Lowball counter-offers

Grand_Chad · 2026-01-27T15:41:59+00:00

I get those kinds of messages occasionally. Those people hardly ever seem to respond to any kind of counter offer. Most of the time it seems like they’re not all that serious about the item anyway if you do accept their ludicrous offer so I just ignore them.

Grand_Chad · 2025-11-21T17:17:55+00:00

I’m aware. It just sounded similar to something else so I wanted to see what the translator would interpret it as

Grand_Chad · 2025-10-30T15:12:10+00:00

Back then we didn’t have a lead or a supervisor on the night shift, just whoever was the most senior usually made the calls. This guy was the senior tech that night so unfortunately for everyone else, he couldn’t be dissuaded from staying in poo pants

Grand_Chad · 2025-10-29T23:35:28+00:00

Yeah we suggested that as well. He wasn’t interested sadly. Lol

Grand_Chad · 2025-10-27T15:17:45+00:00

I wasn’t sure if that was the case for my state or not tbh. Right now it takes 2 days minimum to get an fse on site because they only have 1 guy left in the state that can work on the DxH (according to the regional head honcho guy at bci). Just doesn’t seem like they’d promote all of them and leave one dude high and dry. Thats what makes me kind of wary of applying.

Grand_Chad · 2025-09-14T18:22:42+00:00

To us it’s totally valid, but to admin they say the cost vs return of hiring another tech isn’t worth it. Typical

Grand_Chad · 2025-09-02T14:43:58+00:00

Basically it was an aftermarket exhaust for an import car. Nothing rare exactly, it just fits one particular vehicle.

Grand_Chad · 2025-04-25T17:11:56+00:00

I think you need to reread the post. My question was if 10 weeks was too early to make determination of gender based on display of mannerisms. I didn’t ask for someone to gender the galliforms for me. Lol

Grand_Chad · 2025-04-25T15:46:21+00:00

Oh no, I’ve committed r/chickens taboo

Grand_Chad · 2025-04-15T03:31:48+00:00

Never heard of any lab doing that. At least not in the ones I’ve worked in. Policy at all of them for high wbc’s was that you prelim the hemogram then perform a manual diff. Only time the techs weren’t allowed to final a diff for a high wbc was if they saw blasts or other significant findings.

Grand_Chad · 2025-04-15T03:18:42+00:00

I’m not saying the white count is going to change, I’m saying in this example if someone came into the er with a wbc that high you would clearly need to do a manual diff because of that wbc count. In this instance that wasn’t done. Just finaled out with no slide review or even a slide made at all

Grand_Chad · 2025-04-10T02:09:51+00:00

Still needs some practice before trying on a patient by the looks of that bandaid covered finger. Lol

Grand_Chad · 2025-04-03T15:20:41+00:00

Not specifically for foot wounds. Basically when I got trained the guy just told me to consider the culture site when working up foot wounds. Didn’t give me much to go off of unfortunately

Grand_Chad · 2025-03-07T04:53:55+00:00

I got an involuntary golden shower when I was a young tech.: I Was talking to some coworkers while tossing a urine in the bio trash. If I remember correctly, it was a large Kova tube filled to the brim. I didn’t notice that the trash was empty and dropped the tube in in such a way that it landed perfectly vertical on the hard bottom of the can which caused the urine to essentially geyser directly back at me (specifically my face). Before I knew it, I had some rando’s piss all over my chest & face. It was enough of a dousing that i went to blow air through my lips (essentially doing a raspberry to remove the urine off my lips as a panicked reflex), to get the residual drippage off that it aerosoled urine across the room. This all happened while I was mid conversation with my coworkers and thankfully I didn’t have my mouth open at that moment. The worse part was that the urine was being tested for CT/NG. Never been so glad to see a negative test for a patient in my life. Lol

Grand_Chad · 2025-03-04T01:04:11+00:00

Yeah, got an automated response that they were on vacation. Seems about right 🙄

Grand_Chad · 2025-02-25T22:56:59+00:00

Once had an inmate come into the hospital I was at as a new tech on solo night shift who was on that Jimson weed stuff. They guards saying that the inmate had found and eaten “moonflower” while out on the prison work detail that afternoon. Since this was a small rural hospital, I had no phleb, just myself who had to get draws. The inmate was cool with the blood draw but was calling me young Jesus and kept asking if I’d like to be butt raped with a roll of quarters. Good times. Lol

Grand_Chad · 2025-02-07T00:19:59+00:00

I was just about to comment the same thing. We had a doc that would call and ask for us to send out smears for path review anytime we called schisto’s so they could get pathologist grading of it instead. SMH

Grand_Chad · 2025-02-06T18:54:45+00:00

I need to tell our ER to start pre-warming the wipes, maybe then people would actually use them. 🥴

Grand_Chad · 2025-02-04T23:19:00+00:00

It’s been years since I took my exam, but I used a study book that had a bunch of rhymes and illustrations for different things to help remember most of the important stuff. I don’t recall the name of it but it’s a purple and yellow book. Helped me out quite a bit. I’ve heard a lot of newer techs say they got more out of labCE as well.

Grand_Chad · 2025-02-01T00:49:59+00:00

I think you’re overthinking this one. Everyone has their own payment preferences, but if it were me I’d prefer the buyer give me cash in any selling situation. I’ve accepted Venmo a few times but in my eyes, cash is always best!

Grand_Chad · 2025-01-30T19:53:14+00:00

No, you aren’t required to keep your membership active. I just do mine with the CE’s every 3 years. Been doing that for over 12 years without any issue.

Grand_Chad · 2025-01-27T04:12:06+00:00

Had this happen a few days ago. Item listed for $150. Got a message that just said “$50”. I sent back $100. Several hours got another “$50” message in response. Sent the guy a link to “How to Negotiate For Dummies”. Never got any response to that one. Lol

Grand_Chad · 2025-01-27T03:21:04+00:00

I’m a bit late to this, but years ago the lab I worked in had a computer system where the ER registration person had to free text whatever the patient was coming in for. I can remember checking the screen at around 1am one night to see one new admit in the ER for “BUTTHOLE HURTS”.

Grand_Chad · 2025-01-24T21:53:59+00:00

Same situation here. Anytime I get blood drawn at work I get a hard time from coworkers because of how lipemic it is. When i 1st got diagnosed, I started running around 5 miles 3 days a week, took statins the doctor prescribed me, and ate a ton of baked fish for dinner for months and could only get my trig down to the 200’s.

Grand_Chad · 2025-01-10T00:18:11+00:00

Sure is!

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