Seriously
The last few days have been a blur.
I took Tabitha's shift yesterday because it was St. Patrick's Day and because she's a wannabe alcoholic, as opposed to myself who is a real alcoholic. I just drink before I go to work.
No, guys, I'm just kidding.
Seriously.
It was a good shift. It's pretty sad what I think is a good shift. I got to get away from the customers and install a set of new computer monitors. Then when I was changing the reader board outside a woman slipped on the ice and fell across the street. I didn't see her fall, but I heard her screaming. I'm pretty sure if I had seen her fall I would have been laughing so it's probably good I didn't see her fall. Seeing people slip and fall is quite possibly one of the funniest things in the world. I went over to her. She claimed she had broken her leg and I'm fairly sure she had; it was bent in a way a leg is not supposed to be bent and it was flopping around. Not exactly a pretty sight. She refused to let me call an ambulance and used my cell phone to call her friend to come and pick her up and take her to the hospital. When her friend arrived she was like "Why the hell didn't you call an ambulance?" I just shrugged and went back to work.
Listening to Audioslave's new single . . .
Walter: What's that noise?
James: It's awesome.
Walter: It's stupid.
James: You're stupid.
Social Engineering
Social engineering uses influence and persuasion to deceive people by convincing them that the social engineer is someone he is not, or by manipulation. As a result, the social engineer is able to take advantage of people to obtain information with or without the use of technology.
From The Art of Deception by Kevin Mitnick
Audio
Iron and Wine
Woman King
posted by James at 7:22 PM
4 Books were burned:
You should have called an ambulance. It's quite possible to die from a broken leg if a clot is thrown and it goes to the heart. If the clot goes to the brain, stroke.
A lot of folk claim they want to save the world yet care little about the person who slips on the street save for a quick laugh. A course to become an Emegency Medical Technician - Basic would probably cost you $300-$600 plus textbook. And it's a priceless education if you ever need to save someone's life. You can find information on such courses at the state office of Emergency Medical Services. Look at www.nremt.org
You know, he's right.
Yes he is. But I hate when people are self-righteous. Does he never laugh? Is he an emergency medical technician? Does he always do the right thing?
Yes, I am a registered EMT, which I why I suggested James take the course. I'd never want to be in a position of being able to save a person and not know the rudiments of life-saving procedures. That would haunt me forever! I sensed he didn't either. I sensed his humor was from ignorance of the severity of the situation.
Nor am I being self-righteous. Do you have a need to paste labels on people in order to understand them? Sometimes saving the world begins with saving oneself or some poor woman who has slipped on the ice. The journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step, right?
The "world" is ethereal; a person is not. Not everyone is able to "save the people" but they can make life easier and less hurtful for others. And one can't expect to ever save the world if they can't save the individual resident of that world.
Throw one on the pile
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