Awkward (and other) questions about MNers jobs-following on from *Pinocchio's 1st thread.

[mignonette]

Following on from this thread by Pinocchio -

"I thought this would be a good way for us to get answers to those awkward questions we would never dream of asking someone to their face in their place of work.

These are questions relating to my life that i would love honest answers to.

Hairdressers - When someone with bad dandruff/psoriasis sits on your chair, do you shrug it off, or do you quickly have a look to make sure it's not lice? Are you able to tell the difference right away or does it need investigating? And do you really want to know what my plans are for the day, or would you rather work in silence?

Teachers - do you get annoyed when parents write in homework diaries that a specific piece of homework was too tricky for their child? Do you take it as an insult to your teaching skills?

Waiter/waitresses - do you expect people to offer to clean up their children's mess before they leave, or do you just shrug it off as part of the job? If you're busy and haven't had chance to clean a table yet, and a new customer came up and asked for a cloth to clean it, would you be offended?

I'm a trainee SLT so not quite sure if I'm qualified to answer any questions regarding that line of work yet.

But i have experience working in a Subway sandwich store, a library, a gym and as a cleaner. So i can answer any cleaning, book or sandwich questions that are burning away inside you all"

Pinocchio I hope you don't mind me C+Ping your original post but wanted you to have the credit for this follow on as is such a great thread!

For midwives....

Does it matter at all what a women writes in her birth plan? Or do you just do what you always do anyway?

Ie worth bothering with a birth plan?

Thanks

Horry it is advisable not to have scans when pregnant , especially in the first trimester. MRI is not so bad as it uses magnets and not radiation like X-rays .

However if it is a question of life or death then a scan will be done.

It's not so bad to have extremities xrayed ( hands ,feet) as the dose is tiny and the X-rays won't reach your tummy area.

coraltoes I think you either have a strong stomach or you don't . We all have our 'things' that we struggle with though. Mine is stinky, weeping , smelly ulcers

Just read both threads, wow! Awesome.

terror like Parker I have goin it to be a bit of a mixed bag - certainly have had pupils from troubled backgrounds who have shown challenging behaviour, but also pupils from challenging backgrounds who haven't. So far in my career (3rd year teaching) 3 parents have made me cry - all from one class! - and only 1 of their children was 'badly behaved' the others were absolutely lovely kids!

My questions are both medically related - any nurses or doctors ?

1. Since I've been teaching and having to hold my bladder a lot throughout the day, I am finding it harder and harder to actually pee! I now have to really concentrate and usually don't feel fully relieved after I've had a piss - like I still need to go but I can't iyswim? Are these related? If not what could it be? Is there anything I can do about it?

1. I was born with a hole in the muscle wall of my stomach and had an operation to repair it when I was 13 as it was becoming painful. The doctor said that he had goin more damage in other areas of my muscle and had repaired it at the same time. In y early twenties I had a laproscopy and now have a similar feeling (but much smaller) area above my belly button. Should I see the doctor?! And how likely is it that I will have problems during pregnancy / birth? Have visions of my muscles tearing mid pregnancy or my stomach exploding during birth!

Ooh I hope I get some answers! :)

I've got a question for actors or anyone involved in the acting business.

If someone takes a role as the baddie in one of those drama-documentaries about crime - I know that they're often cast because of their resemblance to the real perpetrator - but do they ever get "recognised" (mis-identified) in real life?

Doinmummy my youngest DD is 4.8 and has had over a dozen X-rays, 2 barium swallows and will be having another X-ray tomorrow. (All but one have been chest X-rays). All in the past 20 months - is this anyway harmful to her? A bit of a daft question I suppose, as she needs the X-rays to check her lungs and without them I suppose they can't see. Vicious circle and all that.

mignonette thank you for continuing the thread. You know how much you have helped me, and it's wonderful to read through so many new questions.

Horry
x-rays should be avoided as gamma rays are penetrating and can cause DNA damage in cells, cell death due to DNA damage, cancer etc.

that could have terrible consequences to the DNA of the cells and the cells themselves of a growing fetus and probably worse if radiation occurs at the rapid cell division phase in the beginning.

so yes, X-rays must be avoided, who could take the risk?

what I don't know, however, is that if a pg woman needed an x-ray for say a broken arm, but wore a protective lead gear would the zygote/embryo/fetus still be at risk?

can anyone answer that?

Gussiegrips (excellent name BTW) - thank you for your reply. Will get clenching! I would have loved to see your Edinburgh show!

doin

x-post (took ages to type as DD is hogging my arm! )

Heps it's a case of benefit over ruling the risk. The doses these days are kept to an absolute minimum.

