XPost: uk.politics.misc, uk.people.health, uk.current-events.general   
   From: banana@REMOVE_THIS.borve.demon.co.uk   
      
   In article <1138195532.770239.233470@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,   
   eddie_wood@hotmail.com writes   
      
   >banana wrote:   
      
   >> Only for the poor punters or for everyone?   
      
   >I am one of the "poor punters" now, I worked for a hospital trust.   
   >   
   >I keep the mobile on 24x7 (job) and switch to silent when in a   
   >hospital, cinema, church, meeting etc.  If receiving an urgent call I   
   >will leave the "room" if it is inappropriate to talk.  However there   
   >are MANY users that couldn't give a toss about others.  I have been at   
   >a funeral where somebody had a mobile ringing.   
   >   
   >In a perfect World there would be a polite notice asking for silent   
   >alerts, but there are too many inconsiderate people and hence we are   
   >all subject to silly rules like this. The reason for the rule is wrong,   
   >but for "punters" the hospital is one of the last mobile free places   
   >and long may it be so.   
   >   
   >Use a payphone, there are plenty at the hospitals I visit.   
      
   What I meant was, do you think only patients (I called them 'punters' to   
   underline how they are treated as 'numbers' by those who own and run the   
   system) should be banned from using mobiles, or do you think the same   
   rule should apply to officials (including quacks) and staff?   
      
   If you think about it, it's similar to a 'no talking in the ranks' rule.   
   It's like one of those libraries where readers are supposed to keep   
   their voices down (as indeed people should in libraries), but the staff   
   are always bawling and hollering.   
      
   There's so much smoke and mirrors in the 'health' system, and this is   
   just one example. The system is not about protecting the 'general   
   interest', not in this way, nor in any other way. It's about profit and   
   it stinks to high heaven.   
      
   --   
   banana     "The thing I hate about you, Rowntree, is the way you   
               give Coca-Cola to your scum, and your best teddy-bear to   
               Oxfam, and expect us to lick your frigid fingers for the   
               rest of your frigid life." (Mick Travis, 'If...', 1968)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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