Today I went to volunteer at this clinic down in Chinatown. It's a solid operation run by volunteer students and doctors. The doctor who has been running this for the last 10 years is most probably a saint, but one that can be decidedly grouchy if he wants to be. I was placed in the "pharmacy" with these second year students.
My job was to play errand girl, I would take the medicine and give them to the patients. Often the job entailed such difficulties such as reading the label out loud to the patient, like "take this once a day." I'm sure I mispronounced quite a few names though. I smile to seem less threatening, it doesn't always come naturally. I think I have something wrong with my personality. I wish I was the bubbly girl who always exude natural warmth and friendliness, but alas.
Anyway, I had a good time. A couple of my classmates went with me and it was like that first episode of Grey's Anatomy, a bunch of newbies all thrown into this medical setting together and half the time, they look at each other wondering what the heck they were supposed to be doing. It was fun in that sort of communal spirit, because we were all in it together and all somewhat lost and clueless.
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Did anyone call you a Newbie are referred to you by a girl's name? Because I would have.
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