So a little lighter of a tale…. One day back when I was
an autopsy technician I was working on a severely decomposed body performing a
process called “degloving” in which I was using a scalpel to removed the top
layer of skin on the thumbs and index fingers of the decedent and placing them
over my own in the hopes I could get a decent print to run through the state ID
system to identify the person. There is
something about the odor of a decomposed body in which it spreads all through
the area you are working in. I was quite
use to the smell and barely registered it.
That particular day there were several maintenance men
working in the autopsy suite. It was connected to the room in which I was
working, by sliding doors. At one point the
several men walked out into the room where I was. They had their shirts pulled up over their
mouths and noses, thinking that would actually block the smell. One asked me “doesn’t
that smell bother you??” to which I replied by stepping closer to the remains
and taking a big breath IN, then stating “nope”!! I know this was a tad unprofessional but what
happened next made it very worth it!
One of the guys gagged and started to run towards the
slider leading outside to the parking lot; however I had the sensor turned off
because every bird that flies by opens the door if it is left on. I knew he was going to be stuck and I did not
want to clean up his vomit so I also ran to the slider. I pushed it to slide open with my left hand,
and he looked over to me and seem to focus on the fact I was holding up my
right hand to in order to not lose the decedent’s finger tips I was wearing
over my own. His face contorted and he hurried outside and of course vomited
into the bushes.
He never came back to do any maintenance work again.
OOPS
sorry about that….
😂😂😂😂 now that was funny
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