So I finally got set up so I can set an appointment to get my healthcare checkups and had to go through the standard questions. Some of these I routinely struggle with on paper, but of course it was more comical trying to answer them out loud with an audience.
Assistant: Marital Status?
Me: Uh... What are the options?
Her: Married, Single, Divorced... *I glazed over* for some other options that definitely didn't apply...
Me: Siiiingle?
The other assistant laughed and said "You don't sound too sure about that!". I retorted that it was process of elimination and that answer was the closest ;)
Her: Race?
Me: White.
Surprised she looked up quickly, and I conceded... Well I'm not Black, I'm not Hispanic, I'm not Latino or any of the other minority groups, and it's probably under Caucasian... *restraining an eyeroll*
Unfortunately I forgot my friend's awesomest answer to this question: "Race? I am part of the HUMAN Race"
Her: Ethnicity?
Me: *looking truly confused* Canadian?
*laughter erupted and ensued*
Come on, how is that even a valid question anymore?!?! Seriously, I'm part British, Czech, and who knows what else coming out of the middle European countries that are all super close together and invaded each other frequently... and most of the people I know are of unknown mixed ethnicity for similar reasons.
Even when you think you know, there's that person in the family that traces the tree back and goes "Hey did you guys know, we're part Scandinavian? Apparently four generations ago this guy got stranded when he was hired to invade and they couldn't pay the raiding party, so a bunch of them settled down and took local wives"
Hopefully with the advances that are being made in healthcare they'll figure out a better way to group people together rather than relying what we think we are.
Assistant: Marital Status?
Me: Uh... What are the options?
Her: Married, Single, Divorced... *I glazed over* for some other options that definitely didn't apply...
Me: Siiiingle?
The other assistant laughed and said "You don't sound too sure about that!". I retorted that it was process of elimination and that answer was the closest ;)
Her: Race?
Me: White.
Surprised she looked up quickly, and I conceded... Well I'm not Black, I'm not Hispanic, I'm not Latino or any of the other minority groups, and it's probably under Caucasian... *restraining an eyeroll*
Unfortunately I forgot my friend's awesomest answer to this question: "Race? I am part of the HUMAN Race"
Her: Ethnicity?
Me: *looking truly confused* Canadian?
*laughter erupted and ensued*
Come on, how is that even a valid question anymore?!?! Seriously, I'm part British, Czech, and who knows what else coming out of the middle European countries that are all super close together and invaded each other frequently... and most of the people I know are of unknown mixed ethnicity for similar reasons.
Even when you think you know, there's that person in the family that traces the tree back and goes "Hey did you guys know, we're part Scandinavian? Apparently four generations ago this guy got stranded when he was hired to invade and they couldn't pay the raiding party, so a bunch of them settled down and took local wives"
Hopefully with the advances that are being made in healthcare they'll figure out a better way to group people together rather than relying what we think we are.
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