Post #2490871
2026-05-04 00:42 UTC
@jeremyburge@mastodon.world I had this happen for a hospital appointment recently. My first thought was to check, “wait, this IS an inner city location, I thought? No I did pick the right address, phew.”
Their guidance has been negligently left in the 1960s:
- assumes wife is coming to pick you up
- but also wife isn’t working and can be somewhere nearby after dropping you off
- but also wife isn’t entitled (or interested) to receive updates on progress, but instead must be available on a 15-minute notification
- the husband must be driven home for some reason: the nearby metro must be avoided, or “you wouldn’t want that”, I mean, why do you want to travel that fast?
- and no, “there is no space” for ride sharing pickups
- but we have a huge carpark ready for you, you’re welcome, yes we are generous, um oops it now costs us money though so please pay
Screw that, I still have working feet — yep, not amputated yet. It was lovely outside.
I’d go for an outdoor wheelchair if I had to.
Just spend a week in Amsterdam, take the orange pill 💊
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@whophd@ioc.exchange 2026-05-04 00:46
@jeremyburge@mastodon.world Amazingly, while walking in, we recognised one of the cars parked on the residential street, belonged to a doctor we know who works part-time in that building. Luxury car, and their huge mortgage in the expensive suburb, the whole load of society’s expectations. They SEEM to be handling the stress better than I would?