# RN in NYC- Sandy has screwed me bad **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 30, 2012, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rn-in-nyc-sandy-has-screwed-me-bad/639301 "2012-10-30T04:38:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rn-in-nyc-sandy-has-screwed-me-bad/639301/21 "2012-10-31T01:45:31Z")
Come here, swear, shout, curse. You have every right to. And then go back to work feeling a tiny bit better. And nurses rock. Kudos to you. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rn-in-nyc-sandy-has-screwed-me-bad/639301/22 "2012-10-31T01:58:04Z")
I’ll bet if **drachillix** had to go to whatever hospital the OP was serving they would expect friendly and prompt service, and they couldn’t even hack the environment themselves. I’m not an RN, I KNOW I couldn’t do it. But I have a lot of nurses in the family, including my own mother, so **drachillix** can just sit on it with their nasty attitude. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rn-in-nyc-sandy-has-screwed-me-bad/639301/23 "2012-10-31T02:01:12Z")
How’s it going? Resorted to snitching unopened graham crackers off the patients’ finished trays yet? (Hey, I was poor during nursing school!) ---
**Author:** ![Imago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85e7bf/32.png) [@Imago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imago)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rn-in-nyc-sandy-has-screwed-me-bad/639301/24 "2012-10-31T03:59:04Z")
In the only truly big storm to we had in my lifetime (Juan in 2003), a paramedic was the sole fatality attributed to the hurricane. I kid you not, a stop sign got ripped off its post by the wind and went through the windshield of the ambulance like a frisbee. OP, I sympathize with your plight and appreciate your work, and you have every right to complain… But I also second the suggestion that you try a little gratitude for the roof over your head. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rn-in-nyc-sandy-has-screwed-me-bad/639301/25 "2012-10-31T04:20:17Z")
How about you try a little gratitude for the fact that Little Cloud has been doing a thankless job in shit conditions where decisions she may have to make will determine the lives of people who just may be related to you and me so instead of condescending to her like an oblivious bitch, you shut the fuck up, sit the fuck down and be thankful you haven’t been dealing with a hurricane. ---
**Author:** ![Imago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85e7bf/32.png) [@Imago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imago)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rn-in-nyc-sandy-has-screwed-me-bad/639301/26 "2012-10-31T05:27:25Z")
Your self-appointed role as white knight could also be interpreted as very condescending toward the OP, so I think you should take your own advice. ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rn-in-nyc-sandy-has-screwed-me-bad/639301/27 "2012-10-31T06:07:41Z")
> [@drachillix](#): > > Since she is part of the same “system” that is dealing with this, its kinda the metaphorical equivalent of the guys back at base bitching about how hard it is on base while ignoring the guys fighting on the front lines. Look at you. I can’t believe you sit in your comfortable computer chair, with electricity, and complain about a post on a message board while elsewhere there are people dying. Cowboy the fuck up, dude. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rn-in-nyc-sandy-has-screwed-me-bad/639301/28 "2012-10-31T06:11:38Z")
> [@Imago](#): > > Your self-appointed role as white knight could also be interpreted as very condescending toward the OP, so I think you should take your own advice. It could be. A caramel flan could also be used as a hat. Now that we’ve both mentioned nonsensical but possible things, shall we move on? ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rn-in-nyc-sandy-has-screwed-me-bad/639301/29 "2012-10-31T07:39:46Z")
> [@drachillix](#): > > Bet you there are several hundred Paramedics and EMT’s who would kill for the roof over your head and slogging through a half flooded city to do it for half your pay rate. Yes it sucks, and it comes with the territory. Cowboy the fuck up . > > Drach - ex-emt _checks forum_ We’re in BBQ Pit? good. **You’re a fucking asshole.** ---
**Author:** ![Imago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85e7bf/32.png) [@Imago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imago)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rn-in-nyc-sandy-has-screwed-me-bad/639301/30 "2012-10-31T08:03:02Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > It could be. A caramel flan could also be used as a hat. Now that we’ve both mentioned nonsensical but possible things, shall we move on? Yes, because “you have every right to complain” is the most condescending phrase in the world, while defending someone who is totally capable of defending themselves is not. :rolleyes: You clearly don’t care about the topic, you just want to fight. Find someone else to do that with, because this is the last post you’re getting out of me. