Work phrases that only exist in your field

[NoEffingWay]

'Level 1,2,3 & 4 obs'
'Where's the ward lighter?'
The magic numbers-'5&2'
'Sectioned or informal?'
'They have been secluded'
'Absconsion risk'
And many more!

The world of mental health nursing is full of 'em.

What words or phrases do you use at work which no-one understands.

RSL
RX
TX
DARK DAY
TURNAROUND
STRIKE
CALL
WRAP
TALENT

Waves at @Ottolin3

Please activate the thermal H2O device immediately

I love that this comment could be from someone who operates a car wash to someone who is about to land on the moon.

@whoturnedthesunoff

Please activate the thermal H2O device immediately

I started this and it has carried on for many years !

Is that ‘put the kettle on’?

That is definitely put the kettle on where I work
I think I work with @mama

give him an IEP…..has he been to the Seg……..tell his OMU…….is he IPP….did you use C&R

@NoEffingWay I’m and AMHP so totally understated and am an acronym myself 🤣🤣

[quote Narwhalelife]@NoEffingWay I’m and AMHP so totally understated and am an acronym myself 🤣🤣[/quote]
@NoEffingWay should say I understand, but also understated as no one (apart from CPN’s) have any idea what we are or do 🤣

@Janglingkeys depends which Cat

I'm Hotel 1

Slightly scared of Oscar 1

And spend a lot of time in Seg

I wrote "All perms are in" on a message to three of my colleagues today - and we're not hairdressers!!

jeremyjamjam
Yes, they are blue! And I work in a team with greens, too.

@pringlelips this is scarily familiar to me, are you sure you didn't give handover the last time I was on duty?!

@GreenLunchBox
"Pharmacist"...

I wish... just a lowly pharmacy tech.

@whoturnedthesunoff

Please activate the thermal H2O device immediately

I started this and it has carried on for many years !

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ALB's, ILB's, LOM's, FIAO's, B Class, D Class, E Class, SLARS....just a few acronyms from my world...

File it under B.

If you ask for points, you don’t get points.

Sthirasukhamasanam

@UniversalAunt

Strike rate Bingo Snap Bungee Orgasm

@ @AlbusSeverusMalfoy - do you do the BBC radio shipping forecast?

Sadly no, it's a retail thing.

I'm sitting tomorrow. Mention in the morning but if I rise early I may be able to go over the road before the Master.

My husband just looked at me

Ofsted!

@GregoryGrainneog

Mise (en place) Prep list Blanch FEB/FEC SOS Drop Flash Fire Behind Chaud Away Walk in Covers In the weeds/in the shit Slammed Tray up Fuck Shit Bollox

Snap! I'll also add '86-something' and a ban on the q-word.

Risk-free-Rates or just RFR
Compounded Rates with no observation shift
TARGET2
SWIFT
USD, GBP, EUR, NOK, SEK, AUD, CAD. Not sure when it was the last time I spelt a currency name in full.

No you have to wear your hat.
No you have to wear your hat.
No you have to wear your hat.
No you have to wear your hat.
No you have to wear your hat.
No you have to wear your hat.
Etc etc etc

I just had to know, so I have googled the q word.

Do not click if in an emergency service setting....

In my job up until quite recently we would seek and destroy widows and orphans...

Pinch with pride.

It's so wankerish and i genuinely don't know how anyone says it with a straight face. As for me, i'm not even 100% sure what is means 😆 (and i doubt they do too)