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Covidian Zombies In The Dangerous Streets
Location: a small countryside town in Scotland. Stepping out of the car the first shop I see was once a bakery. Sorry but this business is permanently closed. Next door is a cafe. Breakfast Menu Serving Now. These Premises Guarantee Your 2-metre Safety Zone. Come On In! I resist this invitation, and queue by the ATM to get some cash. A young maskee in front of me sprays the keypad with her personal hand sanitiser before______________________
How about being sixty, frail, and unable to obtain treatment from the National Covid Service for any illness, infection, or debilitating condition except the single one bequeathed to us by the Chinese Communist regime?
ReplyDeleteHow about attempting to get an appointment from a GP surgery which never answers the phone?
How about a scheduled telephone appointment with a Consultant who doesn't bother to phone, either at the appointed time or at all?
How about a Zoom meeting for, hilariously, physiotherapy - for which due to a malfunctioning new system (introduced a year early and for which the staff admit they've only had a fortnight's training), you've been sent no link, either by email, text, or post? And which because you allegedly haven't 'attended', all your scheduled appointments have now been cancelled and suddenly you're back at square one after a year and a half?
How about, once you've angrily bearded the, inevitably, third-world admin chief in his lair, you get your appointments restored and are given the precious Zoom link, but guess what there is no sound on the Zoom link and everyone in the meeting sits there bemused, just like you, while the host rabbits on soundlessly - everyone scared to leave the 'meeting' just like you in case they get their further appointments cancelled?
My partner has recently had to endure all this - which would once have been a hilarious Monty Python or Two Ronnies sketch, but is now a reality show with a cast of NHS 'Heroes'.
Truly hideous to find honest taxpayers abused by the sytem they bankrolled. . It's not difficult to see which kind of employees are happy to endorse endless lockdown/distancing etc. - those who suddenly found themselves drawing full wages for "virtual" work. The NHS has become a cross between a religious icon to be knelt before and a bat to beat upon the head of dissent. It is providing neither health nor a service. Personally, I've never a had a good experience with them at any level. The tales -like your own- I hear nowadays just boggle the mind.
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