Monday, April 1, 2019

A Moving Experience


So.

I was sitting at my desk this morning, with plenty of time before I had to get ready for a 10:45 doctor's appointment, when my phone rang.

The woman calling told me she was calling about that very appointment; two nurses had called in sick, so she said she either had to "reschedule" me or "move" me.

"What exactly do you mean by 'move' me?" I asked.

We both laughed.

She replied "We have an opening today at 1:45."

"Well, that would still be 'rescheduling' me, wouldn't it?" I asked.

She agreed that it was.

"That's why you made me wonder when you said 'move' me," I explained.

Just sayin'.

Thanks for your time.
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23 comments:

  1. Susan KaneApril 1, 2019 at 6:26 PM

    Well then. Getting moved is very different from rescheduling. Hope all went well.

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  2. BirgitApril 1, 2019 at 8:51 PM

    I have been asked if I wanted to be moved...hahahaaa. I never thought about the actual sentence.

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    1. The Silver FoxApril 2, 2019 at 3:51 PM

      Well, if she'd said "reschedule" or "move," I wouldn't have questioned her, but she presented it as an either/or situation.

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  3. TruedessaApril 3, 2019 at 9:23 AM

    I’d say, feel free to move me to a beach house. Do you pack or do I have to do my own? Haha

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    1. The Silver FoxApril 3, 2019 at 12:03 PM

      There are lots of ways to move people, you know...

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  4. Lynda DietzApril 3, 2019 at 10:36 AM

    I dare anyone to move me.

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    1. The Silver FoxApril 3, 2019 at 12:04 PM

      There are lots of ways to move people, you... Oh, I just said that!

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  5. Susan A EamesApril 3, 2019 at 10:47 AM

    Ha ha - yes, it's a sad fact that our language gets misused all the time. You were right to call her out on it.

    Susan A Eames at
    Travel, Fiction and Photos

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  6. Rawknrobyn.blogspot.comApril 3, 2019 at 2:48 PM

    Sometimes a little movement can do a body more good than a reschedule. Somehow.
    Redundancy is so repetitive, isn't it?
    Cheers to you.

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    1. The Silver FoxApril 3, 2019 at 3:02 PM

      I agree. As I've said before, redundancy is repetitive in a way that tends to repeat itself over and over, again and again.

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  7. jonoApril 3, 2019 at 4:27 PM

    Medical terminology is so vague sometimes.

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    1. The Silver FoxApril 4, 2019 at 10:22 AM

      And I love wordplay just enough to jump on them for it.

      I love when they speak in the second person plural, although they do that less than they used to. When an attractive nurse tells me "We need to get undressed now," my heart starts racing.

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    2. jonoApril 5, 2019 at 4:53 PM

      I usually react to them by saying, "you first."

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    3. The Silver FoxApril 6, 2019 at 11:28 AM

      Ha! Good one!

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  8. Gloria BakerApril 4, 2019 at 6:40 PM

    really funny!

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  9. TruedessaApril 6, 2019 at 10:05 AM

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    1. TruedessaApril 6, 2019 at 10:05 AM

      I'm not sure why I am here and not up there where I thought I was commenting. lol...oh well the universe has spoken.

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  10. Blue GrumpsterApril 11, 2019 at 3:23 PM

    We may need to reschedule your moving to Bora Bora.

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    1. The Silver FoxApril 11, 2019 at 3:45 PM

      That could suck!

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    2. Blue GrumpsterApril 27, 2019 at 1:04 AM

      It sure could, not in the lest because Bora Bora would MOVE any person or fox or... both to tears.

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