I once drank vending machine chicken broth out of a urine sample cup, nearly gave my supervisor a heart attack. Hospital humor is strange.

I was waiting for the “well, since it’s a stray dog, you’ll have to get a course of rabies shots”.

Ben is becoming my favorite character. He’s like a skittle all hard on the outside but a softie on the inside.

The way Austin tried to get back to that straw has kept me alive for another day. Seriously this guy Cures depression.

We once had a rescue dog whose previous owner had often kicked him, which we weren't told about. So one day he was trying to get into the trash and my mom just wen't "no! Stop that!" which was apparently enough to make him panic and bite her hard into her leg. She had to get the whole treatment and could barely walk for a whole week. The funny part though? In Austria the doctor also always must report dog bites to the police. So a week later my mom got a letter that went "Dear miss B, you were hurt by the dog of owner mister B. This is a criminal charge. Do you want to pursue a lawsuit against him?". My mum obviously didn't want to sue my dad and told them so. Fast forward five years and my dad has to get a criminal record for his new job application. And what do we find on there? "Charged with grievous bodily harm (lawsuit dropped)" Boy, that was fun to explain to his future boss.

I'm glad I'm as equally disturbed as Ben was to see someone drinking out those things because yes that would freak me out tf

Next thing you know, he's gonna be eating chocolate pudding out of a bed pan.

This reminds me of going to the doctor with what they ended up officially listing as a "puncture wound". I was play-fighting with my dog, who was absurdly friendly to everyone, and hurt myself. I play-slapped her with my right hand as she was still dodging my left and I slapped my hand on to one of her canines. At the office, they asked how it happened and my response was "I accidentally slapped a sharp, non-metal object that my dog's saliva was on". The doctors pressed me on what happened, but eventually wrote it up as a puncture wound because "it's not really a bite if the dog doesn't even try to close its mouth".

I'm loving the way you do these skits now, it's like watching a short story and how you act out each role makes it so much better. Thank you

watching Steve struggling to put the straw back in his mouth took about 5 months off of my life

I love this. The laughs, then sweet sentiments, then more laughs. At an ER in '09, I had to report that my own dog accidentally ripped my lower lip in half, and it hadn't occurred to me, they were taking notes on breed, and possibly considering taking him. He was a one year old Boston, leaping for his leash, as I bent down to kiss him, two days before my sister's wedding. It happened in front of my young niece. As blood was gushing, all I could do was turn away and say, "Go get an adult." The ER lady fixed it so well, I barely have just a hint of a scar just under my lip, just a tiny lighter spot. She did miss the numbing shot at first, passing through my lower lip into my upper. I had to say, "Ummm.....? You missed!" Now, going on 13 years later, my sister is dead from complications from her final (of five or so) cancer surgeries, for two different kinds of cancer, my husband died in front of me of his final heart attack, but our dog, Alistair, is still with me, and sleeps at my feet every night.

Honestly, I was the kid who got bit by the dog who'd had too many second chances, and I came an inch away from losing an eye, and found out years later that I should've had rabies prophylaxis too but they lied about a vaccination record. I also overcame my anxiety about dog bites and now work at an animal shelter with dogs, but I still say this-- don't give out passes. Plenty of good boys deserving homes who haven't ever broken skin.

One has to be VERY comfortable with themselves to look like a doofus while drinking Ice coffee in a urinal bottle! -- These skits are funny... and I love the characters! Even the skits are hysterical, there is always a very touching element to them, especially if Austin is in it!

I absolutely love the storylines between the staff. Austin is so cute with his innocent outlook on things, even if its drinking ice coffee from a urinal jug😆😆

We had a lot of dog bite situations at the pediatrics office I worked at-usually young kids pulling a tail or accidentally hurting the dog and the dog reacting. Most often they were warning bites that barely broke the skin and rarely bled but watching the parents freak out when we gave them the dog bite form to fill out (mandatory here) thinking that someone was going to put their family dog down was hard.

