Locksmiths can run red lights in emergencies. Really! Like when you lock a 3 month old, sleeping infant and her diaper bag in the minivan on a sunny day. (No, the keys were not in the diaper bag. They were under the baby in the car seat.)
If you ever have a moderate allergic reaction to something and decide you don't want to bother anyone by asking for a ride to the ER...know that you will piss off everyone when they find out you didn't call them. Especially the nurses. Call for a ride when your mouth starts going numb and your eyeballs itch but before you start gagging. Also...this is what an ambulance is for. They like their jobs. Let them do it.
Emergency Rooms will rush you past check in if you say "bee sting" and your eyes are red, puffy and oozing, you can't stop coughing, and your neck is raw from scratching at it. They will rush you in a wheelchair even.
(You also get good service when you arrive with a kid on immune suppressants who needs stitches during flu season. No waiting room full of coughing, crying, nose wipers for you!)
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Thing I learned the hard way: Never make up a poem for your 6yo boy involving the phrase "fecal matter" if you're not interested in a note from the principal.
I am going to assume the note included some praise for the boy's vocabulary. Compared to what the rest of the boys call it...I'll say you are all ahead of the game.
I got phone calls from angry mommies when Big C was in first grade because of a middle finger incident. Miss M had learned it was like swearing...did not know what it meant...but told her brother to NOT, under any circumstances, put his middle finger up alone. He passed on the wisdom. And got black listed for it.
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