About to lose the will to live.
Currently on a paediatric assessment unit at our local hospital after being referred from our local urgent care centre. Baby is poorly and I'm here alone whilst DP is at home with our other two little ones.
Place is fairly busy, staff are being absolutely lovely but one family in the unit are driving me slowly round the bend.
Child of theirs is about 2.5 and busily trashing the place. So far has weed on the floor (after parent removed their nappy and let them run around - parent was laughing and tbought it was hysterical child had weed all over the place.
There are five adults waiting with one child and they've spread themselves far and wide across the unit. Every area, surface, seating etc has some of their discarded belongings on it - snacks, phones, coats, nappy bags, an entire picnic, toys etc.
They're constantly going on in very loud voices about how useless the staff are and are huffing and puffing about every aspect of their care. I feel I know the child's entire medical history as the parents and grandparents feel as if they have to discuss everything at top volume across the large area and are regaling each other with tales of how 'shit' the nhs is.
They've raided the ward kitchen for the child and have left almost a dozen different various sandwiches, snacks and drinks discarded after one bite all over the area or have just offered the child something then eaten it all themselves despite signs everywhere saying food is for patients and breastfeeding mothers only.
The racket from them is intimidating, unnecessary and also extremely annoying.
Whilst we're all waiting for beds, trying to settle tired and poorly babies and small children this family are treating the whole area as if they're at home and the rest of us patients are invisible.
They're constantly looking around to see if anyone is listening to their nonsense and trying to engage everyone in their mission to slag off the perceived poor care they're receiving.
They're also constantly watching films on their devices on top volume.
I've just managed to get my poorly baby off to sleep and now they're crashing around and carrying on like they're in the middle of their lounge.
I'm tired, I'm upset, I'm worried about my baby and I just don't get why some people always need an audience.
The staff have tried to ask them to keep it down so the other children and parents can get some peace but no sooner have the staff left the area than they start it all up again.
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To think that hospital waiting rooms are not your own house
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Sparklycurtainpole · 29/04/2017 22:35
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