I got bit on my leg when I was just nine years old. It was pretty bad. It was a stray dog that was in my neighborhood... The other kids did mean stuff to it and when I was innocently walking by, it attacked me

I had a weenier dog that I got when I was 11 that got hit by a car, fast forward 15 years and he was 17 y/o with pins in his hips with arthritis and old. My sister was visiting with her kids and I was in my bathroom and I heard him yelp, I yelled for my sister to find out what was wrong with him and if it was one of the kids to get them away from him. He had never ever bite anyone but I always worried about someone stepping on him and he reacting. Well, my sister not doing what I asked, let her 3 year old use Bam Bam as a balance beam to stand up right as I was walking out of the bathroom and he reacted. He bite her right on her arm where she was pushing on his bad hip. He barely drew blood and she didn't need stitches, but we still took her to the doctor. But when the doctor started doing the whole dangerous dog song and dance I politely informed her that I would consider my sister more of a danger than my dog and that as long as he was alive he would never be alone with a kid again because I wasn't taking the chance they would ever try to put him down. Bam Bam lived to be 20 and never bite another person. He was the best dog. I still miss him today. My mom gave him to me right after my Grandma passed away and he went to college with me, when I got married, and my husband joined the military.

Had a neighbours dog bit me once. A black lab. They let their two kids walk the dogs, but one sister left the one with a broken arm to hold both. Couldn't keep control of the one . He was trying to grab my kick boxing belt, bit my leg instead. Mild bruising, didn't break my clothes. 8 hours I'm A&E later, sent home with a plaster. We had to talk to the police, qnd 8 year old me said i wanted them to put a muzzle order on the dog (not in those words), because that is something legally doable here. The dog would have to wear a muzzle if out of the house. The police refused and berated us and just asked us if we wanted the dog to be put down. I said no ofc So my dad took me to the ladies house and we told her we wouldn't press charges as long as she muzzles her dog out of the house. She cried. Never let her daughters walk the dogs again either. Dog always had a muzzle on after that.

Steve you are SO good at demonstrating understanding and reassuring patients, while also informing them of significant information that they may not want to hear, but you deliver it in such a non-confrontational way. I really hope to emulate these characteristics with my patients, and people in general honestly. Thank-you!

This one kills me a bit... Ben is always such a tough guy but honestly, every once in a while we get one of these videos and it reminds you that he is a soft guy who really does want to help, not only illness or injury, but also the emotional aspects of care.

I like how they just argue and Austin is just chillin with his coffee.

My brother-in-law got a nasty dog bite because he was stupid and tried to break up a fight between his dog and a neighbor's dog that got in through the fence. Both were Rottweilers. Neither of the dogs were harmed at all, even though the fight was brutal (rotties have thick skin). My brother-in-law though... his hand got severely mangled. I'm typically okay around blood and injuries, but I gagged a bit when I saw it. He REFUSED to go to the ER though because he was certain they'd put his dog down. I would hope that they would understand that the dog wasn't actually attacking a person on purpose, it was just trying to defend its territory from another dog. His hand ended up healing okay, although the scars were nasty and it got infected pretty bad. Long story short, DO NOT TRY TO BREAK UP A DOG FIGHT WITH YOUR BARE HANDS! *edit to add that this isn't about the breed of dog necessarily. Just pointed out the breed because of their bite strength. My brother-in-law's dog is the sweetest thing ever.

