Just another day at the office?On Friday I was sitting at my desk, working away on my computer. Out of the corner of my eye, i notice a figure approaching. It is a man, about 40 years, big black boots and a hospital gown (I work in the hospital). He shuffles into my office and starts absentmindedly tracing his finger round the coffee cup on the shelf. the alarm bells in my mind start ringing. I say, "Hello there, you OK? What have you lost?". He says, "My whole platoon."
Yup. the alarm bells are on level 20 now. I encourage him back into the main corridor where there are more people around and one of the staff comes out and recognises the chap and ushers him into the exam room and I can breathe easy again.
There is nothing like an encounter with the 'gently bewildered' to get your heart pumping!
