Spot?

[Pearsons, Enid]

Once again, I hate knowing this, but back when I was a tortured adolescent I
learned that in England a "spot" was what we in the U.S. call a "pimple."
The kind with little white heads sometimes get squeezed by unknowing people,
who don't realize that doing that can leave scars.  Or so my dermatologist
told me.

Enid Pearsons
Senior Editor, Reference
Random House, Inc.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Grant Barrett [mailto:gbarrett at MONICKELS.COM]
> Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2001 7:08 AM
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Spot?
>
>
> This article has me stumped. I'm probably about to be
> embarrassed, but what the hell
> is a "spot"?
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_1136000/1136252.stm
>
> A Bupa spokeswoman said: "A colleague found the nurses
> squeezing the spots of a
> patient who was in the surgery recovery room
>
> "The colleague suggested that it wasn't a good thing to do
> and reported them to the
> general manager. They were suspended while the complaint was
> investigated.
>
> "They were reprimanded but are now back at work. The patient
> was put in no danger
> and there was no harm done.
>
> "The nurses are really, really, embarrassed and so is the hospital."
>
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