Seeing stern Ben show a softer side, these skits are turning into their own continuity. They definitely beat most medical dramas on TV now. Also, it's good to see you try to handle topics like dogs, where people might get mixed up in the morality of how to proceed

Touching moment from ben, but I think this skit was about what happens when there are no cups in the break room. 🤣

My brain literally would not process what Austin was holding and drinking out of until several seconds in lol

In most municipalities a dog bite has to be reported to animal control and sometimes to the city public health services. If the dog has a rabies vaccination, then it is usually allowed to be quarantined at the owners home for ten days. It has to be examined by a vet at the ten day mark to assure it is healthy. If the dog dies within the ten day period, then it has to be tested for rabies. If it doesn’t have a rabies vaccine then many municipalities insist it be quarantined at the animal shelter or a veterinary clinic for ten days. It is normally given a rabies vaccine at the end of the ten days and the owner is fined for not having the dog vaccinated and they have to pay for the ten day boarding. In many countries throughout the world rabies is rampant in stray dogs and is the primary method in which people acquire rabies and die. Because the US has such a high vaccination rate in dogs and cats, rabies in dogs is extremely rare- and we want to keep it that way. Vaccinate your pets against rabies!! It is a horrible way for a human or pet to die!! About 25,000 people die from rabies every year- the majority is acquired through dog bites.

I like that the doctor showed compassion in this scenario. You totally Rock BTW

I want a TV show with these characters, I really grew attached to them and have to remind myself constantly that it's the same guy playing all of them.

When I was a young teenager, I was bit by a dog while walking around a church. It was a neighbor’s dog, and the only way I got it to stop was by going on the playground and getting the gate between me and the dog. I didn’t want anything bad to happen to the dog, but when I leaned it had a history of aggressive behavior and I realized that about mid thigh (where I was bit) on me would be about the height of a face of a small child that could be playing in that area, I was more okay with them reporting it.

I love Ben more every time he talks to a patient. His reactions are so damn good - you can just see his thoughts in his face - and I buy in every single time. Steveioe, you absolutely rock!

Damn this hits home. I worked in a town where there’s this horrible husband and wife. The husband was worse. Wife did daycare in home. They owned a pit bull. The husband was horrible and very abusive to the dog, which in turn made the dog mean. He was home when all this happened. But he lied and said he wasn’t and wife took all the blame. They let the daycare kids play in the back yard with an angry, and severally abused pit bull. The dog attacked a 4 year old in the neck. Took half of it out. The little girl fought for 24 hours before she lost her fight and passed away. I was working at a gas station when this all happened. Life flight came out. But after the event, before cops arrived. The husband walked into the gas station and bought a case of beer. Telling everyone what happened like you were describing a trip to the store. He said his dog ripped the throat outta this little girl and he was on his way to put the dog down because he knew cops would make him. He was also laughing and joking with random customers after he stopped again on the way back. One of those random people happened to be news guy. The news guy was shocked when husband left and we told news guy who he was. Did I mention husband was completely drunk when he came in. He was. No he got off without consequence. Wife spent jail time. Oh, but karma wasn’t done with husband. I’m not sure if wife was out of jail or not when this happened. But husband was caught in bed with someone else’s wife. We’ll call her husband hero husband. Hero husband found his wife having an affair with jerk husband and shot him in the head. Now jerk husband is dead. Sadly it took a few years after the event for karma to get him. But karma found him in the end. Karma is real. And hero husband has been labeled a hero in the town. That little girl was 4 years old! Horrible story but very true. Yes, hero husband was charged for his actions. Sadly karma doesn’t write get outta jail free cards.

I have a dog with a bite history, little chihuahua-dachshund mix. He's a terror. We found a trainer after he bit me in the face, since obviously we weren't meeting his needs. She worked with him, gave us homework, we worked with him, and we also got him checked out with his vet, who put him on a very low dose of antianxiety meds because it seems like a lot of his aggression is just built up stress from...well, being a little stressed out dog. He doesn't have even a little bit of chill in him. He's so much better with his trainer's help, and I'm grateful that she mentioned the possibility of anxiety, since his treatment for that he has not just calmed down but become more friendly, less shaky. Still quite wary and not at all what you might consider friendly, but now it's more balanced. Seems weird to give a dog psych meds, but it has made a huge change in his quality of life, and therefore also ours. He's still an absolute dick, that is just part of his personality. A big part. But he doesn't bite and he's not so aggressive, which perhaps was partly defensive. Poor little guy.

