Staff Fun & Games 


     There's no denying a friendly rivalry exists between the  Security
Department and the Orderlies (particularly the Jennies and the Delmos) and
it's common to see the two groups bantering about who's the more vital to
keeping things running.  It's also common to for them to pull pranks on each
other.  So if you see a Jenny being abducted and straitjacketed by a pack of
Black Delmos or a Blue Delmo walking into a Jenny ambush please do not
be alarmed.  It's all in fun and just high spirits.
     No, we don't try to stop it.  Why should we?  We have always believed
that a little lighthearted interdepartmental rivalry helps keep our staff
morale so high.  Also it helps keep both the Orderlies and our Security
staff on their toes and given the Institute's mission it's important for them
to stay alert.  Besides there's nothing wrong with a few healthy pranks
     We all feel that they're signs of a cheerful institution with dedicated
staff and that's a mood we like to foster.  Even the senior staff pull them
sometimes.  Which reminds me of a story.

     The most infamous incident is still the week that Head Nurse Ling Ling Hsu
disappeared after going offduty.  We had no idea what had happened to her,
from all the evidence she had just disappeared on her way to her apartment.
     Then precisely seven days later on a day which not coincidentally was 
Ling Ling's birthday her older sister (who was working some of her hours 
during her sibling's absence) ordered Ling Ling's staff of Joys to assemble 
in a new admittee's room and to bring balloons, noisemakers and a cake.
     No, they didn't think anything was particularly unusual about that.  As
I said we use some unorthadox techniques and they have carried stranger things
to therapy sessions.
     The Joys had been tending this patient for the past week following her
chart's instructions that she was to remain crainiologically isolated and 
incapable of verbal interaction for 168 hours
     Excuse me, I did promise to stick to layman's terms.  That translates to
hooded and gagged for a week.



     Expecting to be advised of a new treatment program they were surprised 
when Lang Lang wished the patient a "Happy Birthday" and amazed when she
unstrapped the hood to reveal their boss but they still managed a credible
version of "Happy Birthday To You Dear Ling Ling" and a merry time was had by
all.


     
     Well, by all except for the birthday girl who was somewhat pissed off but 
had to admit (once ungagged) that it had been the only surprise birthday party
that had ever been held for her which was a complete surprise.
     Excuse me?  No, she never got the chance to communicate with her staff
during the week.  I can give you all the mechanics if you like but the short 
answer is feeding procedures in such cases are designed to give the patient
as little chance to talk as possible.
     As a matter of fact there were some who felt Lang Lang had overdone it.
Ling Ling was asked if she wanted to enact disciplinary action against her
sibling but she said she would prefer to handle matters herself.  Some say
she already has, others that she's still planning to pay her sister back.
But that's another story.  
     Extreme as that may sound it's nothing compared to what happens around
here on April 1st.  Usually pranks are isolated incidents but there's one day
a year where our unofficial rules of conduct concerning pranks are suspended
and it feels like everyone is trying to get into the act.  Around here April
Fool's Day is known as Prank Day for good reason as that's when the Institute
becomes, if you'll pardon the pun, a real madhouse.
     I can elaborate on that if you're interested
     If not there's still a lot of ground left to cover.


Would you'd like to meet the Support Staff workers who pull these pranks on
one another?

Or our doctors and nurses who also pull the odd prank?

Even the members of our involuntary patient acquisition
team pull the odd practical joke

As do our Physical Trainers

Pranking is something of a way of life among our Training Staff

There's always pranks pulled at our staff parties.  Perhaps you'd like to drop
by the recreational lounge where we hold them

Our student interns were severely pranked the day they arrived at the Institute

Or we could change the subject entirely and I could give you the scoop on
our advances in humane capture technology

Alternately some visitors have been fascinated by the specifics of our patient
restraint and control equipment

Others have wanted to hear all about our use of robotics

If you insist we could take a look at our underground high security storage facility

Of course you can always return to the Open Wards

Finally there's one more option.  The place most everyone wants to see.




Do you still want to see the Grimbor Ward? 
 

 


If you really want you can return to the Lobby 

Or we can end the tour