Paper bags and plastic hearts
All our belongings in shopping carts
It's goodbye, but we got one more night
Let's get drunk and ride around
And make peace with an empty town
We can make it right
Throw it away, forget yesterday
We'll make the great escape
And we won't hear a word they say
They don't know us anyway
Watch it burn, let it die
'Cause we are finally free, tonight
Tonight will change our lives
It's so good to be by your side
We'll cry, but we won't give up the fight
We'll scream loud at the top of our lungs
And they'll think it's just 'cause we're young
But we'll feel so alive
Throw it away, forget yesterday
We'll make the great escape
And we won't hear a word they say
They don't know us anyway
Watch it burn, let it die
'Cause we are finally free, tonight
All of the wasted time, the
Hours that we've left behind, the
Answers that we'll never find
They don't mean a thing, tonight
Throw it away, forget yesterday
We'll make the great escape
We won't hear a word they say
They don't know us anyway
Throw it away, forget yesterday
We'll make the great escape
And we won't hear a word they say
They don't know us anyway
Throw it away, forget yesterday
We'll make the great escape
And we won't hear a word they say
They don't know us anyway
Watch it burn, let it die
'Cause we are finally free, tonight!
C.: Hey, d.c., why are you late? Am I going to need to do the blog all by myself?
d.: No, Cal.E. We can do it by phone. I’m through now. The auditors came by, unexpectedly, just before I clocked out for my shift.
C.: What were they counting?
d.: Prisoners, mainly. They wanted to make sure that all the inmates came back after the holiday weekend when The Kennel was closed.
C.: Did they all come back?
d.: Yes.
C.: That’s amazing!
d.: Not really. A lot of the inmates are in The Kennel because the situation was worse where they were than it is in The Human Kennel. Some don’t even have a bad place to stay, and some even committed crimes (or admitted to one) because they found out they have a chronic illness, and no health insurance. They knew that The Kennel would get them treated for whatever their illnesses were. It is the only way some inmates can get adequate medical care.
C.: That’s sad, but we, at least, passed the inspection since all the inmates returned!
d.: That’s not why I’m late. The auditors wanted to make sure our sharps, chemicals, and schedule drugs were counted correctly, not expired, and put in the right place.
C.: How many auditors were there?
d.: Three
C.: One medical person, one Kennel officer, and whom?
d.: No, Cal.E. They were all civilians with no medical training or training to be an officer at The Kennel.
C.: I don’t understand.
d.: Well, the regulatory agencies that control both agencies want people who aren’t affiliated with either profession to keep an eye on us to make sure we are doing things properly.
C.: How would they know?
d.: They wouldn’t. I could have told the auditors that a staple remover was an alligator clip, and he wouldn’t have known the difference. He admitted that. I ran into the same thing in agriculture when I worked with your dad. A lot of the auditors in ag. don’t know a corn stalk from a mustard seed!
C.: Why would the general public want someone that isn’t well informed to audit a kennel or an ag. corporation?
C.: Because people don’t trust one another. This is true in both fields in which I've been involved. People think doctors want to do unnecessary procedures or prescribe unnecessary drugs to make more money for themselves or their colleagues. Honestly, even if there weren't severe penalties for doing this (including jail time), doctors just wouldn’t have time for such foolishness. Most people in agriculture work long, hard hours and don’t have time to try to fool people, either. I guess dishonest people don’t trust others because of their own dishonesty.
C.: What about politicians? Do they have auditors?
d.: No, they don’t. The thinking is that elections are the best way to monitor politicians.
C.: So, on this planet, all elections are fair and honest then, d.c.?
d.: That’s all the time we have for today folks. Please join us tomorrow for another episode of Cal.E.’s Corner.
C.: But, d.c., you didn’t answer my question. d.c?.. buzzz
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