Woman Who Weaves

The clinic I worked at belongs to a group of charity providers who refer to local doctors through an agency. The agency was complaining that too many referrals were marked "ASAP" I recommended to following urgency levels" Urgent: I already scheduled the appointment, please try to catch up the paper work before the doctor sees this patient: tomorrow / 2 days (circle one).  Next available: Don't worry its not soon enough I'll call the other physician's office manager and get it moved up.  Don't hurry: I need to convince the patient we're doing something while s/he gets better on his/her own.  Never: If you could just lose this referral, you would be doing me and the referral physician a favor. Wonder why they turned it down?

I don't think anybody in the world reads this, which is fine, but I have two things I want to get off my chest and I'm not going back to Facebook for it. 1. Why am I the only person who thinks that a married 41 year old, in a position of power over a 22 year-old woman, sleeping with her, is a predator. He's old enough to be her goddamned father! (I work in family planning, trust me on this.) I don't know any of these people and I 90% don't care, but that 10% wants to whap him upside the head. And then young Pattinson, although more gently, for not seeing the power issues. She was 17 when she met Pattinson, he was 21. This is not a ridiculous age gap, but it requires some understanding on his part. I wish her a peaceful heart and good luck. This will all be fine in the end. If it is not yet fine, it is not yet the end. But she should get herself to a good therapist for a bit. Such behavior is understandable in 22 year-olds but not something she shoul...