Margaret3

working an agency shift again, i hate when i walk into the hosp and open my mouth and there is a silence (like a stranger walking into the local pub), as people look aghast at my accent the reaction is either, an answer, and i think , ok the shift wont be too bad they can actually understand what am saying, or they look like thisand i think, 'shit here we go', lets get the pen and paper out and the sign language into operation


oh how i long to be working in a scottish hosp again.

Sally Simpson

OH dear hon! I thought agency was better than contract too from what you have said previously

Margaret3

it is:huh, but i also do two days at a public hosp which is far, far better now as i am actually getting to know some peeps and them me, i talked to the manager and asked if i could not be moved around as i was feeling like an agency nurse and she has been fab about it, a couple of people actually know my name now , but the agency is usally in the city, lots of foreigners working in the hosp , not many scottish though , and many, many, of the peeps there engish is not their first language, and they certainly haven't heard a scottish accent before.

Sally Simpson

How strong is your accent hon?

Cheetah7

Tis very strong but I had no probs understanding her.

Some of the other people that I met in Paisley were harder to understand but I had no trouble understanding Margaret

Sally Simpson

Perhaps you need to be Australian to be confused!

Cheetah7

Margaret, Sorchar, Herrchook and myself had a very good night out - I remember it well.

I did enjoy my short visit to Scotland.

Stitch

It's no that bad. Eye can understand her!

Cheers

Ginny

Margaret3

well it went fine, the surgeon i was working with in the afternoon, works at the public hosp where i work and was pleased to see me, in the evening the surgeon was ok, the poor bloody nurse that i was working with, who always works at the hosp worked for 13hrs without a lunch or dinner break, why do these girls do these things!!!!!!!!, tis the curse of the sponshorshi visa me thinks!!!!!!!!!

Sally Simpson

Glad it went OK!
13 hours with no break is pretty rough

sme

Maybe Perth might have been a better option workwise as there are loads of Scottish nurses here who don't appear to be having problems. I hope it gets better for you

renth

Can't you just try to talk proper, like what I do?

Margaret3

i feel like a lazy sod, coz i wont do more than an 8 hr shift , but lots of the nurses i have worked with will say yes, yes, yes, to these shifts without breaks, the aussies included, i cant understand it, must admit, it has make me question myself

Margaret3

i've tried my daughter says its coz i use slang all the time, i cant help it its the curse of living in scotland for 43 yrs, daughter says when someone doesn't understand me , i dont correct my slang , i just speak louder, and by slang i mean its slang/ayrshire speak, rabbie burns would understand

renth

They probably need the cash for their mortgage payments