Wednesday, January 04, 2006

Some Lines I Can't Cross

So....

Just after work yesterday and I've missed the shuttle. Next shuttle in 1 hour.

I'm sitting outside the hospital eating a little mini pizza. I'm not a big eater anymore, so, after 1/4, I'm done. I'm just holding the plate when one of the paramedics comes off the landing pad. All paramedics are hot, by the way, so he was hot.

In his left hand, he had the red coolers used to transport human organs. It was date stamped and unbroken - so I know it hadn't been delivered.

He saunters over to me as he awaits his partner. "So. That pizza smells good. Care to share?"

I suddenly grossed out. The thought of eating pizza over a human organ. I know my face said what I was thinking because he recanted, "Or not."

I recovered myself. "No. It's okay. Just a little Silence of the Lambs for me."

He had forgotten about the organ. He looked down at it and laughed as his partner reached us. "See you later," he said as they retreated.

I thought I was totally over any societal limitations on body fluids or parts, but it seems I have found my line. Human liver with a side of fries? Not this health care provider.

17 comments:

Bill C said...

Pizza? The resemblance could be uncanny.

Certain lines and/or limitations are good.

Sarah Cate said...

But did you give him some pizza? The hot paramedic was hungry - did you feed him?!

Katie said...

Yeah, I think that's a good line to choose not to cross. Eurgh.

Lia said...

My question was the one Cate already asked - did you give him the pizza?

I don't know if I could eat lunch while holding a human organ, but hey, it was in a cooler. I've sat with my tea (in a closed cup, not that it helps) in my lab, and I try not to think about it. When I do, I end up spilling out the tea.

omar said...

Let me get this straight.

Dude was walking around, literally carrying someone's life in his hands, and he stopped to hit on a chick with a partially eaten pizza?

Syar said...

I'm all for the line and not crossing it, and I'm with you about being grossed out. I liked my organs in me, and preferably everyone and anything else can have the same pleasure.

but I'm with omar. the dude's priorities are all messed up. I'm sure you were looking pretty tempting sitting there with your mini pizza, as only you would, but hel-lo. human lives need to be saved hot medic, get up off your ass and put the slice down!!

Anonymous said...

We do a lot of artificial insemination at the gyne clinic where I volunteer. I eat around frozen semen all the time.

cadiz12 said...

dude, glo, you're not desensitized to that stuff yet?

when i worked in the emergency room, i'd be helping all kinds of nastyfied people coming off ambulances and secreting all kinds of goo, but still made time to stop at the nurses' station for a cookie (after i washed my hands, of course).

the paramedics were almost always superhotties, too. a little pizza love and you could have gotten some math, miss. who knew dietitians had such weak stomachs?

glo said...

Okay...so maybe I missed my opportunity...and my stomach is a little weak and...


Wait. Did Dem just say he resembles a paramedic? I lost all thought right there.

Anonymous said...

My hot fire-medic brother married a nurse from the ER after she shared her food with him a couple different times......... Gotta get a tougher stomach.. ;)

Sith Snoopy said...

No matter how hot the guy is, if he approached me with some sortof bio-hazardous organs, or any human part w/o it's nice, living/breathing/thinking "container", I'd run screaming.

Probably good I'm a computer programmer instead of someone in a medical field!

Jenni said...

My dear lord. You've reminded me of a disgusting Australian version of Saw.

I've never seen Silence of the Lambs and plan not to.

My so called friend insisted on describing some of the scenes of the recent Aust. flick....titled something like Wolf creek (I forget now). I was so angry. I hate it when people tell me gross things.

And so anyway, it was something about a guy hung up alive on the wall and then a dog came and ate his stomach out while he was alive and he was still alive at the end.

Sorry, had to say it.

Sharing is caring.

MEP said...

Eww, yeah I don't know that I would have shared the pizza with organ-guy either.

glo said...

Roomie! Did everyone seen my awesome Roomie?! Can't believe she commented....

Glad some of you agreed with me. Oh - and Jen - I feel so loved now. :-p

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Kristin said...

I use to work in a mortuary where the lunch room was only feet away (on the other side of a wall) from the embalming room...I thought my Ick limit was pretty high but that story takes the pizza...I mean cake...hee.

Eew!

As for priorities, that has to be a pretty tough job...sounds like the man could use some Smile Therapy...that had to do something for his morale, right? Way to help your fellow Man there Glo...specially if it's a cute Man.

Hee.