Ways to annoy your PTA.

[CassieQ]

Ways to annoy your PTA:  Be the guy in the last entry, coming in 20 minutes late AGAIN. 

[Bill W]

3 hours ago, CassieQ said:

Ways to annoy your PTA:  Be the guy in the last entry, coming in 20 minutes late AGAIN. 

It's time to tell that patient to find a new PTA. 

[CassieQ]

13 hours ago, Bill W said:

It's time to tell that patient to find a new PTA. 

That's up to my boss, but the patient did miss a part of treatment he wanted because we didn't have time.   Maybe that'll help.  

[CassieQ]

Book an 8:00 A.M. appointment and stroll nonchalantly in at 8:10 or 8:15.  I've been dealing with this all week and I'm about to lose my mind.  I think if I just showed up 10 to 15 minutes late to treat them, they might not act so casual.  

[Jason Rimbaud]

On 3/28/2025 at 4:26 PM, CassieQ said:

Book an 8:00 A.M. appointment and stroll nonchalantly in at 8:10 or 8:15.  I've been dealing with this all week and I'm about to lose my mind.  I think if I just showed up 10 to 15 minutes late to treat them, they might not act so casual.  

So since I'm not afraid to be percieved as an idiot. I will admit for the longest time, when I read the title of this here thread, I assumed PTA meant parents teacher association. 

And in that context, almost all your posts never made sense to me. What does anything you say have to do with parents and/or teachers. 

Last week my friend tore his groin, and it going to a PTA. Suddenly @CassieQ makes perfect sense and I'm having a right good ole laugh at myself. 

 

J 

[CassieQ]

18 minutes ago, Jason Rimbaud said:

So since I'm not afraid to be percieved as an idiot. I will admit for the longest time, when I read the title of this here thread, I assumed PTA meant parents teacher association. 

And in that context, almost all your posts never made sense to me. What does anything you say have to do with parents and/or teachers. 

Last week my friend tore his groin, and it going to a PTA. Suddenly @CassieQ makes perfect sense and I'm having a right good ole laugh at myself. 

 

J 

I can see how parents and patients might look similar to the casual skimmer.   

I hope your friend does well with his rehab, and please tell him, for the love of God, to please arrive on time.  

[Jason Rimbaud]

4 minutes ago, CassieQ said:

I can see how parents and patients might look similar to the casual skimmer.   

I hope your friend does well with his rehab, and please tell him, for the love of God, to please arrive on time.  

See, you're giving me the benefit of a doubt, I don't think there is anything you ever post that I casually skim, I'm a low key huge fan of your work and your wit. I'm also petrified of posting a comment to your stories and in my excitement won't make myself clear and piss off more people than I already have on this site. 

I am just very slow most of the time, ask anyone. 

My friend is like me, we are rarely late as it shows disrespect. 

[CassieQ]

42 minutes ago, Jason Rimbaud said:

My friend is like me, we are rarely late as it shows disrespect. 

Thank you, I'm glad some people get it.   

44 minutes ago, Jason Rimbaud said:

See, you're giving me the benefit of a doubt, I don't think there is anything you ever post that I casually skim, I'm a low key huge fan of your work and your wit. I'm also petrified of posting a comment to your stories and in my excitement won't make myself clear and piss off more people than I already have on this site. 

You posted comments for most of my Not The Sun series, and in my defense,  I only sassed you once intentionally.  

[Jason Rimbaud]

33 minutes ago, CassieQ said:

Thank you, I'm glad some people get it.   

You posted comments for most of my Not The Sun series, and in my defense,  I only sassed you once intentionally.  

Its you and @JLynch that got me into the most trouble because you two got me so heavily invested in the story that I wanted to comment. And back then I wasn't so diplomatic because I thought everyone thought like me. Since then I have changed the way I interact with stories, I censor myself and only comment when something surprises me or it's a scenario I really really like. It's stopped me from commenting so much on stories but since I never say anything important, everybody wins.  Thankfully I have no desire to be a beta reader, I'm sure I'd be even worse at that position. 

Anyway, I think you rock. 

