EAR INFECTION

THEY ALWAYS ASK AT THE DOCTOR'S

OFFICE WHY YOU ARE THERE AND YOU

HAVE TO ANSWER IN FRONT OF

OTHERS WHAT'S WRONG.

SOMETIMES IT'S EMBARRASSING. 



THERE'S NOTHING WORSE THAN A DOCTOR'S

RECEPTIONIST WHO INSISTS YOU TELL HER

WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU IN A

ROOM FULL OF OTHER PATIENTS.

I KNOW MOST OF US HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS

AND I LOVE THE WAY THIS OLD GUY HANDLED IT. 



AN 86 YEAR OLD MAN WALKED INTO A CROWDED

WAITING ROOM AND APPROACHED THE DESK.

THE RECEPTIONIST ASKED, 'YES SIR,

WHAT ARE YOU SEEING THE DOCTOR FOR TODAY?'

'THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG

WITH MY DICK', HE REPLIED. 



THE RECEPTIONIST BECAME IRRITATED

AND SAID, 'YOU SHOULDN'T COME INTO A

CROWDED WAITING ROOM AND

SAY THINGS LIKE THAT. '

'WHY NOT, YOU ASKED ME WHAT WAS

WRONG AND I TOLD YOU,' HE SAID. 



THE RECEPTIONIST REPLIED,

'NOW YOU'VE CAUSED SOME EMBARRASSMENT

IN THIS ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE. 


YOU SHOULD HAVE SAID THERE IS

SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOUR EAR OR

SOMETHING ELSE AND DISCUSSED THE

PROBLEM FURTHER WITH THE DOCTOR IN PRIVATE.' 



THE MAN REPLIED,

'YOU SHOULDN'T ASK PEOPLE QUESTIONS

IN A ROOMFUL OF STRANGERS,

IF THE ANSWER COULD EMBARRASS ANYONE.' 



THE MAN WALKED OUT, WAITED SEVERAL

MINUTES AND THEN RE-ENTERED. 



THE RECEPTIONIST SMILED SMUGLY AND ASKED, 'YES?' 



'THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH MY EAR',

HE STATED. 



THE RECEPTIONIST NODDED APPROVINGLY

AND SMILED, KNOWING HE HAD TAKEN HER ADVICE.

'AND WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOUR EAR, SIR?'

'I CAN'T PEE OUT OF IT,' HE REPLIED. 



THE WAITING ROOM ERUPTED IN LAUGHTER.