Hospital tells woman "Your husband has died."

[Guest Failed Mascot]

This was just on the local news. A hospital called an elderly woman to tell her that her husband had passed away. The woman had another relative make calls to inform people while she went to the hospital. The woman, who is legally blind went into the hospital room with her eyes full of tears thus blurring what little vision she still had. She bent over, held the man, told him "You can't leave me" and proceeded to kiss him. Afterwards she wiped the tears from her eyes, looked closely at the man and saw it was just some random dead guy. Her husband was alive a few rooms away.

 

Whoopsie-daisey

[Guest Vitamin X]

Wait if she was legally blind how could she have recognized that?

[Jingus 0]

You can be "legally" blind without being actually blind. Legally blind basically means you've just got really bad vision.

[Guest Vitamin X]

I understand, but the point still stands in that she has really terrible vision.

[Guest Salacious Crumb]

I'm legally blind without my glasses. With glasses and contacts I have 20/20 vision.

[Guest Vitamin X]

Is it possible to be illegally blind? George Carlin brought this point up some time ago, and I've been wondering.

[Jingus 0]

I understand, but the point still stands in that she has really terrible vision.

Afterwards she wiped the tears from her eyes, looked closely at the man and saw it was just some random dead guy.

[yankovic fan 0]

That's a lawsuit waiting to happen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the blind issue...

 

 

 

My grandfather is legally blind.

 

He can still see, but just REALLY bad. He reconizes us. I don't know how to explain it. He reads his books still with a HUGE magnifying glass plus his glasses.

 

 

Few years back, he went to renew his license, just to see if he could.

 

 

They told him "Read the 3rd line on the chart." and he replied "Ma'am, I can't even read the first line."

 

 

The woman then said "Oh sir, I'm sorry, I did not realize you were illiterate." and he got it renewed.

 

True story.

 

So apparently Louisiana has a significant number of legally blind, and illiterate people driving around.

 

This explains the braille at the drive-thru ATM.

[The Czech Republic 0]

They told him "Read the 3rd line on the chart." and he replied "Ma'am, I can't even read the first line."

 

 

The woman then said "Oh sir, I'm sorry, I did not realize you were illiterate." and he got it renewed.

Yes sir.

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

Nobody's perfect.

 

*lights match*

 

If we had government-run healthcare this wouldn't have happened.

 

*runs...*

[Guest cosbywasmurdered]

they'd fix the mistake by killing the husband too

[Guest Cerebus]

"Mrs. Simpson, your husband was found DOA"

 

"Oh my God, Homer's dead?!"

 

"Oh I meant DUI! Heh heh, I always get those confused."

 

"Hi, I'm Mrs. Smith, you said my husband was DUI?"

 

"Uh, yeah, talk to that officer over there. I'm going to lunch!"

[CanadianGuitarist 0]

 

A fine reference, Cerebus.

 

This actually happened at work with me a few weeks ago.

 

A gentleman came to my department( I work at walmart electronics) and I served him, and he was on his way. About 20 yards away, he found an old friend, so they stood and talked and caught up on old times, for about, oh, 15-20 minutes.

The gentleman who I served came back to me 10 minutes after he and his buddy parted ways, and the following conversation took place:

 

Old guy:(looks flustered)

Me: You alright, sir?

OG: You remember me from a half hour ago, right?

Me: Yep. You'd been talking to what looked liked a guy you hadn't seen in a while.

OG: Thats right. Have you seen him?

Me: Not since you two left, no

OG: Oh. Convey a message for me if you see him?

me: Sure.

OG: I told him someone had died. that's not true, it was someone else....

 

The spot I was put in was both awkward and funny. The old guy's buddy never came to see me though.