But TV News is one of those jobs where sarcasm is kind of a safely valve when you are covering horrific stories. So if you aren't sarcastic when you start in the business you will learn to be.
My mom was a Surgical Nurse so I COMPLETELY understand. As a teen I recall her coming home and I asked how her day went and she said she had a case that went for hours, she was exhausted, it was some complicated surgery that went perfectly, no complications in the OR, but the patient died in the recovery room from an unrelated medical condition. As she put it "the operation was a success, but the patient died"It's similar in nursing, but I wouldn't describe it as sarcasm, just Really Inappropriate humor. I left the ER this summer, and joined a department that has a lot of beloved former ER nurses as well. There's some sarcasm, but mostly it's a bunch of dirty jokes. That's our safety valve. Since joining the new department, I have heard how much the influx of ER nurses has changed the culture. Holy cow, they can be so uptight, I call them "pearl clutchers." The newer, former ER nurses have been warned to be mindful of what we say depending on who is around
Call me a pearl-clutcher then because I think there's a limit to how filthy the banter in a workplace should get. And since it likely would be roundly criticized if a group of men did it, I'm not sure why it should be OK for a group of women.It's similar in nursing, but I wouldn't describe it as sarcasm, just Really Inappropriate humor. I left the ER this summer, and joined a department that has a lot of beloved former ER nurses as well. There's some sarcasm, but mostly it's a bunch of dirty jokes. That's our safety valve. Since joining the new department, I have heard how much the influx of ER nurses has changed the culture. Holy cow, they can be so uptight, I call them "pearl clutchers." The newer, former ER nurses have been warned to be mindful of what we say depending on who is around
Call me a pearl-clutcher then because I think there's a limit to how filthy the banter in a workplace should get. And since it likely would be roundly criticized if a group of men did it, I'm not sure why it should be OK for a group of women.