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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 this
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oh how i long to be working in a scottish hosp again.
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oh how i long to be working in a scottish hosp again.
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OH dear hon! I thought agency was better than contract too from what you have said previously
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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.
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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!!!!!!!!!
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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 this
and i think, 'shit here we go', lets get the pen and paper out and the sign language into operation![Sad](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/sad.gif)
oh how i long to be working in a scottish hosp again.
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oh how i long to be working in a scottish hosp again.
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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 this
and i think, 'shit here we go', lets get the pen and paper out and the sign language into operation![Sad](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/sad.gif)
oh how i long to be working in a scottish hosp again.
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oh how i long to be working in a scottish hosp again.
Can't you just try to talk proper, like what I do?
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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
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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
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