J 

[JLynch]

3 hours ago, Jason Rimbaud said:

Its you and @JLynch that got me into the most trouble because you two got me so heavily invested in the story that I wanted to comment. And back then I wasn't so diplomatic because I thought everyone thought like me. Since then I have changed the way I interact with stories, I censor myself and only comment when something surprises me or it's a scenario I really really like. It's stopped me from commenting so much on stories but since I never say anything important, everybody wins.  Thankfully I have no desire to be a beta reader, I'm sure I'd be even worse at that position. 

Anyway, I think you rock. 

J 

I don’t understand the context of this comment or the thread.

[CassieQ]

36 minutes ago, JLynch said:

I don’t understand the context of this comment or the thread.

I can be hard to understand,  out of context.  

[ReaderPaul]

Okay, after a bit of page one of this thread, I figured out PTA in the context didn't mean Parent Teacher Association, but instead something like Physical Therapy Associate.  (If that is not right for the PTA acronym please correct me.)

[CassieQ]

On 4/1/2025 at 12:00 AM, ReaderPaul said:

Okay, after a bit of page one of this thread, I figured out PTA in the context didn't mean Parent Teacher Association, but instead something like Physical Therapy Associate.  (If that is not right for the PTA acronym please correct me.)

Physical Therapist Assistant.   

Edited December 3, 2025 by CassieQ

[CassieQ]

Ways to annoy your PTA:  Come in 10 minutes late to your appointment.   Use this excuse:  Well, last time I came early, so this time I decided to come late. 

[CassieQ]

To the patient who told my coworker with Tourette's to "stop that stuttering. "

That's a disgusting thing to say.  Please go educate yourself and stay out of my clinic.   

[wildone]

😮

I hope it is education, not just intolerance  Sadly, people are educated but they choose to be ignorant and hurtful 😢 I really don't know why, does it make them feel superior in the moment? I mean, if someone doesn't look or act like you, especially something like Tourettes, you must know they are not doing it on purpose and probably a medical condition. 

Give your co-worker a collective hug  from us. 

[Jeff Burton]

Man reading this lol.

i remember doing physical therapy in 2018 and they seemed shocked that i was on time and ready to work lol.

 

 

[Cane23]

My wife works as a nurse in a rehabilitation clinic. At one point, several patients demanded to be examined personally by the professor whose name the clinic bears. The only issue? He passed away in 1969.

[CassieQ]

Ways to annoy your PTA:  

Thoughtfully braid your hair so it won't be in the way during treatment.   Pull said braid over the shoulder I'm treating, every single time.  

Ask me repeatedly to add strengthening exercises to your program for weeks.  Proceed to cancel appointment after adding one resistance against gravity exercise because "I'm too sore for PT".  

[lawfulneutralmage]

People...

[CassieQ]

8 hours ago, lawfulneutralmage said:

People...

I know

[wildone]

On 8/20/2025 at 8:23 AM, CassieQ said:

Ways to annoy your PTA:  

Thoughtfully braid your hair so it won't be in the way during treatment.   Pull said braid over the shoulder I'm treating, every single time.  

Ask me repeatedly to add strengthening exercises to your program for weeks.  Proceed to cancel appointment after adding one resistance against gravity exercise because "I'm too sore for PT".  

We got a twofor Two way to piss off your PTA in one post  

[CassieQ]

1 minute ago, wildone said:

We got a twofor Two way to piss off your PTA in one post  

It's been a rough week

[Jason Rimbaud]

Ways to Annoy Your PTA (not parental Teaching assistant), low key stalk @CassieQ to find out where the clinic is. Fake an injury, request @CassieQ and then talk non stop about anything except rehabbing my fake injury. Plus I'll bring coffee with home-made caramel and fresh whipped cream. 

J

[CassieQ]

2 minutes ago, Jason Rimbaud said:

Ways to Annoy Your PTA (not parental Teaching assistant), low key stalk @CassieQ to find out where the clinic is. Fake an injury, request @CassieQ and then talk non stop about anything except rehabbing my fake injury. Plus I'll bring coffee with home-made caramel and fresh whipped cream. 

J

As long as you show up on time, I'm fine with this.