Comments on: Guerrilla Marketing for Italians: Getting Personal http://my-bellavita.com/2009/04/24/privacy-marketing-business-calabria/ Living and Traveling in Calabria, Italy Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:32:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jennifer Rafferty http://my-bellavita.com/2009/04/24/privacy-marketing-business-calabria/comment-page-1/#comment-5428 Jennifer Rafferty Fri, 08 May 2009 00:17:26 +0000 http://my-bellavita.com/?p=1694#comment-5428 What a great story! Thank you for sharing, Cheerye. Well, I don't like to go to the doctor's office, so I have quite a few stories. Mostly they are all of me passing out. A few years ago, I got a call from the emergency room telling me that my friend (who was supposed to meet me for lunch) was in a car accident and he was asking me to come and see him. I was a nervous wreck during the drive to the hospital. When I arrived, I walked in and I asked to see him. He was not seriously injured, but they still had him on a stretcher with something on his neck. The nurse told me to stand to the side and wait a few minutes before going over to see him. In that interim, I became pale, I sat down on the chair at the nurse's station, and I keeled over and passed out. I tried to warn them, but they didn't get it. A few minutes later, I came to, and I was on the floor looking up at all these nurses looking down at me. Next thing I knew, I was on a stretcher in a separate space away from my friend. They kept me there for a good 20 minutes until I had color in my face again. I finally got to walk over to see my friend, but I never said anything about what happened. He just asked me, "What took you so long to get here?"!   <strong><em>Oh my. Your experience is worse than mine!!</em></strong>   <abbr><em>Jennifer Rafferty’s last blog post..<a href="http://carmeloorlando.blogspot.com/2009/05/adventures-in-sicily.html" rel="nofollow">Adventures in Sicily</a></em></abbr> What a great story! Thank you for sharing, Cheerye.
Well, I don’t like to go to the doctor’s office, so I have quite a few stories. Mostly they are all of me passing out.
A few years ago, I got a call from the emergency room telling me that my friend (who was supposed to meet me for lunch) was in a car accident and he was asking me to come and see him.
I was a nervous wreck during the drive to the hospital. When I arrived, I walked in and I asked to see him. He was not seriously injured, but they still had him on a stretcher with something on his neck. The nurse told me to stand to the side and wait a few minutes before going over to see him. In that interim, I became pale, I sat down on the chair at the nurse’s station, and I keeled over and passed out. I tried to warn them, but they didn’t get it.
A few minutes later, I came to, and I was on the floor looking up at all these nurses looking down at me.
Next thing I knew, I was on a stretcher in a separate space away from my friend. They kept me there for a good 20 minutes until I had color in my face again.
I finally got to walk over to see my friend, but I never said anything about what happened. He just asked me, “What took you so long to get here?”!
 
Oh my. Your experience is worse than mine!!
 
Jennifer Rafferty’s last blog post..Adventures in Sicily

]]> By: Deidre http://my-bellavita.com/2009/04/24/privacy-marketing-business-calabria/comment-page-1/#comment-5369 Deidre Mon, 04 May 2009 04:19:02 +0000 http://my-bellavita.com/?p=1694#comment-5369 One of the first times I went to get a bikini wax in Melbourne the waxer was asking me where I was from and if I wanted to stay in australia. When I jokingly said, "I am trying to find an Australian man to marry." She seemed to get very offended that I'd try to steal her men! It made it a bit awkward.   <strong><em>Eek. That is weird.</em></strong>   <abbr><em>Deidre’s last blog post..<a href="http://www.decoybetty.com/2009/05/date-number-5-mr-slurpee-style.html" rel="nofollow">Date number 5 - Mr. Slurpee style. Alternate title: Environmental guilt</a></em></abbr> One of the first times I went to get a bikini wax in Melbourne the waxer was asking me where I was from and if I wanted to stay in australia. When I jokingly said, “I am trying to find an Australian man to marry.” She seemed to get very offended that I’d try to steal her men! It made it a bit awkward.
 
Eek. That is weird.
 
Deidre’s last blog post..Date number 5 – Mr. Slurpee style. Alternate title: Environmental guilt

]]> By: j http://my-bellavita.com/2009/04/24/privacy-marketing-business-calabria/comment-page-1/#comment-5346 j Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:28:51 +0000 http://my-bellavita.com/?p=1694#comment-5346 Ya, that's right up there with a prostate exam, but I won't even go there...pun intended.   <strong><em>Ha! I almost spit on my keyboard. Yea ... that is gross.</em></strong>   Ya, that’s right up there with a prostate exam, but I won’t even go there…pun intended.
 
