Things Not to Do:
* Try to pick up the person waiting in line for the ER registration. Especially if it’s me. Because I will glare at you and tell you you’re a fricking idiot to your face.
* Cry loudly and wearily “I’ma gonna die, Virginia, I’m comming to meetcha!”
* Cut in line in front of someone who’s bleeding. Especially if they have skull piercings. If they choose to headbutt you, you will need to get back in line again at the end of the queue.
* Sing pirate holiday carols. Now, my friend, is not the time.
* Defecate in your pants and then choose to sit next to other people. This could start a barfing cycle. And now, we really don’t need to make it more confusing for the ER staff to identify the trully sick, now do we?
To Do.
* Wait patiently and quietly.
* Help the person next to you in line who happens to be currently missing a few fingers with filling out his form.
* Make polite conversation with the police officer who is making conversation with a recent parolee…who happens to be standing right behind you in queue. Good thing you made friends by filling out his form for him.
* Make little fans from the bilingual venereal disease pamphlets and do a traditional Korean fan dance while waiting for a nurse to call your name
* Get talked into doing the roger rabbit and the electric slide (detroit dip style, of course) on them shiny floors
Update:
*I* was not in emergency care but taking care of someone who was. All is now well. Hurrah.