Ultimate Workplace Blunders

Rhonda SG

Here is where we get to share absolutely, shockingly idiotic management decisions or unbelievably atrocious activities in our workplaces! Laughing I'm sure we all have moments where we think, "This can't be real... management / the boss / my colleagues can't be THAT stupid!", so let's spill it all out here!

Be vicious! Be bloodthirsty!

And let the catharsis begin! Twisted Evil

Rhonda SG

Changing the carpets in the hospital wards, but not testing beforehand to see if the selected carpet is suitable for hospital wards! They ended up purchasing carpets that made it really hard to push equipment and beds and trolleys around! Heck, even the IV pole with wheels is tough to push around now! Shocked

As a result, Occupational Health and Safety had to issue a memo saying nurses are not to push beds around now but instead, they had to train existing porters to use specially purchased motorised equipment called Gzunders, to fit it under the beds, and then push them around. Each Gzunder costs about A$1K and now, Radiology's employees are unhappy because Radiology refuses to purchase any Gzunders and the porters are having a really tough time pushing the beds around. Razz They are already openly talking about "going on strike" to protest this. Razz Potentially, we're looking at lots of medical claims for backaches and related 'injuries' and strains from this.

Recently, when the ICU team came to transport my patient to the ICU, they realised that they couldn't use the Gzunder anyways because if the Gzunder is put in place, the doctor cannot stand at the head of the bed anymore, and since the Air Viva was being used to bag oxygen to the patient, that can't do!

Nurses are also really frustrated, because we might be barred from pushing beds, but pushing the patients around on wheelchairs and commode chairs just got more difficult!! The patients in one room commented that the management is so stupid and "ridiculous" when they saw us nurses huffing and puffing trying to push a commode chair and the chair barely moved. Razz If you have a patient of generous proportions sitting on it, you'd better pray your brute strength gets you to the bathroom on time before they stain / soil the new carpets! Laughing

I think the impedence is due to the cross-weave pattern. Apparently, the old carpets were weaved in one direction, so there's little resistance.

You'd think that the building planning folks running the hospital would have known better! Rolling Eyes

the Bear SG

we are now supposed to publish tenders and invitations to quote for jobs but are not allowed to ask the bidding company to provide a mock-up or even a concept design or plan for the project Laughing

we're supposed to look at their past projects and evaluate the companies

the Bear SG

Twisted Evil

ShrodingersCat SG

reading about hospital blunders very ... scary leh for a sunday morning

and those workplace.... blunders.. are.... even.. worse..

jetta SG

Hilarious pixs, bear! Laughing

Rhonda SG

Oh yeah!! The photos are terribly funny! Laughing Well, it would have been really funny if not for the fact that those people are putting themselves in danger. Razz One can only hope none of them have become a statistic in workplace accidents. Razz

Rhonda SG

Really? That was just the tip of the iceberg!! Laughing Twisted Evil

Rhonda SG

My workplace is notorious for being poorly-stocked in medical supplies, but today, we have hit an all-time low!

- Spirit Swabs - nowhere to be seen!!! All of us were walking around the whole ward, opening all the counter drawers, in search of spirit swabs!!! WHICH blardy hospital does not provide spirit swabs to the wards?! In the end, I had to ration what few I had left in my little bag that I carry slung across my shoulder!

- 10 ml and 20 ml syringes dangerously low in supply! Again, nurses had to go around to the different hubs to grab a few for use!

- 19 G non-bevelled needles - Haven't seen them for such a long time that I'm wondering if they are a figment of my imagination.

- 19 G needles - Awaiting supply.

- Duoderm wafers - Non-existent

- Baxter Pump drip sets - fight for the remaining few!

- 250 mls Normal Saline bags - order up your own from the Pharmacy, and then hide them from the other nurses. :P

- Medicine Cups - you're lucky if you can find one.

- Tegaderm with Pad - Dream on!

- Normal Saline for use in Dressings - haven't seen these for 1.5 weeks liao! Had to improvise and use the N/S for I/V!

I cannot believe I am not working in a hospital in a 3rd world country! All of us are frustrated to the max! When I told a Team Leader that it's really time to look into the stocking up of our hubs, she gave some blardy excuse about us not having settled in back in our ward yet (we had moved to share half a ward with another ward during christmas) and I curtly quipped, "Well, it's about high time we did because we cannot take care of the patients this way!"

viciouskitty74 SG

I've contracted a recycling company to come into the office and collect used papers for recycling. Even signed confidentiality contracts with them to ensure that the papers we send for recycling will be kept confidential.

Companies girls keeps insisting that they are already recycling. Using both side of the paper, tear them up and dumping them into waste paper basket when the paper is no longer needed.

Oh....and here's the following excuses:

1) We never need to do this.

2) Confidential info on paper, cannot let others see

3) We are already recyling by using both side of the paper.

4) Bozz never say.

No. 3 was their biggest excuse, but their current system of dumping in the trash, some garang guni uncle rammaging our trash and picking up papers for recycling in public view downstairs our office was such a glaring indication of our confidentiality, its so regret-able.

viciouskitty74 SG

At the water theme park.

We are not allowed to carry our handphones with us.

And since they cant contact us since we are mobile at the water theme parks and most of the times in the water.

They gave us non waterproof walkie talkies.