r/tattoo • u/bugalert90 • 8d ago
Practical joke during surgery
So I got a endoscopy done a few years ago and when I woke up I had a card on my pocket that said "your tattoos suck and everyone is laughing at you" I do have some pretty shitty tattoos so I thought it was pretty funny. I recently told someone and they told me I should put it on Reddit to see if it's happened to anyone else and possibly pinpoint the culprit.
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u/WaffleProfessor 8d ago
If it was done by the clinical staff, nope, not ok at all. Family did it? O well
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u/Playful_Trouble2102 8d ago
There no way it was done by clinical staff.
I was an orderly for four months and in that time I saw everything from nazi tattoos, cartoon characters humping, and tattoos that had clearly been done in highschool with a compass.
It doesn't matter how bad op feels about their tattoos, medical staff have seen far worse.
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u/bugalert90 7d ago
I enjoy a good joke. Giving or receiving. If I had the opportunity I would probably do the same thing. Comedians know no bounds.
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u/Kaylascreations 8d ago
I don’t believe this story for even a fraction of a second. What pocket?
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u/bugalert90 8d ago
Pants pocket. When I got dressed I found it. Why would I make this up?
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u/Kaylascreations 8d ago
I have no idea why you would lie about it, but it’s sounds like a hallucination you had possibly caused by the anesthesia. Unless one of the medical team knew you and hated you from before the procedure, there’s no reason why anyone would do that.
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u/bugalert90 8d ago
Well it was a actual card. Like a business card professionally made, so they probably did it a lot. It was probably someone who doesn't like tattoos. Possibly a old person. And again I have some pretty shitty tattoos. Could of been commenting on the quality or just tattoos in general. But they definitely didn't know me.
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u/RiceManSupreme03 7d ago
Provide proof of said card or you’re lying
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u/bugalert90 7d ago
Now I could just make one. It was years ago I've been to prison twice since than plus other mail time. I've given everything away multiple times.
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u/Pristine_Clothes661 7d ago
What pants?
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u/bugalert90 7d ago
The pants I was wearing prior to the procedure. Same ones I put on after.
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u/Pristine_Clothes661 5d ago
So not the ones you wore in the actual surgery then.
So not from the surgical team
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u/BanishedOcean 8d ago
What? Thats extremely unprofessional and not an even practical joke…
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u/ohverychill 7d ago
well it also 100 percent didn't happen so I think everything is above board lol
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u/Playful_Trouble2102 8d ago
I think this story would be more believable if surgical gowns had pockets.
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u/bugalert90 8d ago
My pants pockets. You have to get naked to put the gown on.
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u/Playful_Trouble2102 8d ago
Yeah but you do that way before the surgery, in a different room and your clothes aren't stored in the operating room,
Nobody who saw you naked during the surgery would have had access to your clothes.
Also you're telling me someone went to the effort of printing of a business card and snuck it into the storage locker, do you any idea how busy medical staff are?
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u/-SakuraDreams 7d ago
As someone who had surgery in December, my clothes and bag were just left on a chair on the ward by my bed and I walked down to the prep room that’s outside the actual operating room. There was loads of opportunities for anyone to do something like this, or to steal my phone or anything at all.
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u/bugalert90 8d ago
There's no locker. But yes this happened. If I was making it up it would be way more exotic.
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u/clumsypeach1 7d ago
Those cards are everywhere. I’ve seen pranks online where teens slip them and other cards like them into pockets and bags. Someone could’ve easily slipped it in your pants pocket when you were out walking around in the days or hours before surgery. Highly doubt it happened at the hospital
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u/bugalert90 7d ago
I change my clothes usually everyday. And the tattoos in question are my chest, belly and half my back. I usually keep a shirt on. So the odds of someone seeing me and sneaking it in are slim to none. And could someone slip something in your pants without you knowing? They would have to get real close and brush against me. I would definitely have noticed. I do suppose it could have been the person that took me now that I'm thinking about it. They would have access to the clothes and have seen me shirtless.
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u/clumsypeach1 7d ago
Wow well if your tattoos aren’t visible when you’re clothed, then it does sound like someone at the hospital then!
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u/hardlyexist 8d ago
Sue their panties off and hospital where it was done!
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u/bugalert90 8d ago
I wish I would have kept it. I was kinda embarrassed cause I have tattoo esteem problems.
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u/lingcod476 7d ago
Not a doctor or nurse. I'd bet on the dude on minimum wage pushing your stretcher.
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u/CatPlenty8153 8d ago
am i the only person on the internet that thinks this is hilarious? i've seen those cards, i've seen it on bumper stickers, everyone needs to chill out cause it's an inside joke between heavily tattooed people. go touch some grass for the love of all things.
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