I found a stray dog in the middle of the road one time. I think it was abandoned because it was laying on the side of the road. I went to go get it so it didn't get hit and it bit me. I don't blame it and wasn't mad. I gave it to a rescue and she went to a good home. Went to the hospital and they cleaned it, did x ray, couldn't really report it, and got told that where I live there wasn't bats so I didn't need rabies shots or anything, which I find odd because I live in the desert with a bunch of coyotes and mountain lions. But I was just happy the dog was ok and is now living a happy life.

Love the skit, but you missed one major question- Is the dog up to date on it's rabies vaccine? (Once you established it wasn't a stray).

As a victim of a dog attack and a huge dog lover, I was honest and our county really dropped the ball. They tried a couple of times to contact the owner and then closed the case, even though I had witnesses to where the dog lived. We lived right down the street from a high school and an elementary school.

The fella drinking the iced coffee, having difficulty finding the straw, then looking up and smiling was so adorable!

As a nurse I just want to say we need more people like you! You are such a thoughtful, funny and compassionate person. Many people lose that working in healthcare. You are a real treat💕

To anyone who owns a dog, especially if they're newly adopted, LEARN DOG BODY LANGUAGE AND HOW TO TELL WHEN TO BACK OFF. Side note, when adopting a dog, please ask the attendants if they know how the dog is with children, other animals, or anything else of significance that they may see regularly in your house, and if the attendant says they're not good with those things, do not take this as just staff trying to scare you off (seriously, people, we want these animals adopted as much as anyone); take it as a severe warning. The last thing any of us want is for a dog to be returned on a bite quarantine

You had me laughing nearly spitting out my water and then going 🥺 and then laughing again at the end. I really think you should consider writing a sit-com based in the ER with all these vignettes. I work in an ER and I'm nearly halfway done with nursing school, hoping to get hired on in the ED when I graduate. A show that covers all the interactions between techs, nurses, docs, HUCs, social workers, on-call docs, pts, families, food service, environmental services, etc would be awesome and relatable to so many more people than just the typical show about MDs.

I'm very happy for the extra heart and understanding you've added to some of your more recent videos. Not everything is how it seems, and it's important to recognize that. :)

This was really good. I like the longer more thought out skits. I enjoy the simple funny ones too. But this was great humor and seriousness In one. Great job 👏🏼 👍🏼

"it looks like your drinking someone's poop urine" I'm dying from laughter! You my friend are absolutely hilarious! I love your videos!!!

I’m a nurse and I have a very dear dog that is ‘one of those breeds’. I worked hard to teach her ‘good manners’. On our many daily walks, I have no problem with other folks crossing to the other side of the street to avoid contact. Whatever makes it work. She has worked in many environments with sirens, screaming people and other kinds of chaos. This dog has been taught ‘good manners’. Every time I’ve given the command for her to COME, she immediately refocuses and returns to me. No matter what bully squirrel is tormenting her. Just saying. There are not really any bad dogs, just bad owners. Thank you for the hearty laughs I get from your hilarious takes on real healthcare situations. Dark humor or just finding a smile in the face of adversity keeps me sane in my nursing career. Your videos help keep me sane. Again, thank you mother f**ker!

Lol Austin's innocent smile as he goes back to his final slurp

My first day ever in triage I had a dog bite, followed by a human bite, followed by an imminent delivery. What a profession. Also, rhabdo coffee.

Really didn't expect this one to make me tear up but here we are 🤣 As the owner of a really good dog for the most part who also happens to be aggressive when strangers come near me, I feel this. He is a work in progress but he's a baby when it's people he knows. We're trying, I've been bit and I will 100% take a bite if it means someone else doesn't but the last thing I want is someone else to get hurt. But also to see anything happen to him would kill me.

This was a very compassionate way to have a serious conversation about pet ownership and responsibilities. I almost started getting choked up because he was both harsher and empathetic, imo, than Judge Judy. Thanks, hopefully many will get this. My dog, my responsibility.

