When I worked in home health, we often experienced a phenomenon at the beginning of the week named “The Monday Surprise.”
When we arrived at patients’ homes on Mondays, we were often surprised by stories of falls they had experienced over the weekend. I referred to these falls as the weekend plops, drops, and flops. We’d ask the expected questions while trying to drill down on why they fell, and among the discussion points, a popular refrain surfaced: “I fell, but I didn’t get hurt.” Meaning they'd fallen but, thankfully, hadn’t broken a bone.
