Category Archives: drivers
Hospital Food and Strange People
“Everybody’s a teacher if you listen.” – Doris Roberts The following is true. It really happened. Often, while driving the shuttle, I’ll park by the main entrance for a few minutes to offer anyone leaving a ride to their parked vehicle … Continue reading
Hell Week
“No matter who tries to teach you lessons on life, you won’t understand it until you go through it yourself” What a week. So glad it’s over. Monday. Picked up this 60 year old woman. She must be the … Continue reading
The Talker
“Tis better to be alone than in bad company” – Hurt Machine by Reed Farrel Coleman Ever been around someone who talked all the time. Incessantly. No pauses. A running monologue of irrelevant observations and mind numbing platitudes till blood … Continue reading
One Last Hug
“There is a wisdom of the head and a wisdom of the heart” – Charles Dickens Retirement bored me. So…………I got a part time job driving a van for a medical transport company here in Tulsa. Have been doing that … Continue reading
A Day in the LIfe of………..
“Stepping into a tornado screams…..This is the dumbest thing you will ever do.” – Shannon Messenger, Let the Sky Fall So I was minding my own business. Just doing my job. Driving a patient to her appointment. Suddenly…… Rain so … Continue reading
Love on the road
“I thought I was promiscuous, but it turns out I was just thorough.” — Russell Brand While driving for a medical transportation co in the Tulsa area, I use a blue tooth device with my Iphone to monitor the GPS app … Continue reading
Dangerous Behavior
“In Seattle, you haven’t had enough coffee until you can thread a sewing machine while it’s running” Been driving for a medical transport co. for several weeks. The most important thing I’ve learned in that brief time is that … Continue reading
Life in Perspective
“Patient care should always be the key objective for any healthcare provider. It’s as simple as that” – Florence Nightingale I’ve been driving for this medical transport co for 2 weeks. We transport old and/or indigent people to doctors … Continue reading
Defensive Driving
“Never lend your car to anyone to whom you have given birth.” – Erma Bombeck Last year we finally quit working and retired. And since that momentous decision I’ve become too familiar with a certain recliner and a TV remote. … Continue reading