ext_131568 ([identity profile] dr-snark.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2006-08-08 08:53 am
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Win Friends and blah blah blah... Afternoon [8/8]

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!]
can_be_more: (half!aeryn)

Re: Assignment:

[personal profile] can_be_more 2006-08-08 01:55 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hello," she says, and because sometimes she should be smacked, she says, "Did you need something?"

Re: Assignment:

[identity profile] twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com 2006-08-08 01:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Zack decided to try for the delicate approach. "You have a good weekend? Turn into anyone else?"
can_be_more: (half!aeryn)

Re: Assignment:

[personal profile] can_be_more 2006-08-08 02:01 pm (UTC)(link)
"No," she says, shaking her head. "Did you?"

Re: Assignment:

[identity profile] twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com 2006-08-08 02:05 pm (UTC)(link)
"Alanna," Zack replied. "And boy was that embarrassing."
can_be_more: (half!aeryn)

Re: Assignment:

[personal profile] can_be_more 2006-08-08 02:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"Why was it embarrassing?" Aeryn, be nice.

Re: Assignment:

[identity profile] twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com 2006-08-08 02:09 pm (UTC)(link)
"Alanna was...intrigued by...certain differences." Zack totally wasn't blushing, really. "Of course I suppose there are more embarrasing things."
can_be_more: (peacekeeper!aeryn)

Re: Assignment:

[personal profile] can_be_more 2006-08-08 02:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Aeryn smiles. "Sure about that?"

Re: Assignment:

[identity profile] twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com 2006-08-08 02:28 pm (UTC)(link)
"Considering I'm not the one showing off their underwear to the class? Yes."
can_be_more: (half!aeryn)

Re: Assignment:

[personal profile] can_be_more 2006-08-08 02:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"I appreciate you telling me," says Aeryn. "Why were you looking?"

Re: Assignment:

[identity profile] twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com 2006-08-08 02:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"Because..." Zack flailed. "I was admiring your choice in footwear."
can_be_more: (half!aeryn)

Re: Assignment:

[personal profile] can_be_more 2006-08-08 02:41 pm (UTC)(link)
She raises an eyebrow.

Re: Assignment:

[identity profile] twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com 2006-08-08 02:47 pm (UTC)(link)
"Really, they're very...you."
can_be_more: (half!aeryn)

Re: Assignment:

[personal profile] can_be_more 2006-08-08 02:49 pm (UTC)(link)
"My footwear is nowhere near my underwear," she tells him. In case he hadn't noticed.

Re: Assignment:

[identity profile] twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com 2006-08-08 02:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"But I had to look down to see them," Zack said quickly. "The underwear was merely in my line of sight."
can_be_more: (half!aeryn)

Re: Assignment:

[personal profile] can_be_more 2006-08-08 03:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"Walk away, Zack," Aeryn advises. "Also, check your shoe, there's something stuck to it."

Aw, look, she's resourceful.