Well, sometimes I will follow instructions literally, if I think I need instructions. If I don't, I'll do my own thing.
This question reminds me of an incident when I was studying to be a paramedic. We were studying intraossious infusions (directly into the bone), and practicing on chicken legs. Once I finished mine, I dropped my needle into the biohazard sharps box, and EVERYBODY asked me why I did it.
Because that's what you do with used needles. I didn't-- and still don't-- have a better answer.
They wanted these particular needles back, you see. Even now, 15 years later, I still don't know how I was expected to know that, and how everyone else saw it as obvious. I get that it was on a chicken leg, and that's the difference, but... well....
25 Nov 2006, 1:43 am
