Friday, May 24, 2013

Uh... What kind of work do you do?

This is from a form on a patient's ability to do the following at work. It was the last one that caught my attention.


10 comments:

Anonymous said...

You have a dirty, dirty mind Ibee.

Knew I liked you. :)

Anonymous said...

God god.. Whats the test for competency on that one then?

Anonymous said...

And more importantly...what was their actual job...??!

bunkywise said...

Is it wrong that I feel a tingling in my nether regions?

Anonymous said...

First porn star patient?

Anonymous said...

Usually I get a chuckle from your posts. Who doesn't love a good ditzy/drug seeking patient story.

Still, as a Gimp who can no longer, as George Costanza would say, "go right", I need to point out that deficient "Right Handling/Fingering abilities was a major factor for my SSDI claim being approved (I was Director of Professional Services for a publicly held company). If your job is fingerfighting on the front lines of the tech wars, these functions are critical. Oh, yeah, it also affects my ability to boob honk the wife or get to third base. Now that we've all had a chuckle (he said "boob honk"!) let's sober up and each contemplate what the the true meaning of the loss of these abilities are. Loss of income (so far I'm down $1.5-1.7 Million in lost wages), lose of the ability to dress/bath/drive/use a cell phone or keyboard. Lose of Consort, lose of intimacy, lose of physical affection. Hmmmm, sounds like something that you might want to put on a questionnaire.

Anonymous said...

Unfortunately, it's a standard and very specifically defined term for disability evaluation. That said, every now and then you will see "fine manipulation" used instead, probably to cut the snickering a little.

Packer said...

Early in working life, I had a job that involved kneeling /crawling although I called it groveling. Main reason for becoming self employed.

Ivan Ilyich said...

Having lost fine motor skills for a time (and regained them), I appreciate their importance. Never heard it called that, however.

Abigail Cashelle said...

Maybe he plays piano while suspended from the ceiling or crawling under houses. Or maybe he's a suspended pianist in a submarine. Use your imagination purely Grumpy.

 
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