Ha! I almost spit on my keyboard. Yea … that is gross.
 

]]> By: Stephanie http://my-bellavita.com/2009/04/24/privacy-marketing-business-calabria/comment-page-1/#comment-5345 Stephanie Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:18:22 +0000 http://my-bellavita.com/?p=1694#comment-5345 Wonder if you can bring your own little sheet?   <strong><em>You are a genius. I think I'm gonna try that next time! </em></strong>   Wonder if you can bring your own little sheet?
 
You are a genius. I think I’m gonna try that next time!
 

]]> By: Stephanie http://my-bellavita.com/2009/04/24/privacy-marketing-business-calabria/comment-page-1/#comment-5344 Stephanie Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:17:22 +0000 http://my-bellavita.com/?p=1694#comment-5344 OMGosh Cherrye, I was laughing so hard while I was reading your experience that the girls (at work) came over and read it with me!!!!! Sounds like an experience Sarina had while she was in Sicily......she said there was no curtains between the patients in the ER.. no privacy what so ever.. Isn't it wonderful to be a woman!!!!!   <strong><em>I never cease to be amazed...</em></strong>   OMGosh Cherrye, I was laughing so hard while I was reading your experience that the girls (at work) came over and read it with me!!!!! Sounds like an experience Sarina had while she was in Sicily……she said there was no curtains between the patients in the ER.. no privacy what so ever.. Isn’t it wonderful to be a woman!!!!!
 
I never cease to be amazed…
 

]]> By: Milanese Masala http://my-bellavita.com/2009/04/24/privacy-marketing-business-calabria/comment-page-1/#comment-5341 Milanese Masala Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:05:46 +0000 http://my-bellavita.com/?p=1694#comment-5341 Oh my! You went above and beyond, my dear. You deserve more than dinner. ;) I have so many funny ob/gyn stories I don't know which to choose from. Perhaps the most bizarre when when I was in labour for my second child. I was in a regular hospital room and not in the delivery room because it was busy. I was surrounded by my hubby, doctors and mid-wife, huffing and puffing and pushing with all my might when in walks the cable guy. He asks me, "Do you need cable in your room?" I answered (mid-push) "No, I don't think I need it right now. But thanks"   <strong><em>Oh. My. God. That is unbelievable. Wow. </em></strong>   <abbr><em>Milanese Masala’s last blog post..<a href="http://milanesemasala.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/your-country-is-a-joke/" rel="nofollow">“Your country is a joke.”</a></em></abbr> Oh my! You went above and beyond, my dear. You deserve more than dinner. ;)
I have so many funny ob/gyn stories I don’t know which to choose from. Perhaps the most bizarre when when I was in labour for my second child. I was in a regular hospital room and not in the delivery room because it was busy. I was surrounded by my hubby, doctors and mid-wife, huffing and puffing and pushing with all my might when in walks the cable guy. He asks me, “Do you need cable in your room?” I answered (mid-push) “No, I don’t think I need it right now. But thanks”
 
Oh. My. God. That is unbelievable. Wow.
 
Milanese Masala’s last blog post..“Your country is a joke.”

]]> By: erin :: the olive notes http://my-bellavita.com/2009/04/24/privacy-marketing-business-calabria/comment-page-1/#comment-5340 erin :: the olive notes Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:49:14 +0000 http://my-bellavita.com/?p=1694#comment-5340 ha! So funny...you do deserve dinner :) I've heard other obgyn stories like this from Italy, but at least you got some advertising!   <strong><em>I know, right? :-)</em></strong>   <abbr><em>erin :: the olive notes’s last blog post..<a href="http://www.theolivenotes.com/2009/04/things-that-inspire.html" rel="nofollow">things that inspire</a></em></abbr> ha! So funny…you do deserve dinner :) I’ve heard other obgyn stories like this from Italy, but at least you got some advertising!
 
I know, right? :-)
 
erin :: the olive notes’s last blog post..things that inspire

]]> By: Anne http://my-bellavita.com/2009/04/24/privacy-marketing-business-calabria/comment-page-1/#comment-5339 Anne Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:34:08 +0000 http://my-bellavita.com/?p=1694#comment-5339 Oh that is sooo different to the UK, we get undressed behind a screen, get on the bed and cover ourselves up....You must of been cringing inside.....But I still found your story hilarious, laughing with you ..not at you :-) :-)   <strong><em>We have a little screen in the US, too. Not four smiling eyes watching you.</em></strong>   <abbr><em>Anne’s last blog post..<a href="http://anne-arnott.blogspot.com/2009/04/our-first-afternoon-in-paris.html" rel="nofollow">Paris with Friends........</a></em></abbr> Oh that is sooo different to the UK, we get undressed behind a screen, get on the bed and cover ourselves up….You must of been cringing inside…..But I still found your story hilarious, laughing with you ..not at you :-) :-)
 
We have a little screen in the US, too. Not four smiling eyes watching you.
 
