The Lunch

It's old news, and usually I don't like to talk about work here, but sometimes... just sometimes... it's more important to do the right thing. We all, and by all I mean some, tend to go to lunch together when we go to the cafeteria. It's more like we walk over together, get our lunch, walk back together, and eat alone in our respective offices. So on Thursday we took this trek together to get our lunch. If I remember right, I chose the turkey pot stickers, some rice, and a spring roll. Actually it was 2 spring rolls because Gayle gave me hers.

As we were standing in the hallway outside the cafeteria waiting for the rest of us to regather from the great hunt, a woman walked by a few times clearly lost. I won't get into the details of Gayle trying to explain to her how to get to the exit because, if you've ever been lucky enough to be lost in a maze, it's pretty clear that even with the best of intentions you're probably not getting out on your own. So we let the rest of our gang find their own way back and we take this woman to the exit.

Over the past few days we've been having a JCAHO mock survey at the hospital. It's a form of certification, and seems to be very important for hospitals. So as good employees, we've all been trying very hard not to be seen while they are here. Now if you could close your eyes for a moment and imagine mixing a nice glass of water with battery acid, then drinking it, you'll have an idea of how things usually go when Gayle and I do something together. No luck and bad luck are usually not the best of combinations. So of course while we're holding our lunches walking through the hospital with a patient, we're going to run into the surveyors. Though I must say, in an amazing twist of fate, they pretty much ignored us.

As for the survey, when all was said and done, people were pleased with the results.

There are neither beginnings nor endings to the turning of the wheel of time. But it was a beginning.

Enjoy your weekend!

Ed.