Thank you for the compassion towards 🐕

Just when you thought it was gonna end on a serene, but relatable note... BAYUM!! They hit ya with the iced coffee in the urinal cup🤣🤣🤣

ED people are cut from a very special cloth. I love it! 🤪 We (the ED crew I worked with) never drank from urinals but I did bring in red punch in fake blood bags one Halloween. It was all good until day shift arrived & we were “reported” & later “verbally warned” b/c a pt saw us (while trying to sneak into our break room to swipe food😡)

You forgot to ask if the dog had it's shots. Love your videos.

Bless you for making these so full of pathos. I just watched the one with the old man who wanted to go outside and it hit me so hard in the feels. You're doing so much good with these. I look forward to each and every one. Keep up the good work.

I really need a comedy hospital show written by this dude

The way austin was drinking that iced coffee so tension free was absolutely 🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼

Dude you and the other medical professionals on yt keep me going with the humor when I’m having a tough time stuck in the hospital. (21 days today as I saw this one from a few months ago I somehow missed). Can’t thank you enough. Keep it real dude!

Glad to see even more of your work. Talented guy!

I had a full blown argument with the sheriff's department when my dog bit me. I refused to give her up. That deputy still remembers that night and gives me hell Everytime we cross paths. That was over 20 years ago

As someone who had an "aggressive" dog I appreciated this we put in measures so he couldn't hurt others even though none of his bites were serious enough to land someone in the er. I still love and miss him (died of natural causes, not being put down)

Happened to look in on your skits. They are hysterical !!! Thank you for the laughs !!!! Will be watching more !!!

I LOVE these characters you've created & you do them so well!!!!!!

Omg the iced coffee was PERFECT for this topic!! 🤣🤣 totally lightened the mood and is probably the experience, finding the fun in the middle of some rough stuff... thanks for the content!!

I just love Austin-he's equal parts innocent and devious! 😇😈

I have had traumatic experiences at hospitals and your videos help bring light and humor to a hard subject for me❤❤

I got bitten by my own chihuahua in the face twice. Once I went to ER for stitches. They were very reassuring and understanding and took great care of my wounds. You can barely tell the scar unless you stare and put a magnifying glass to my face. The second time I went to my primary doctor days after the incident. I didn’t need no stitches. I just wanted to get something in case it got infected cause I saw something in the news about someone who lost all their limbs because their dog licked their wounds. Anyway, my primary dr. made me report my own dog. I had animal control show up at my house and quarantine my dog for a week. They also warned me that if it happened again, they might seize my dog and even put down. I learned my lesson. It hasn’t happened again but if it did, I wouldn’t tell medical personnel. I never went back to my primary dr.

A lot of hospital staff take the urinals to free slushie day at 711. Lol! They are huge and hold plenty! And if they are clean and brand new out of the package it works great! ..... don't ask how I know.... [Covers her name tag that says CNA]

This story line is amazing 👏 Keep up the good work

This was so emotional, I loved it!!

I’ve had a similar experience, the nurse made sure it was my butt of a dementia suffering dog who never met kids or left the basement without a leash(the accident happened because the lights were turned off somehow, never again) and I just got stitches and rabies shots since he was vaccinated. But I’ll never forget that nurse, she saved his life, I didn’t have him for maybe a year or two longer but I treasured him.

I love the kindness you are showing in these videos lately. That’s what nursing was about for me. The iced coffee irinal had me rolling!🤣😂🤪

Just my FYI as a vet student. Outside of very specific state and city laws, the national protocols under the AVMA only require euthanasia in dogs showing symptoms of rabies infection. If they are otherwise healthy then they must quarantine and get vaccinated. Always best to check the local laws first. By the baby doesn't always go straight to being put down. Unprovoked aggression and neurological signs will be euthanized. Territorial/defensive/dominance aggression does not equate to clinical signs. A good way to avoid the scare however, is keeping those rabies vaccinations up to date!

