Yesterday I ran into this little piece of tripe:
When it was noted that other hospitals also need blood too, this person responded:
And when it was pointed out that the Red Cross needs a large amount of money, this person's final rejoinder was;
Man, the red cross is really milking this...
Do people in SoCal think their blood is getting airlifted to New York or something? There's a HUGE blood drive in the college quad. It's just opportunism on their part. *Makes cha-ching noise*
When it was noted that other hospitals also need blood too, this person responded:
The red cross is making a quite large amount of money from this is my point. And perpetuating it as much as they can.
And when it was pointed out that the Red Cross needs a large amount of money, this person's final rejoinder was;
... A matter of opinion I suppose. Let me just say that the heads of the red cross are not exactly paupers and it annoys me sometimes and leave it at that.
This is the same person who claimed to be "apolitical" and therefore was virtually unaffected by current events a week or so ago.
I can see that I am still in a volatile state of mind. I want to reach across several thousand miles and shake this person until his eyeballs rattle out. I want to slap some sense into this person's insensitive head. I want to perform surgery without the benefit of anaesthetics.
Instead, I am attempting to ignore this person's existence, so as to prevent adding another needless death to the already too high death toll. I'm hoping that typing this out here will serve as sufficient pressure release that I will not pick a fight with a fool.