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My Dad Bribed an Entire Surgery Staff Today (Wholesome Story)

Posted on 12/16/24 at 6:11 pm
Posted by PurpleandGold Motown
Birmingham, Alabama
Member since Oct 2007
23901 posts
Posted on 12/16/24 at 6:11 pm
So my Dad was having an outpatient surgery today to remove some cataracts. Nothing major. My mother and I had been discussing how we could get him there, who was going to take him back to the house after, etc. They live about an hour away. After everything was scheduled, turned out all I had to do was sit in the waiting room for three hours or so while he was undergoing the procedure.

Office policy required a family member to be on the premises throughout the time they were pre surgery, during and post in case something happens.

So, I get there about 11 and my Dad motions me over, "Son, I need you to do something for me. These ladies have not had lunch. I need you to head to Chick Fil A and get lunch for 9 people and bring it back."

So, I did. Now, my Dad is a really nice man, and he does stuff like this all the time, but he's also canny.

He knows that if the staff starts rotating out from 11:30 to 1 to take lunch while he's in the back it's going to take longer for him to get out of there, and he HATES hospitals and waiting rooms.

So for $85 bucks in chicken nuggets, fries, sweet tea and lemonade, the old man convinced a whole staff to skip leaving for lunch so he could get out an hour or so faster.

And the did rush him through. Supposed to be out by 3 and went home at 1:30.

That old man makes me shake my head sometimes.
This post was edited on 12/16/24 at 6:12 pm
Posted by NOLA1128
Member since Dec 2011
3816 posts
Posted on 12/16/24 at 6:15 pm to
As I enter my mid 30s and my dad enters his late 60s, there are constant reminders to really cherish and revere what they do while they're here. Funny thing is, the quirks they have likely were passed down and we'll follow suit.

Cheers to them good baw dads
Posted by Arbengal
Louisiana
Member since Sep 2008
3426 posts
Posted on 12/16/24 at 6:16 pm to
Not a thing candy about that. All smarts many people could learn a lesson from your father. You have to give to get in this world.
Posted by el Gaucho
He/They
Member since Dec 2010
58441 posts
Posted on 12/16/24 at 6:16 pm to
My Chinese friend went to the eye doctor and the doctor said “Sir you have a cataract”

My friend replied “No I don’t I drive a rincorn towncah.”
Posted by Ghost of Colby
Alberta, overlooking B.C.
Member since Jan 2009
14937 posts
Posted on 12/16/24 at 6:19 pm to
quote:

These ladies have not had lunch. I need you to head to Chick Fil A and get lunch for 9 people and bring it back

You know your dad was chatting up the nurses the whole time, and he learned their schedules, their hungers, their needs, and a little Chick-fil-A satisfied all 9 nurses.
This post was edited on 12/16/24 at 6:20 pm
Posted by Aubie Spr96
lolwut?
Member since Dec 2009
43883 posts
Posted on 12/16/24 at 6:20 pm to
My dad owned a commercial bakery. He never went anywhere without a case of cakes in the car: oil change, haircut, doctor appointment. He had cakes. Amazing the kind of treatment he got everywhere he went.
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
135535 posts
Posted on 12/16/24 at 6:21 pm to
That's pretty awesome actually. We'll done to your dad.
Posted by TechBullDawg
Member since May 2014
2024 posts
Posted on 12/16/24 at 6:29 pm to
My local Walmart is where I have oil changes. I always go to bakery and buy a dozen donuts for them. Always get excellent service
Posted by chuckie
Member since Jun 2005
1025 posts
Posted on 12/16/24 at 6:35 pm to
My old man was the same. He was in heart cath recovery and he kept smelling something good. They kept it real cold in there. The staff had a hot plate and were warming their gumbo lunch. They had to bribe my Dad with gumbo to keep quiet about it.
When my Mom was in the hospital, he always brought donuts or cookies or something. My old man got a lot of good will doing that stuff
Posted by C
Houston
Member since Dec 2007
28156 posts
Posted on 12/16/24 at 7:01 pm to
I don’t believe the story simply because I don’t think I can feed my family of 5 for $85 at Chick-fil-A…
Posted by This GUN for HIRE
Member since May 2022
5508 posts
Posted on 12/16/24 at 7:04 pm to
I had to drive my dad home a few years ago after cataract surgery. Man I wish he were still here. I'd drive him to Alaska & back if I had to.
Posted by HeadSlash
TEAM LIVE BADASS - St. GEORGE
Member since Aug 2006
54718 posts
Posted on 12/16/24 at 7:08 pm to
Boss move
Posted by loogaroo
Welsh
Member since Dec 2005
39388 posts
Posted on 12/16/24 at 7:31 pm to
Bought breakfast for the whole nurse station at Women's and we got moved into a suite for the first child.

Needless to say I was raining kolaches and donuts on them for my other two kids.
This post was edited on 12/16/24 at 7:34 pm
Posted by GRTiger
On a roof eating alligator pie
Member since Dec 2008
68921 posts
Posted on 12/16/24 at 8:04 pm to
Write that down, youngin

Good shite. Your dad knows how the world spins. Harder than it sounds.
Posted by LRB1967
Tennessee
Member since Dec 2020
22872 posts
Posted on 12/16/24 at 8:09 pm to
That is an awesome story. I am going to try that when my dad goes in for his colonoscopy.
Posted by Thracken13
Aft Cargo Hold of Serenity
Member since Feb 2010
18530 posts
Posted on 12/16/24 at 8:20 pm to
reminds me of my dad when I was growing up - and now with his Demntia getting really bad, I try to do the things he did like your example when I can.

feel it is paying homage and respect for the Man he was, and I hope to be a fraction of as I get older.
Posted by Arkapigdiesel
Faulkner County
Member since Jun 2009
15388 posts
Posted on 12/16/24 at 8:24 pm to
quote:


My Chinese friend went to the eye doctor and the doctor said “Sir you have a cataract”

My friend replied “No I don’t I drive a rincorn towncah.”
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
72679 posts
Posted on 12/16/24 at 8:25 pm to
quote:

That old man makes me shake my head sometimes.
That’s the same scammer that talked his way into your mom’s panties.

Playas gotta play
Posted by Mike the Tiger 1999
Weston, Florida
Member since Jul 2009
2280 posts
Posted on 12/16/24 at 9:16 pm to
my dad called me the n-word yesterday after I skunked his arse playing cribbage lol

Posted by Corinthians420
Iowa
Member since Jun 2022
16104 posts
Posted on 12/16/24 at 9:27 pm to
Jeez lol your dad must really hate hospitals.

He made everyone's day a little easier though
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