"Stamps"

A little work humor for afternoon entertainment:

Carol told me something that happened today that had me chuckling and I just had to share. One of Carol's clients pulled her aside this morning to ask if she could use the phone in Carol's office. We allow patients to use the phones in our office as a courtesy (as long as it no longer becomes a right more than a privilege), on the condition that we are in the room with them to monitor their call to make sure they aren't doing anything questionable. Most of the time, it seems to be on the up and up, but this is one of those instances where it didn't seem to be. It always makes me laugh when the 'sneaky' ones think they are being sneaky because they usually aren't smart enough to be that slick (see the last paragraph in my previous blog entry from today!). This woman is one such example, which is what makes this even funnier. According to Carol, the woman made one phone call and then asked to make another. Carol looked at her client quizzically, asking who else she would possibly need to contact after already making the one phone call but still allowed her to use the phone. Carol said she heard the client say (on the phone) something along the lines of ".....'Jim' needs to get stamps too."

Tell me, do people suddenly get the dire urge for a 'stamp' run?

Gotta love code words that just simply scream out immediate euphemisms for the obvious.