A Liberal Among Conservatives
"Behold, I send you out a sheep among the wolves" - Matthew 10:16.
Every day that I am at my second rotation it becomes more apparent that I am indeed the lone liberal in the establishment. Today it became apparent when a lady at the counter whom could not speak English presented our cashier with her medical assistance card. Good lord, you would've thought she condemned the entire staff to Hell for eternity. They bitched for 30 freaking minutes about the injustice of her having medical assistance. I, on the other hand, would've preferred to bitch for 30 minutes about the injustice of one of the workers not showing up for work and condemning me to counting pills for eight hours straight. Apparently that didn't hold a candle stick to being an immigrant. If these people had there way, we would shut and bar the door to everyone trying to enter the states. God forbid we allow those less fortunate than us an opportunity to better themselves. Everyone was bitching except for me and one other tech. This tech told me last week that her grandfather is an American Indian. Let's see...I wonder why she wasn't bitching. Could it be that our forefathers took the Indian's land and gave them syphilis, gonorrhea, and firewater in return? Hmmm...maybe. But we did give them those nice little reservations to build casinos on. That makes it all better, doesn't it? Whatever the case, she was shaking her head at them in disgust, just as I was. Last week I found out they were all "W" fans. Before I could catch myself, I told them that I wouldn't hold it against them. Whoops! That sent up the "liberal flag" like you can't believe. In light of these recent findings, I think the Matthew verse would be more appropriate if it read "Behold, I send you out a liberal among the conservatives." HA! :)
Every day that I am at my second rotation it becomes more apparent that I am indeed the lone liberal in the establishment. Today it became apparent when a lady at the counter whom could not speak English presented our cashier with her medical assistance card. Good lord, you would've thought she condemned the entire staff to Hell for eternity. They bitched for 30 freaking minutes about the injustice of her having medical assistance. I, on the other hand, would've preferred to bitch for 30 minutes about the injustice of one of the workers not showing up for work and condemning me to counting pills for eight hours straight. Apparently that didn't hold a candle stick to being an immigrant. If these people had there way, we would shut and bar the door to everyone trying to enter the states. God forbid we allow those less fortunate than us an opportunity to better themselves. Everyone was bitching except for me and one other tech. This tech told me last week that her grandfather is an American Indian. Let's see...I wonder why she wasn't bitching. Could it be that our forefathers took the Indian's land and gave them syphilis, gonorrhea, and firewater in return? Hmmm...maybe. But we did give them those nice little reservations to build casinos on. That makes it all better, doesn't it? Whatever the case, she was shaking her head at them in disgust, just as I was. Last week I found out they were all "W" fans. Before I could catch myself, I told them that I wouldn't hold it against them. Whoops! That sent up the "liberal flag" like you can't believe. In light of these recent findings, I think the Matthew verse would be more appropriate if it read "Behold, I send you out a liberal among the conservatives." HA! :)
posted by ahsirt at 6:44 PM
2 Comments:
Don't just shake your head, tell them damn people why they are wrong. Do they know for sure that this person is not an American citizen? Do they know anything about this woman except that she speaks broken english? Explain that it is very easy to criticize the medicaid system and who one thinks deserves medicaid, but Corporations that do not provide affordable heathcare to their employees are the ones we should be really complaining about. Walmart the number #1 company in the world does not pay a living wage or offer healthcare at an affordable price to its employees, but it will show its employees how to sign up for medicaid. That is a crime.
I would love to tell them why they are wrong...however sometimes silence is golden and this is one of those times. One of these individuals is directly involved with my grading and I do not a personal vendeta pulling my grade down. So for now, I grin and bear it and will continue to for the next 2 weeks. :)
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