Simply put and completely true.
I'm terrified of going back to work.
I've worked in restaurants, non stop since the late seventies. It's been my chosen profession and know all too well about cross contamination and how quickly it can spread.
I do not feel comfortable about being a server at this exact moment in time, especially considering I live in the number one travel destination of the entire world.
Mask or no mask.
At my age it simply isn't worth the risk to me.
But here's a clue...
Wear a freaking mask when you are out in public, and distance yourself from others whenever it is possible.
Throw in washing your hands a lot and keeping your surroundings clean and sanitary...it's really not that hard to do.
That should about do it, and would one hundred percent absolutely make a more than tremendous difference in the fight against COVID.
One problem is that our own president won't even wear a mask or tell others they should.
And I thought "I" was a slow learner?
If I hear one more person screaming about "don't try and control my rights to freedom"... 'I' could puke.
You can't fix stupid, but you can block and delete it.
I spend less and less time on Facebook, the twenty four hour cyber water cooler of illiterate haters.
I haven't seen or read as many hateful things, mostly all untrue, since Barrack Obama ran for president and was elected.
Twice.
Sometimes I am so appalled and taken aback from things posted by people I have known my entire life. Dang, were they racist when I was a kid and I was just too much of a knuckle head to notice?
That's totally one possibility, and I freely admit to it.
I am so far from being perfect I can't even see the halfway mark, but at least I consistently try and get it right more often than not.
So there's that.
I've never seen this country more divided over simply wanting (asking) for equal rights
...for every single person, every single day of their life.
Here's a challenge.
Read this book and get back to me about Black Lives Matter.
Hell, just look what we did to Native Americans when we first arrived...on their land.
Come on, America.
We have a lot to make up for.
Not to mention, these examples are just the tip of the proverbial iceberg of inequality and injustice, and a huge elephant in the american living room. Don't expect change to happen in one weekend, and don't expect it to be pretty.
It hasn't been pretty for them, so why should it be pretty for you?
Think about that for a minute.
Think about George Floyd, with that (not all) cops knee on his neck for 8 minutes and forty six seconds, even though he was handcuffed, non combative...and innocent?
I could go on, and on, and on...and on.
Literally.
If reading this makes you feel uneasy, angry or uncomfortable, maybe you should ask yourself why?
I think Dr. Seuss put it best, years and years ago.
Love is all you (we, or they) need.
Til next time,
COTTON
I'm terrified of going back to work.
I've worked in restaurants, non stop since the late seventies. It's been my chosen profession and know all too well about cross contamination and how quickly it can spread.
I do not feel comfortable about being a server at this exact moment in time, especially considering I live in the number one travel destination of the entire world.
Mask or no mask.
At my age it simply isn't worth the risk to me.
But here's a clue...
Wear a freaking mask when you are out in public, and distance yourself from others whenever it is possible.
Throw in washing your hands a lot and keeping your surroundings clean and sanitary...it's really not that hard to do.
That should about do it, and would one hundred percent absolutely make a more than tremendous difference in the fight against COVID.
One problem is that our own president won't even wear a mask or tell others they should.
If I hear one more person screaming about "don't try and control my rights to freedom"... 'I' could puke.
I spend less and less time on Facebook, the twenty four hour cyber water cooler of illiterate haters.
I haven't seen or read as many hateful things, mostly all untrue, since Barrack Obama ran for president and was elected.
Twice.
I'll take class over crass any day of the week and twice on Sundays.
Sometimes I am so appalled and taken aback from things posted by people I have known my entire life. Dang, were they racist when I was a kid and I was just too much of a knuckle head to notice?
That's totally one possibility, and I freely admit to it.
I am so far from being perfect I can't even see the halfway mark, but at least I consistently try and get it right more often than not.
So there's that.
I've never seen this country more divided over simply wanting (asking) for equal rights
...for every single person, every single day of their life.
Here's a challenge.
Read this book and get back to me about Black Lives Matter.
Hell, just look what we did to Native Americans when we first arrived...on their land.
Come on, America.
We have a lot to make up for.
Not to mention, these examples are just the tip of the proverbial iceberg of inequality and injustice, and a huge elephant in the american living room. Don't expect change to happen in one weekend, and don't expect it to be pretty.
It hasn't been pretty for them, so why should it be pretty for you?
Think about that for a minute.
Think about George Floyd, with that (not all) cops knee on his neck for 8 minutes and forty six seconds, even though he was handcuffed, non combative...and innocent?
I could go on, and on, and on...and on.
Literally.
If reading this makes you feel uneasy, angry or uncomfortable, maybe you should ask yourself why?
I think Dr. Seuss put it best, years and years ago.
Love is all you (we, or they) need.
Til next time,
COTTON
1 comment:
Right on Kells!!!
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