Anne’s last blog post..Paris with Friends……..

]]> By: andrea http://my-bellavita.com/2009/04/24/privacy-marketing-business-calabria/comment-page-1/#comment-5336 andrea Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:24:00 +0000 http://my-bellavita.com/?p=1694#comment-5336 That's funny. I like your personal stories ...although I do like reading about Italy too. :-)   <strong><em>Thanks, AO!</em></strong>   <abbr><em>andrea’s last blog post..<a href="http://andreaunplugged.wordpress.com/2009/04/23/ive-got-another-puzzle-for-you/" rel="nofollow">I’ve got another puzzle for you</a></em></abbr> That’s funny. I like your personal stories …although I do like reading about Italy too. :-)
 
Thanks, AO!
 
andrea’s last blog post..I’ve got another puzzle for you

]]> By: Kim B. http://my-bellavita.com/2009/04/24/privacy-marketing-business-calabria/comment-page-1/#comment-5335 Kim B. Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:48:17 +0000 http://my-bellavita.com/?p=1694#comment-5335 It's the same here in France. And definitely weird for us American girls. I can't imagine how the Italians and French just find it normal to disrobe in front of others! Just more of our Puritan upbringing, I guess.   <strong><em>I remember when I lived in France a friend of mine had to have his wisdom teeth removed and he had to strip down and wear a hospital gown for it. We thought that was so funny.</em></strong>   It’s the same here in France. And definitely weird for us American girls. I can’t imagine how the Italians and French just find it normal to disrobe in front of others! Just more of our Puritan upbringing, I guess.
 
I remember when I lived in France a friend of mine had to have his wisdom teeth removed and he had to strip down and wear a hospital gown for it. We thought that was so funny.
 

]]> By: stacy http://my-bellavita.com/2009/04/24/privacy-marketing-business-calabria/comment-page-1/#comment-5334 stacy Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:46:03 +0000 http://my-bellavita.com/?p=1694#comment-5334 ARGHH! I get stressed going to that appt here! lol (well to any doctor actually) that is not something i look forward to one day.lol enjoyed reading about it though. HA   <strong><em>Glad I could make you laugh!</em></strong>   <abbr><em>stacy’s last blog post..<a href="http://texasespresso.blogspot.com/2009/03/eureka.html" rel="nofollow">EUREKA!</a></em></abbr> ARGHH! I get stressed going to that appt here! lol (well to any doctor actually) that is not something i look forward to one day.lol

enjoyed reading about it though. HA
 
Glad I could make you laugh!
 
stacy’s last blog post..EUREKA!

]]> By: Ciaochowlinda http://my-bellavita.com/2009/04/24/privacy-marketing-business-calabria/comment-page-1/#comment-5333 Ciaochowlinda Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:32:03 +0000 http://my-bellavita.com/?p=1694#comment-5333 That was so hilarious. I'm glad you took your mother's advice. And good for you for requesting dinner!   <strong><em>Absolutely, Linda. From now on, I'll expect no less.</em></strong>   <abbr><em>Ciaochowlinda’s last blog post..<a href="http://ciaochowlinda.blogspot.com/2008/12/lemon-cake.html" rel="nofollow">Lemon Cake - A Repeat</a></em></abbr> That was so hilarious. I’m glad you took your mother’s advice. And good for you for requesting dinner!
 
Absolutely, Linda. From now on, I’ll expect no less.
 
