"Watching my dentist pause mid procedure, stare at my X-ray for a solid 30 seconds, then mutter, 'Huh, that's... interesting,' before picking up the drill again. I asked what was interesting. He goes, 'Oh, don't worry about it,' with the LEAST reassuring smile I've ever seen. Anyway, I have a new dentist now. I was working the drive-thru at McDonald's when a father asked what on the menu was suitable for newborns."
"The director of nursing asked me to act as one of the residents who doesn't want to leave their room, and I was specifically instructed to go into the bathroom of one of the bedrooms and close the door. I waited for 20 minutes. I heard people come in and out of the room several times. I even shook the door handle to try to get their attention. Not a single person checked the bathroom."
A dentist paused mid-procedure, studied an X-ray, muttered "Huh, that's... interesting," and continued drilling without offering reassurance. A fast-food worker encountered a father asking which menu items were suitable for a newborn. A cleaner in a nursing home acted as a reluctant resident during a timed fire drill, closed a bathroom door, and waited twenty minutes while staff repeatedly entered the room without checking the bathroom. The director reported hiding behind curtains and being unnoticed for a long time. A long-tenured project manager resisted adopting a more efficient process for years, slowing team productivity. These accounts illustrate failures in competence, safety awareness, and adaptability among adults in professional roles.
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