vet the calls to see if they're worth waking up the on-call provider. My old employer didn't have nurse triage. I got some of the stupidest non-emergency calls in the middle of the night imaginable.
*Half-awake, stifling a yawn* "Hello?..."
"Yeah, can you refill medication X for me?"
"How long have you been out of it?"
"Oh...about three weeks."
They called in the middle of the night, instead of during office hours at anytime in a three-week period. Like I don't need to be well-rested for the next day of clinic...
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Aristus
(70,960 posts)But yeah; I dont sleep