A few years before I retired, I joined a project team responsible for installing an electronic medical record system (all the software and computers) in the hospital where I worked.
One of my tasks was to identify the location in each hospital patient room where an articulated arm would be installed - one holding the computer, monitor, keyboard and mouse. This meant I had to physically visit each patient room - about 200 of them - and mark a spot on the wall for installers who came later.
Most rooms were occupied when I arrived, so I would knock on the door and say, "Pardon me. I'm a computer guy. I need to look at the wall over there."
I will never forget the response from one patient (mid-30s) who was sitting up in the bed: "Aren't you supposed to be 19?"
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