Odd things that have been said while working at a psych ward.
Patient on sedatives - “Barbosa. Black Peearrlll. Captain Jack Sparrow”
Medical transport - “I thought Brazilians only spoke Portuguese”.
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Intake - “Did you need anything to eat or drink?”
Patient - “Clorox Ultra Bleach”
Intake - “we’ll get you some pizza.”
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*Patient standing at intake’s door* - “It’s God’s right!”
Intake - “Please go back to the waiting room.”
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Intake - “So, why do you think you were Baker Acted?”
Patient - “I don’t know I was preaching about the Second Coming and tryna get people to repent.”
Intake - “and where was this”
Patient - “outside a cannabis dispensary”.
Intake late ask another worker about patient.
2nd intake worker - “that’s weird cause he was found walking around an army base”
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*Patient actively makes mess in waiting room*
Intake - what’s going on? Why’s there food in the drain?
Patient - I didn’t do it. It was the other guy behind me. I’on know nothing ‘bout it.
*Intake worker looks at other patient. Patient shakes head no while curled up in chair.*
Technicians come to bring patient back after being made direct.
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Me and another intake worker together - “I don’t know, I just work here”
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*Patient while in a locked area* “Can I go out and smoke/vape?”
Intake - “No this is a lock unit”
Patient “I wanna sign myself out”
Intake “you can’t this is a lock unit and you made concerning statements”.
Patient - “ You’re taking my rights away”
“You signed the form” *presents form*
Patient gets upset storms off threatening to sue.
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More to come, increasingly unhinged
