Win Friends and blah blah blah... Afternoon [8/8]

[dr-snark.livejournal.com]

Dr. Cox is looking rather smug this morning as all the students come and take their seats.

"All right newbies, every once in a while a situation comes along where you need to handle it with kid gloves. So today's class is all about Let's take for an example an old patient of mine. Let's call him.... Bob. Bob hasn't been listening to his regular doctor about his heart and arteries and has somehow smuggled in a dozen White Castle sliders into his hospital room after having a quadruple bypass surgery. Your options are thus:"

Be *shudder* Nice
"Gee Mr. Geldoff I know those hamburgers are awfully tasty but perhaps we should go over your diet and see what we can do to make you healthy again. Okay Buddy?"

Be Direct
"Hey Bob? No offense but this eating habit of yours is going to send you to an early grave. You've ignored the warning signs even after having surgery and if you continue this practice it will have dire consequences"

Be Me
*sharp piercing whistle* "All right Bobbo, I'm only going to tell you this one more time so you better start using those flaps on the side of your head or so help me I'll rip them off and give them to my intern who could so use them. Did you really thing having White Castle after surgery was the brightest idea ever? Why didn't you just open a can of lard and start shoveling it into your face because it's having the same effect. You know the whole quadruple bypass isn't just a warning sign tubby, it's a freakin' billboard teetering over and about to crush you like an ant. So if it were me? I'd either start eating something green and stop trying to eat a heifer in one sitting. 'kay?"

Your assignment is to approach three different students using one of the methods above each for one or more of the following delicate situations:

1. Your significant other is a fish
2. Your significant other has a thing for bellboys
3. You have a booger hanging on the end of your nose
4. You have something in your teeth
5. That thing you had for lunch was tainted by E Coli
6. You have cancer
7. You have toilet paper stuck to the end of your shoe
8. You're bald. Everyone knows you are wearing a rug
9. You're a little pudgy.
10. Your fly is down and your fashionable underwear is showing


[OOC: Wait for the OCD is up!]

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Re: Assignment:

[can_be_more]

Looking at the list, Aeryn's actually really confident in this one. Really, it isn't like she has any experience telling people things they need to hear. None.

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[twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com]

Apparently wishing for death today, Zack headed towards Aeryn. "Hey, Aeryn."

Re: Assignment:

[can_be_more]

"Hello," she says, and because sometimes she should be smacked, she says, "Did you need something?"

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[twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com]

Zack decided to try for the delicate approach. "You have a good weekend? Turn into anyone else?"

Re: Assignment:

[can_be_more]

"No," she says, shaking her head. "Did you?"

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[twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com]

"Alanna," Zack replied. "And boy was that embarrassing."

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[can_be_more]

"Why was it embarrassing?" Aeryn, be nice.

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[demonbelthazor]

Bel didn't know Aeryn at all, so he opted for the nice approach. "Hey," he said, walking up to her.

Re: Assignment:

[can_be_more]

She's not sure she's actually even spoken to Bel before, so this could be interesting. "Hey back."

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[demonbelthazor]

"I don't think we've official met," Bel said. "I'm Belthazor. You're Aeryn, right?"

Re: Assignment:

[can_be_more]

She nods. "Good to finally meet you."

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[demonbelthazor]

"Interesting class, huh?" Bel said conversationally. "Not quite what I expected."

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[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"Hey Aeryn." Oh, John just can't resist.

Re: Assignment:

[can_be_more]

Aeryn shakes her head. "Seriously?"

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[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"Why not?" He grins and says, "What'd you eat last night?"

Re: Assignment:

[can_be_more]

Still shaking her head, she says, "Some sandwich thing, I don't know."

Re: Assignment:

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"Did you eat more than one?"

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[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

"Check your fly." Tim said, going for the direct route with this one.

Re: Assignment:

[can_be_more]

Direct is one think, but the phrasing could use some work. "You're lucky I can't hit you in class," Aeryn tells him. "Go away."

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[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

Tim silently eeped and went away.

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[like-a-sponge.livejournal.com]

Greg sidled up to Aeryn. "Hi!" he said brightly.

Re: Assignment:

[can_be_more]

Aeryn closes her eyes, sighs, and hates life. "Frell."

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[like-a-sponge.livejournal.com]

"How're you holding up?" he asked sympathetically. "I mean, what with...John and all."

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[can_be_more]

"What are you talking about?"

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[like-a-sponge.livejournal.com]

"You know. The thing. With John." Greg looked sad. "Is there anything I can do?"