My mom fell and broke her hip a week ago last friday. Hospital discharged her to a rehab place Monday. Put her in a room with a woman who was aparently half deaf who played her TV loud at all hours of the day and night. We complained numerous times, they did nothing. Mom said she would leave, they say, you can't that would be AMA, and none of your meds would be filled.

So after a week and a phone call, I call again. Get the director. Explain the situation. She says we are trying to find your mom a private room. I said, why can't you just go tell the woman she has to turn the TV down? Oh we can't do that, we can't talk to patients like they are children, they have rights. I said, how about talking to her like an adult, and telling her that she needs to be courteous? No we can't do that. I said let me ask you a question, if your mom was in the room with this woman, what would you tell your mom? She says, I would tell her the same thing I told you. I go, so you don't have quiet time, or lights out, or any standard at all in terms of being a disturbance? She says no. I said, well I don't believe that, but how about this? I am going to buy my mom a boom box, bring over there and plug it in, so she can play it at all hours of the day and night as loud as she wants to play it. Since she has rights and all that.

Well sir, we can discharge your mom if you would like. My sis showed up with her BOSE system, and took mom home. 84 years old, lost her husband of 62 years 5 weeks ago, and these lazy poor excuses for a feral human couldn't even turn the lady's TV when she was sound asleep, much less enforce some sort of quiet time or respect for people in a shared space.

To busy worrying about their Juneteenth shin dig.