“Who put it there?” Moe grumbled.
The waiting room was almost empty, but it only added to his resentment. Don’t people know it is cruel?
Alisha looked up from the small screen that consumed her waking moments and too many of what should have been her sleeping ones.
“Put what where?”
At least she was sort-of-paying attention.
“That,” he put as much contempt as he could manage with a parched brain into the word. He hated clinics. Especially this one.
“Oh, it’s yours,” Alisha handed him the water bottle. “Nurse said to have some. Told you no need to fast.”
For Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers
Photo prompt © Marie Gail Stratford
Na'ama Yehuda 
Oh blessed relief
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🙂 A friend of mine once INSISTED that she had to fast before her lung x-Ray “to get a better view” … I tried to explain that it would not matter but she would not budge. Even when the nurse confirmed that it is GOOD for her to be hydrated, my friend argued that she “didn’t want them to see any water in her lungs.” The nurse and I exchanged looks. The friend shall not be named … 😉
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Some tests “test” us more than we like. I think we get so accustomed to those that we begin to anticipate strictures that aren’t even required. The difference in attitude between the couple is well done, Na’ama. The growing tension and the relaxed resignation.
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🙂 And … sometimes one just knows who one is dealing with … 😉
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Knowing what to tune out and when to tune in is an art for sure!
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Ah, yes, an art I’m not yet even close to perfecting … 😉
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Oh man… I sure hope he wasn’t waiting THAT long!
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LOL! I think he just insisted that he needed to fast for a test that … essentially … evidentially … needed no fasting beforehand … 😉 Some people are stubborn like that …
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This be true… Some don’t believe you no matter what you say.
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Yeah … and when you show them science and facts they say it is fake news … 😉
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He he he… Yes. A certain type of folk in particular…
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Who shall not be named … 😉 yeah …
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Uh huh… 😉
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😀
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How long ha Alisha known and not told him! 🙂
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Good question! It might be that she thought he’d heard the nurse and wasn’t thirsty, or perhaps she waited for him to ask because … well … who knows … 😉
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Na’ama Y’karah,
Buy ’em books and buy ’em books and they just eat the pages. I’m surprised my bloodwork doesn’t come out brown from the coffee I drink beforehand. 😉 Good story we can all relate to.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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🙂 Next time they do blood work I will ask them to measure “coffee quotient” … 😉
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Rochelle, I would have thought your blood work would be mostly wine/coffee blend.
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😀
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You might be onto something there, Russell. 😀
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Hah, the poor fellow probably hasn’t eaten or drunk anything since yesterday 🙂
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The poor fellow convinced himself that he needed to do so … but in truth, I feel for him, because he seems the anxious sort, and he probably was certain that if he did not fast, they’d send him home instead of doing whatever it was he was scheduled for …
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Moe sounds really ungrateful.
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Perhaps, eh? Some are.
Or, he might be the anxious sort, and his anxiety makes him grumpy. Seems his companion isn’t much phased and probably knows his quirks … 🙂
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Oh the relief. I remember having to drink 2 litres of water before a certain procedure. Timing that, the drive to the clinic, and the waiting room time… holy moly!
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Yep, those are tough! But then there are the procedures you have to come parched for … Only thing is, Moe seems to have believed he needed to fast for something he did not need to (and would not listen when he was told he didn’t need to …) 😉
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I hope he gave her a bop on the head with that bottle for not telling him sooner!
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Perhaps he did … 😉 Seems to me, she knows who she is dealing with … and perhaps he WAS told sooner, but didn’t listen himself … 😉
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My best friend has worked in the medical industry for years. I’ve heard many a story about patients not following instructions. Of course, it’s never their fault.
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Poor guy. I’m betting his was the name called next, before he could get a drink 🙂
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Oy, Linda! I hope they’d let him drink anyway!!! Poor dude! 😉
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funny, i love the title. 🙂
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Yay! I was hoping someone would notice my little word play … 😉
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I think you captured the moment perfectly with the reference to the small screen and her addiction to it. Perhaps he was gawking at his when the nurse mentioned the water.
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Perhaps, eh? I think that is quite possibly, possible! 🙂
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Oh thank goodness I’m sure! I have to fast for something in a few weeks and I’m not looking forward to no coffee! I fear the bear will come out!
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I hear ya!!!
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Hope all goes well for him with his test. I have definitely been there on all counts.
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Yeah, Anne, I hope so, too! And … those fasting-tests are never fun …
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All that stressing for nothing! Bumma!
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I know, right!? 😉
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