I work in a business which is mostly powered by stupidity -- I take care of people who drink and drive and then run their cars into kids on bicycles, who think it's smart to text while they drive, who ride donorcycles ... uh, motorcycles in shorts and flipflops and of course without a helmet. You get the idea. Then there's the guy who decided to smoke after cleaning his grill top with gasoline. In a closed garage.
I even have a t-shirt that says "Your stupidity is my job security" -- and another one that says "Hi, I'm your nurse. What stupid fucking thing did YOU do?"
That's one big reason why I started to investigate Tibetan Buddhism. After all, the Dalai Lama is all about compassion.
And heaven help us all, it might actually be rubbing off!!
Today at work I was leaving the bathroom when I noticed a woman who looked as if she'd been crying, and was dabbing her face with a cold, wet paper towel. Some evil spirit seized me and I put my hand on her elbow and asked, "Are you OK? Can I do anything for you?"
And I didn't even have my hospital ID on!!
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