Weekly Facepalms
-A vet tech student in her first tech class (Anatomy & Physiology) after shadowing the clinic I work at upon witnessing her first surgery - a cat neuter “I don’t think I want to be a vet tech anymore.” “I thought I was just going to play with puppies and kittens all day” Upon seeing her first stool sample being prepared for the lab “I didn’t know poop was part of the job”
-A pregnant lady checking in with her beagle to get a rabies vaccine ( dog is also due for a heart worm test so the receptionist asks if she wants that done as well) “I don’t want the test or prevention. I heard YOU guys test it on beagles.” 1. This a clinic not a research facility. WE didn’t do it. 2. You probably use a lot of things, take a lot of things, wear a lot of things, and had a few procedures done that were involved in testing using beagles. 3. What do you think they tested that rabies vaccine on?
-Receptionist relaying client question “A client wants to know if we have any doggy downers. She said she is coming in today and wants to get some”. Doggy downer? Is that slang for something? We have a couple other patients on behavior modification products and medications but I’ve never heard anyone call them doggy downers. All I can picture is a sad, blood shot, droopy eyed dog half way on the couch with it’s body dripping into the floor like a sad pile of fuzzy, fleshy goo, tongue sticking out with a trail of drool.