Tales from the Nuthouse: Lest You Think I have a Really Cool Job

[wolf]

Snow again, way less than expected, but still snow. 50% staffing because of call-outs that they chose not to replace, had 100% of the patient load, more probably, 6 in the 8 hours, plus all the usual phone call stuff.

And people were WAY crazy. One guy I know really well came in crazier than we'd EVER seen him ... paranoid, OCD stuff, dropped a wrapped fork on the floor and started screaming because it was dirty and didn't want me to pick it up.

And I had something surprise me. After nearly 18 years nothing surprises me. NOTHING. Except this ... man brings his wife in, about 1/2 hour into him being there with her announces, "I can't do this. I can't take this anymore. This is destroying our kids. I'm filing for divorce tomorrow."

This was the first time the wife heard him say this, but she was so nuts she didn't even notice.

[richlevy]

Found this on Consumerist. Look, I know it's Texas, but please tell me he's a retired judge, or that they at least waited to put him back on the bench. If not, then it's one more reason to give Texas back to Mexico.

Can you imagine going up before this guy after his second trip in. "Is that a Sam's Club bag next to your client? Contempt!"

It's a story that sounds too odd to be true, but a judge in Brownsville, Texas, has filed a lawsuit against his local Sam's Club, the store's manager and the store's parent company Walmart Stores Inc., alleging that a bad customer service experience led to his arrest and involuntary commitment to two mental health facilities.

According to the lawsuit, the 46-year-old plaintiff, a municipal judge with 8 years on the bench and 17 years in law, went to purchase some diamond earrings for his wife at Sam's Club. He claims that the Sam's employees questioned his purchase of the pricey earrings and a verbal dispute began, ultimately leading to his arrest and confinement in a mental health facility.

And he's at it again.

The judge was released after two weeks when a court deemed him harmless to himself and others. But only a few days later, after displaying worrisome behavior his friends and family had him hospitalized at a second facility, where he received court-ordered treatment and has since been released.