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rn-in-nyc-sandy-has-screwed-me-bad/639301/31 "2012-11-01T09:59:25Z")
> [@drachillix](#): > > Bet you there are several hundred Paramedics and EMT’s who would kill for the roof over your head and slogging through a half flooded city to do it for half your pay rate. Yes it sucks, and it comes with the territory. Cowboy the fuck up . > > Drach - ex-emt Are you having an especially bad day or something because I’ve honestly never thought of you as an asshole before but seriously, you’re being one right here for absolutely no reason. The OP was pretty mild as far as these things go, just frustrated and venting in the middle of a natural disaster and you post this shit? What the serious fuck? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Cloud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bcef8e/32.png) [@Little\_Cloud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Cloud)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rn-in-nyc-sandy-has-screwed-me-bad/639301/32 "2012-11-01T15:30:51Z")
Still at hospital but got a couppla hrs home yesterday Then Bellevue and NYU hospitals closed and I got called right back to help with 17 new admits to my unit The food thing was a weak attempt at humor Thx for the good wishes. Soon it will be over but this is just a foretaste of the future, methinks. ---
**Author:** ![InsomniaMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ad7895/32.png) [@InsomniaMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InsomniaMama)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rn-in-nyc-sandy-has-screwed-me-bad/639301/33 "2012-11-01T17:01:46Z")
Hang in there! I hope it calms down soon. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rn-in-nyc-sandy-has-screwed-me-bad/639301/34 "2012-11-01T17:03:16Z")
Hang in there, **Little Cloud**. And thank you. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rn-in-nyc-sandy-has-screwed-me-bad/639301/35 "2012-11-01T17:35:37Z")
Hope things get better soon, **Little Cloud**. We’ll let you know next time **drachillix** posts one of his “my customers complain about how much I charge for computer service” threads so you can let him know what a dick he is. ---
**Author:** ![elninost0rm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ed655f/32.png) [@elninost0rm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elninost0rm)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rn-in-nyc-sandy-has-screwed-me-bad/639301/36 "2012-11-01T17:50:14Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > Hope things get better soon, **Little Cloud**. We’ll let you know next time **drachillix** posts one of his “my customers complain about how much I charge for computer service” threads so you can let him know what a dick he is. Too good. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveroptic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiveroptic/32/8257_2.png) [@Fiveroptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveroptic)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rn-in-nyc-sandy-has-screwed-me-bad/639301/37 "2012-11-01T18:14:46Z")
**Drachilix** , you’re seriously a dickhole. And a couple others in this thread aren’t far behind you, waiting for you to give up the title. ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rn-in-nyc-sandy-has-screwed-me-bad/639301/38 "2012-11-01T18:27:37Z")
^^^^Daughter of an RN. Thank you, **Little Cloud** , for all your hard work and caring. Hang in there. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rn-in-nyc-sandy-has-screwed-me-bad/639301/39 "2012-11-01T19:22:15Z")
No RNs in my family, but as a former patient with some fairly serious and painful ailments, thank you. I also did a 6 month stint as a nurse’s assistant when I was all of 18 years old, so I got a taste many decades ago, of just how demanding it is. People like you can make two weeks of physical agony (and in a hospital away from home) a hell of a lot better. On a side note, my nurses said I was a “normie” which cracked my sister and I up, apparently there are quite a few patients who are far from normal, making nurses’ already stressful jobs a lot worse. And those being total idiots in the thread ( **dachillix** ) are Pure D Wrong. I agree with the others upthread, the fact that others have it worse than you, doesn’t make your situation suck any less, and it’s just the epitome of moronic to say so, and especially jerkish to say so in such a snotty way. Like someone else said, you couldn’t even hack it AS an EMT and you’re ragging on the OP? And listen here child, “got fired because family problems made me late too much” is the very definition of “not hacking it”. Good grief, grow up and don’t take your problems out on an innocent bystander. Sheesh! Hang in there, here’s hoping for a full 8 hours of sleep for you, (after you slug hot cocoa and don warm pajamas). ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rn-in-nyc-sandy-has-screwed-me-bad/639301/40 "2012-11-01T19:35:20Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > ^^^^Daughter of an RN. > > Thank you, **Little Cloud** , for all your hard work and caring. Hang in there. Brother of an RN and an MD. What she said. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rn-in-nyc-sandy-has-screwed-me-bad/639301.md?page=1)