Tuesday, October 20, 2009

I Have Duct Tape and a Radio. Fear Me.


The county health department conducted the first mass vaccination clinic for H1N1 today. Somewhere in this crowd is a woman in an ill-fitting green vest with Logistics written in big white letters on the front and the back. She is sweating profusely, trying to answer three questions at once, and looks as though her feet hurt. She has been on duty since 0730. She is me.

(And I have news for that reporter; it didn't remotely resemble any military operations with which I have ever been associated).

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Military operations would have had neater lines and less questions. That reporter forgot the "5 w's" of reporting again. Your neighbors near and far (me) thank you.

Shay said...

If you squint, you can see me in the background with a roll of orange caution tape hanging off my radio...

http://www2.pantagraph.com/shared-content/gallery/?galleryid=4&gallery_page=0&album_page=0&albumid=1192&mediaid=28182

Packrat said...

Can't see you. Oh, well. Also, I don't *Fear* you, but I do feel for you.