He gives humanity and a window of what is like to be a Healthcare worker in a ER and a patient in distress. Also this is a friendly reminder to train your dogs for the little ones around you and for the life of that animal.

Very sweet, everyone caring about the dog!

we got A plots AND B plots now?? goodness steveioe, you've outdone yourself now!

I hated telling the er that I was bitten/attacked. It was a neighbors dog that was running loose and I didn't want it to get hit. But he felt he could make it on his own with the other friendly dog he was with. But because no one would ever answer the door at the house, I ended up not only with 18 stitches but having to get rabies vaccines as well. I worried all the time after that about the many kids that used that sidewalk as a way to and from school.

These longer videos are awesome, id love to see more

Your short stories make my day!!!! Thanks so much!!!

I enjoy the new episodes even more than the early ones. These teach a lesson. 🥰

I officially love you now. Steveioe, you have just demonstrated that you are a true animal lover. 😊

Omg. I love the cup. So kind about the dog. Love that

I don't know how I missed this video for a year. Brilliant!!!!! Do you know what would be fun? A video of your process of making your videos, filming unrelated segments as a particular character, with the green screen, etc. It must be SUCH a process!!

Got a massive dog bite on my thigh last year from my neighbours dog.. it was a Labrador! 😬

Who let the dogs out

This is good quality drama, Steve! I almost cried. 😢😂😂😂

Great interpretation and a good advice 💚💚💚💚

You’ve been getting me in the feels lately 😭 Love your content!

My uncles 3 pitbulls went after my kitten.. my fingers ended up bitten and mangled in the fray... I put rubbing alcohol on my hands, wrapped it themnin a towel and spent 3 days at my friends recovering from shock. Uncle blamed my cat even though the dogs weren't suppose to be in the house.... few years later: one of the dogs bit my uncle's hand-, barely drew blood- dog was put down .. like wtf

You are a great actor. These skits are great and I appreciate the compassion even when we know we come into the ER playing games aka a "stray" dog bit me😂

You make me laugh. Love the stories. As a nurse, I can relate to so many. Thank you!

I'm about to start drinking out of urinals in the ambulance 🚑 💀

I am currently recovering from a really bad pit bull attack. The neighbors promised to get rid of the dog, but he is still there. So, now I have to worry if a child will be next, since they don't seem to care.

I swear🤦‍♀🤣 you’re really good at this!👏🏻🤣 I’m impressed!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍

I love the funny and the touch your heart moments.wonderful ❤

Drinking out of a urinal, that really got me!

I live for these skits. Rich, Ben, and Austin are my favorite trio, especially Ben. He reminds me of one of my coworkers. I'm a lot like Rich I think, kind of jaded, but mischievous. And sweet, innocent Austin... I pray he is never broken. 😂

I got bitten by our shepherd collie mix multiple times a week. She was 18 when she died and was biting me because I was helping her to her feet and it hurt. She had no teeth so my arms were just covered in bruises for months before she died. If anyone had reported her for biting me I'd have been devastated. It wasn't her fault or acting out. If I had spinal arthritis and it hurt when people helped me move I'd be grumpy too. My latest rescue is a pitbull and when he catches me with his teeth while tug of war he freaks out even though he doesn't even leave a mark. He doesn't want to hurt anyone at all and is devastated when he leaves a scratch with a claw or a little pink bitemark or makes my leg fall asleep because he's actually 70lbs and not a lap dog. You're suggesting that ERs may not report rare out of the ordinary instances warms my heart because I know some people would report my good boy just for looking scary when he's really just a giant cuddle doofus.

Perfect, well done, you really put some realism to the job in such a way that you can't help but laugh 🤣🤣Retired nurse in NH, LUVIN your skits!!!

😆😆😆😆😆 oh gee wiz that urine bottle was hilarious. And what a great response from the nurse about the dog thing.

he's so entertaining and handsome. As a healthcare worker I can definitely relate to a lot of his skits😊

I love how you mix real life with comedy. It is perfection 💞

Austin......bless your heart...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