Ciaochowlinda’s last blog post..Lemon Cake – A Repeat

]]> By: joanne at frutto della passione http://my-bellavita.com/2009/04/24/privacy-marketing-business-calabria/comment-page-1/#comment-5332 joanne at frutto della passione Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:20:17 +0000 http://my-bellavita.com/?p=1694#comment-5332 Oh, forgive me for laughing at your pain, but that was fuuuuu-neeeee! From the message from your mother to your demand for dinner. I gave birth to my son by c-section and I was awake for it. During the operation the surgical staff kept asking me stuff about Canada mixed in with description of what they were doing to my body. *So how cold does it actualy get in winter, I'm slicing your uterus open now, and where is the best place to ski*.   <strong><em>Wow. That was an experience!</em></strong>   <abbr><em>joanne at frutto della passione’s last blog post..<a href="http://fruttodellapassione.wordpress.com/2009/04/10/forte-e-gentile-tu-sei-abruzzese/" rel="nofollow">Forte e gentile, tu sei abruzzese</a></em></abbr> Oh, forgive me for laughing at your pain, but that was fuuuuu-neeeee! From the message from your mother to your demand for dinner. I gave birth to my son by c-section and I was awake for it. During the operation the surgical staff kept asking me stuff about Canada mixed in with description of what they were doing to my body.
*So how cold does it actualy get in winter, I’m slicing your uterus open now, and where is the best place to ski*.
 
Wow. That was an experience!
 
joanne at frutto della passione’s last blog post..Forte e gentile, tu sei abruzzese

]]> By: sheryl http://my-bellavita.com/2009/04/24/privacy-marketing-business-calabria/comment-page-1/#comment-5331 sheryl Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:03:26 +0000 http://my-bellavita.com/?p=1694#comment-5331 Oh no! I haven't been to one yet and I'm terrified. This is not something I'm looking forward to at all!   <strong><em>Uhm... it is like a band aid. Just get it over with-fast! :-)</em></strong>   Oh no! I haven’t been to one yet and I’m terrified. This is not something I’m looking forward to at all!
 
Uhm… it is like a band aid. Just get it over with-fast! :-)
 

]]> By: Scintilla http://my-bellavita.com/2009/04/24/privacy-marketing-business-calabria/comment-page-1/#comment-5330 Scintilla Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:41:48 +0000 http://my-bellavita.com/?p=1694#comment-5330 So up close and personal. My worst private-public experience was when I had my first child. The gyna walked in for the birth - followed by ten students! Everyone 'Bonjoured'and then I had to push. No one asked if I minded. All I could think was that the baby had arrived early and I hadn't had time to shave my legs.   <strong><em>That is funny that you thought of your unshaven legs. If it makes you feel better, I'm sure they weren't look at them. </em></strong>   So up close and personal.

My worst private-public experience was when I had my first child.
The gyna walked in for the birth – followed by ten students! Everyone ‘Bonjoured’and then I had to push. No one asked if I minded. All I could think was that the baby had arrived early and I hadn’t had time to shave my legs.
 
That is funny that you thought of your unshaven legs. If it makes you feel better, I’m sure they weren’t look at them.
 

]]> By: Stellina http://my-bellavita.com/2009/04/24/privacy-marketing-business-calabria/comment-page-1/#comment-5329 Stellina Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:59:27 +0000 http://my-bellavita.com/?p=1694#comment-5329 It's funny how our lives are running parallel right now. I went for the first time two weeks ago since I've arrived here in Italy 2 years ago. My WHOLE FAMILY here had to know I as going because I went to my sister in laws doctor. I went to a lady DR though and I felt semi-comfortable. But no paper cover for the lap, NOTHING, just there naked waist down... argh!!!!!!!   <strong><em>See, I'd heard about that, so I wore a skirt. It helped. A little.</em></strong> &nsbp; It’s funny how our lives are running parallel right now. I went for the first time two weeks ago since I’ve arrived here in Italy 2 years ago. My WHOLE FAMILY here had to know I as going because I went to my sister in laws doctor. I went to a lady DR though and I felt semi-comfortable. But no paper cover for the lap, NOTHING, just there naked waist down… argh!!!!!!!
 
See, I’d heard about that, so I wore a skirt. It helped. A little.
&nsbp;

]]> By: nyc/caribbean ragazza http://my-bellavita.com/2009/04/24/privacy-marketing-business-calabria/comment-page-1/#comment-5327 nyc/caribbean ragazza Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:17:33 +0000 http://my-bellavita.com/?p=1694#comment-5327 hahaha. This is priceless. No one walked in during my appointment. Thank god.   <strong><em>Rome is so civilized!</em></strong>   <abbr><em>nyc/caribbean ragazza’s last blog post..<a href="http://sistergirltales.blogspot.com/2009/04/flashback-friday-way-we-were-trailer.html" rel="nofollow">Flashback Friday – The Way We Were -Trailer</a></em></abbr> hahaha. This is priceless.

No one walked in during my appointment. Thank god.
 
Rome is so civilized!
 
nyc/caribbean ragazza’s last blog post..Flashback Friday – The Way We Were -Trailer

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