It’s Fluhbottomist, Right?

I do taxes for a living, and I work near a hospital. One day, a phlebotomist comes in to do their taxes. I get them done, and a few days later, another phlebotomist comes and does their taxes.

A few days after that, I have three phlebotomists. The number of phlebotomists continues to escalate until, one day, my whole day is booked full of phlebotomists.

I ask one of them:

Me: “Are… Are all of the phlebotomists from the hospital coming to me?”

Phlebotomist: “Yes, we’ve passed your name around.”

Me: “Why?”

Phlebotomist: “Because you know what a phlebotomist is and can spell it.”

Me: “Oh. Okay, then.” 

That’s the day I learned that, apparently, being a runner-up in the spelling bee championships for my state should have been an accomplishment on my resume.