[Humor] In The Dark

CODE WORDS
I was new to the residency program
at a large and bustling teaching hospital
in the south, where there was so much
to learn at all hours of the day and night.
I was anxious to do well, and studied all
of the educational materials I could get
my hands on. But I was pulled up short
one night when I heard the Operator page
“Code Brown, Maternity Ward” and saw
a bunch of employees hurry off in that
direction. Although I hated to appear
ignorant, I had to stop one of them and
admit that I had no idea what a “Code
Brown” was, even after looking up the
various codes in the training manual.
“Oh,” the nurse replied as she rushed off,
“We use that when a patient has been
discharged, and the family leaves behind
a box of chocolates for the staff.”
- Readers Digest