local public health
Jan. 15th, 2025 03:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
adrian_turtleThis morning, I was running a small errand at the doctor's office. It was just an errand, I'm not sick, so of course I waited while they dealt with other people. A family having a Bad Day came into the waiting room from the doctor side. The mom was carrying a child of maybe 8. They were the size of big kid you don't carry unless something is wrong, and it's a long way down the hall to the elevator. There was a little kid (2 or 3) trailing along behind looking worried.
I stood up and offered to get the door to the hallway for her, because she had her hands full. She said, "Oh no! Thank you, but I don't want you to get sick. I can get it." I was wearing an N95 face mask. She and her sick kid weren't. I want to appreciate her kind thought, her desire to protect a stranger. I just wish we lived in a world where such kindness was more usefully expressed.
I stood up and offered to get the door to the hallway for her, because she had her hands full. She said, "Oh no! Thank you, but I don't want you to get sick. I can get it." I was wearing an N95 face mask. She and her sick kid weren't. I want to appreciate her kind thought, her desire to protect a stranger. I just wish we lived in a world where such kindness was more usefully expressed.
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Date: 2025-01-17 04:44 pm (UTC)I wasn't in the doctor's office for very long, and it wasn't crowded. It was a whole lot less risky than going there and back on public transit, or going to the supermarket on my way home. I'm not worried, exactly. It just feels like people are looking for safety under the streetlight rather than where they dropped it.
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Date: 2025-01-17 07:28 pm (UTC)