Of disciplining

The other day I don't know why but I suddenly thought of this nurse from hospital last time (the finger drama; it's in the archives of June/July 2010 somewhere)

It was after the second operation (removing the rods)...for some reason both times I needed to go to the bathroom right after the operation -_- (I hate bladder control lol) So after this operation they wheeled me back to my room and I got up and went to the bathroom.

Then the nurse came in, to ask me how I was, etc...and she was shocked to see me climbing back into bed. She said, "What? You already got up?" and proceeded to tell me off, saying "You shouldn't get up before we come to check on you, what if you had fallen down or something?"

And in the next breath (I think I didn't have any time to reply, even if I had wanted to) she went on, "But that is done now, nothing happened to you, so let's put it behind us." (or "let's not talk about it any more", something like that)

I liked that nurse! She was quite firm, and somehow managed to scold you, while at the same time not scolding you, if you know what I mean. The other day when I thought about this, I was thinking, "I will have to remember this if I ever have to handle children" (or students...hmm.)

And today the others were talking about children and all...which made me re-think of this.