The other day I had to go get a Department of Transportation physical examination done for work. I had to do it when I initially got hired back in the day, and apparently every two years a follow up is required. At least that’s what I’m going to assume, even though I know for a fact that either somebody lost my paperwork or never gave it to me, and I’ve been working without a valid DOT medical exam on file.
Oh well, I’m not the one that would have to pay that fine to the state.
The exam is basically a non-invasive physical. Read off an eye chart, get hit in the knee to test reflexes, repeat what the doctor whispered to you (hearing test), and so fourth.
This time, I had to give a urine sample as well. No big deal, I’ve given lots of those over the years, whether they wanted one or not.
Usually, when providing a urine sample, you are given a plastic cup with a lid and told to go fill it up. That’s pretty much standard procedure I would think.
So at the beginning of the exam, the doctor sits me down on a Read the rest of this entry »
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