I have been harping on this a while because it's one cluster in a wider pattern of social decay. People are forcibly deprived of control over their own lives, and then blamed for that as if it is a personal failing.
Much the same happens with being late or unable to reach an appointment.
* If someone is sick or injured and in need of care, they might move slower and have a harder time getting there.
* If they rely on public transportation, they're at the mercy of a system that isn't obligated to run on time, or at all really.
* If someone else has to drive them and that person flakes (or gets called into work) then no ride.
* If the construction job that was supposed to be done in a week takes two and clogs traffic, *everyone* going that route is now late.
* If someone has kids and the sitter is late, now that parent is late, because you can't leave kids unattended.
And somehow that means you don't deserve health care anymore, or any other type of appointment. I've seen a few exceptions where people had a good policy about appointment mishaps, but most of them are downright abusive now. How is it okay to fine someone $50 and tell them never to return, because the goddamn bus was late? That shoots help-seeking behavior right in the head.
And then they wonder why people "don't want help."
Society is broken, and the broken pieces grind together, and most folks just don't understand why everything sucks so much.
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dancing_serpent
Re: Well ...
Date: 2018-05-31 08:22 am (UTC)Much the same happens with being late or unable to reach an appointment.
* If someone is sick or injured and in need of care, they might move slower and have a harder time getting there.
* If they rely on public transportation, they're at the mercy of a system that isn't obligated to run on time, or at all really.
* If someone else has to drive them and that person flakes (or gets called into work) then no ride.
* If the construction job that was supposed to be done in a week takes two and clogs traffic, *everyone* going that route is now late.
* If someone has kids and the sitter is late, now that parent is late, because you can't leave kids unattended.
And somehow that means you don't deserve health care anymore, or any other type of appointment. I've seen a few exceptions where people had a good policy about appointment mishaps, but most of them are downright abusive now. How is it okay to fine someone $50 and tell them never to return, because the goddamn bus was late? That shoots help-seeking behavior right in the head.
And then they wonder why people "don't want help."
Society is broken, and the broken pieces grind together, and most folks just don't understand why everything sucks so much.