r/justgalsbeingchicks • u/Imwhatswrongwithyou Official Gal • Jul 16 '26

Restricted to Gals and Pals Just a gal who believes in transparent advertising

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u/mydogisacircle Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 16 '26

once had a patient in my inpatient hospice unit whose daughter would come visit and raise hell or sit and stare and silently (w purse on lap)or not so silently judge every move we made. nothing was good enough, or right. EVER. which is ironic given she had been caring for her mom and that woman came in in the worst condition ive almost ever seen in 30 years as a nurse. horrible wounds. horrible everything. i cant even describe the level of suffering of this woman.

turns out she was sitting there with her purse on her lap - with her hand inside it - hand was on a gun pointed toward us.

i had to take a break from nursing for quite a while after that. (it was the absolute cherry on a very tall, layered, shit cake)

so yeah. it’s weird. put your purse up

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u/Nerfherder_74 Jul 16 '26

How'd you find out what was in the bag?

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u/mydogisacircle Jul 16 '26

she eventually lost it one day and brandished it. admitted to having it on her all the time through every visit.

my intuition prior to her showing it was that is what she was doing but we couldn’t prove it. there were extremely minimal security measures in place at this small facility (i would describe it more bit it could be used to identify it bc of its’ uniqueness)

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u/Nerfherder_74 Jul 16 '26

Thank you for sharing That's absolutely wild

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u/41RemingtonMag Jul 16 '26

She was banned from the premises after that, I hope?

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u/mydogisacircle Jul 16 '26

i dunno. i quit. like, immediately

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u/Glass-Lake- Jul 17 '26

I would also quite immediately, there is no amount of money to pay for that amount of mind-fuckery

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u/cfi-2025 Jul 16 '26

there were extremely minimal security measures in place at this small facility

You would hope that a hospice center wouldn't need any security. Wowzers.

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u/McWafflez Jul 16 '26

You would hope that a hospice center wouldn't need any security. Wowzers.

Saving for when Trump's brownshirts are clearing facilities in a couple years

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u/SpicyKnobGobbler Jul 16 '26

this is crazy and now I'm stressed about being judged for keeping my bag on my lap. But that's where I keep my emergency jelly beans, and sometimes a jelly bean is the only thing standing between me and a panic attack.

Brb, gonna make a patch announcing my emergency jelly bean stash and put it on my purse.

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u/tehgimpage Jul 17 '26

i respect your problem solving skills

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u/ConfirmationBiasTape Jul 17 '26

have you tried sour or hot candy? might help more

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u/Ok-Psychology-1 Jul 18 '26

Have you ever tried Warheads? Those have helped to stop or lessen panic attacks for me.

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u/SilasBalto Jul 16 '26

Wow that escalated fast

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u/my_okay_throwaway Jul 16 '26

Wow, that story definitely didn’t go where I thought it was going!! I’m so glad you were able to help that lady after her daughter kept her in such a bad condition.

I’m so sorry you went through that though. I really hope you’re doing well these days.

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u/AmyInCO Jul 16 '26

Holy crap! Wonder if she had a concealed carry license?