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Post by mypprincess on Jan 20, 2009 9:16:42 GMT -5
achot, that's why I would never eat cake that is sliced and not prepackaged from the kosher bakery. During our orientation (before I started nursing school) The Chabad rabbi from our school ordered kosher takeout that was served separately. There was one problem, though. The Rabbi and his wife forgot (or didn't realize it) to put up a sign at the entrance of the kosher tent, "NO OUTSIDE FOOD ALLOWED." What happened was, that for some odd reason the kosher food appeared more appetizing and throngs of students went to the kosher tent to get some food while bringing their non kosher food with them. I have seen some students using dishes that touched their treif food to take the kosher food. Fortunately for me (and my family) we came early enough before it was touched by non kosher utensils. (another lesson learned)
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Post by mypprincess on Jan 18, 2009 15:36:48 GMT -5
I had a different situation in nursing school. Before graduation we had some sort of celebration party, and the staff were caring enough to order "kosher" food for me. The meat had a hashgachah that I cannot trust, but I couldn't insult them especially after all the caring and effort. I came up with the solution to stuff it into my pocket book when no one was looking (I hope).
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Post by mypprincess on Jan 16, 2009 10:50:29 GMT -5
Achot, first I want to clarify that I signed on by mistake as myprincess. You did a very smart move by changing the hours. But my action was totally platonic verses that doctor consistently harassing the nurses. And just so you know this is totally illegal and you could have all started a lawsuit against him.
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Post by mypprincess on Jan 12, 2009 13:10:21 GMT -5
For me its more of having to defend all those frum nurses that make a chilul Hashem. A black nurse wanted to know why the kids where she works at look at her the way they do and why they are rude. I have to explain that there are rude people everywhere. The comments some people have towards nurses from other races is beyond what I would print on this forum. Many have a hard time understanding that they have no right to complain against anti semitism when they themselves are racists. Also, I have been asked countless times why I would not shake hands when I don't have a problem to catheterize a male patient. The questions that I'm asked is even worse because I'm a chasidic woman. I was also asked if I'm not supposed to be home and make babies... I have been told we ruin the environment by having so many kids. My answer to that was, "It will take a long, long time to have enough babies in order to increase the population as to what it would have been had those 6 million Jews not been killed. This usually quiets them down. I spend a lot of my break trying to explain minhugim to curious nurses and aids. I have learned not to take offense (unless it is clearly out of malice) because most of them are truly curious. Some questions like the one, "Who won, Zalmen Leib or Reb Aaron?" make me smile and take tact to know how to answer. My answer was, "There is no winning here, each of them established their own schools and court."
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