But I said nothing, for I had no need of welfare, and besides they called it "reform."
Then they came for the body armor, but still I said nothing, for I had no need of body armor, being safe at home, not at war in Iraq.
And then they came for the nurse's stations...
One morning last week en route to my job, I fell down on the ice while getting off a commuter bus. I landed on my hands and left knee, which was scraped but not badly enough to stop me from continuing on in to work.
To avoid infection, I decided to visit the company nurse for some casual first aid. Sounds like a plan...except that there WAS no company nurse.
So I went to the front desk and got a bandage and a bottle of spray-on disenfectant from the receptionist. Then I went to the washroom, washed, rinsed and dressed the wound, returned the supplies and went back to work.
Welcome to the U$ of A in the new millenium. How do you like your dystopia?