So today was one of those awful wearing days caused by me neglecting a minor medical problem and having it balloon into something worse.
The details of the medical issue are boring but the interactions are what’s important.
Starting with my doctor’s office in suburban MD. The pleasant nurse who checked my temp, blood pressure, etc., was a POC with a fairly heavy accent — not sure where she is from originally but clearly an immigrant.
My doctor is a WASP but her spouse, the other doctor in the practice, is an immigrant from Persia.
The lab tech who took my blood (I barely felt it!) was Latina with an accent, so likely an immigrant.
Then I was sent to an imaging center for a stat ultrasound. The wonderful person checking me in, W, was African American. She told me, with apologies, that it was unlikely they could squeeze me in because they were booked solid and were short a person. She then started calling various people to see if there was a way they could accommodate me.
It didn’t look good for me getting seen at W’s imaging center so I tried calling another imaging center. After a many-layered automated system, I was on hold for almost 10 minutes, during which W desperately tried to get hold of me (I was right outside but she didn’t know that) and finally found me in order to tell me they had figured out a way to fit me in.
The ultrasound technician was Latina, also with an accent, so most likely an immigrant.
The doctor on the imaging results has a Nigerian name — may or may not be an immigrant themselves, but certainly DEI in one way or another!
Everyone I interacted with today was friendly, courteous and competent. W went above and beyond and seemed to make it her personal mission to get me seen today.
I’m trying to imagine this day without any “DEI,” any immigrants, but I can’t.
And yet trump, musk, vance and their spineless, stunted-brained sycophants want all the people who helped me today (except my doctor) wiped out of white Americans’ lives — either out of the country or out of a job. They are too stupid to understand that without DEI/immigrants, there’s not much of a nation left, certainly not a creative, growing, contributing nation. A population limited to aging white people won’t keep the U.S. strong and future-proofed.
I did end the day on a high note. After many hours of anxiety, I was finally done (tests look good), and was driving to the parking lot exit when I saw a cybertruck trying to back into a parking space There were 5 empty spaces in a row so it should have been easy, but in that oversized piece of junk, she couldn’t seem to get it right. As I drove by, I caught her eye, then gave her the finger. Her windows were closed but I could see her mouth open screaming at me as I cruised on by, flashing her a big smile, my anxiety released and my equanimity restored.
