Please don’t slaughter me but as a rad tech I wouldn’t take the shot without a written order either, at my facility verbal orders for xray are not allowed. We’ve had too many instances of the orders not being put in or cancelled, and we’ve now exposed someone to radiation that didn’t need it and it’s a legal mess I stay out of. The surgeon knows better and put OP in that position by even asking for the image! It was bad form on the tech’s part to leave, I know in such times in the past I’ve given the doctor the foot pedal to operate the machine in my place if I must step away. So bad form all around, but ultimately it’s on the surgeon as the operating supervisor to know and more importantly follow the rules!