Some people have X-rays every day for months( mainly those on ITU)

Sorry your dd has had all that done at such a young age.

Zing it's now advised for patients NOT to wear lead rubber aprons as they actually keep the radiation inside them. If a patient insists on wearing one though we do let them.

Only made it to page 10 of the first thread so far but how interesting!

DBro is an In-Charge Flight Attendant and has tons of good stories. Ask away!

I'm an accountant

I work at an independent school though, that's a bit interesting...

I work with school governors, I shan't say exactly in which capacity but will try to answer as honestly as I can (unless it's about term time holiday fines and TA contracts because I've researched loads and still know feck all as goalposts keep changing! )

so glad I found the 2nd instalment!

''I have a question for you about your English Lit studies. Do you ever feel that your enjoyment of a book, play or poetry has been affected negatively by close textual analysis? Does it impinge upon the mystery or does it enhance enjoyment?''
mignonette asked this in the 1st thread, I have an English degree in lang & Lit, and this made me think.

The knowledge I picked up from studying how to study texts is always in my head when reading; if the book is particularly gripping I try and work out why, I enjoy great writing and love to re-read writing that seems to be perfection- in A clockwork orange some of the descriptions of classical music are breath taking. Chuck Paluniak has written some crazy stuff that will stay in my head for ever.
I am a fast chucker of books, life is too short to read something that is dull, I search out the next as nothing is better than finding a gripping book that takes over your free time!

to the poster who hated turbulence - read 'Airframe' by Michael Crichton and Nelson Demille's 'Mayday'

Delaying tactic - ooh I've got a question for you...DS has broken his arm (by the elbow) on 2 separate occasions. Should we be worried that when he stretches his arm out straight that it isn't actually straight?

Namey would be interesting to trade war stories with you, I think governance in state schools is generally more robust than in independent schools.

Do state school governors get expenses paid?

Nameymcchange, what kind of school is it? Can you shed any light in admissions to church schools? My dd did not get a place at the c of e school through a legitimate technicality and muttering stirrers implied that something could be done, someone could have a word. Not at all my style, but do people, and does it work?

Thank you Doin - yes she had some on the ward with the snazzy mobile one too, and the radiographer was patiently asking my questions about the machine. Thank you - we'll get to the bottom of it soon we hope.

Fingers crossed Heps

hey gussie, by the way
I'm 16 wks pregnant, and been doing some pf exercises, but they make me feel really uncomfortable / give me a cystitis-sy feeling, is it better to wait til after the birth?
can you advise the best pf exercises -

is it 3 short, 3 long? or the elevator squeeze?

I'd agree that state school governance is more robust and personally wonder if that's because they feel they have more to prove so only select from the highest caibre of candidates. Especially as I work in a more deprived area.

I can't speak for all state schools, but IME the governors don't get paid expenses, the only exception being certain concessions such as governors children getting free access to after school clubs at the discretion of the school. But this is more to do with parent governors needing to attend meetings and having this as a form of childcare is the only way, rather than an act of favouritism towards a governor's own child IYSWIM.

Great thread.

I've worked on and trained staff for several of the country's national helplines (bereavement, HIV, domestic violence, hate crime etc).

Waiter/waitresses - do you expect people to offer to clean up their children's mess before they leave, or do you just shrug it off as part of the job? It's always nice that people offer, but I'd much rather do it myself. I have the proper equipment but mostly I hate seeing customers cleaning up.

If you're busy and haven't had chance to clean a table yet, and a new customer came up and asked for a cloth to clean it, would you be offended? Offended, no, but I would be cross that it hasn't been done.

Happy to answer any more.

Hello, I saw the last thread but was too busy last week to follow it. I'm a missionary if anyone wants to ask any questions about that

I don't have much experience of church schools youretoast but I empathise with your situation. Losing out on a placement on a technicality must be very annoying for parents. I am not connected to admissions so wouldn't have the power to make decisions based on a parent "having a word", but there have been situations where I wonder if this has been the case, the squeakiest wheel gets oiled first kind of thing. But I personally wouldn't know if that had happened, and I'm sure exceptional circumstances on an individual case basis would be taken into account.

Hearts My question to you is how do you find working with Chairs (as in governors, not the furniture ) It's a mixed bag with me, some are personable, willing to accept constructive advice and truly have the best interests of the school at heart, but I have seen some serious ego-trippers and wonder at the motives behind their involvement.

Thanksamillion, are you allowed to have sex in other positions? ;)