Supplementing the Elderly (mostly for Jill)
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"jmcquown" > wrote:
> Goomba wrote:
> > jmcquown wrote:
> >
> >>> Are we artificially prolonging what god and man used to call NATURAL
> >>> CAUSES for our benefit or theirs?
> >>>
> >> I think you know how I feel about people pushing religion. The
> >> physical therapist (PT) marched in and almost immediately asked what
> >> church we go to. Excuse me? It has absolutely nothing to do with
> >> her medical care. (And yes I reported her to the agency who is
> >> sending people to the house.) It's none of their friggin business.
> >>
> >> Jill
> >
> > Oh geesh... she was probably just making conversation and that
> > question is very common down south. How have you missed knowing that
> > being that you've lived in the south so long?
> > It is asked as a conversation starter not unlike asking what school
> > you attended?
> > I think you over reacted entirely.
>
> The south has nothing to do with it. The Director of Operations didn't
> think I overreacted. It's not within the scope of the job description to
> PUSH her church. She and her husband formed their own church. It's called
> the Church of Rock. This sounds very much like a bad Jack Black film, don't
> you think?
>
> She took drum lessons because they couldn't find a drummer for their newly
> formed Christian rock band. Her father was a minister; he died a week ago
> last year. If she was just being chatty I wouldn't know all the details. I
> wasn't rude to her but she's not getting paid to preach. She's getting a
> salary and billing Medicare and proseletyzing all at the same time. If she
> was a Jehovah's Witness knocking at the door I'd have slammed it in her
> face.
>
> Jill
I'm glad you called her down on it. ;-)
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