C.: I wonder where my cohost is? d.c. did not answer his phone when I called earlier. That must be him calling me now. Hello. d.c. Where have you been? I have been trying to call you.
d.: I was called into work. The staff is shorthanded, and there are extra animals at the kennel.
C.: I thought that you were off all week. What happened?
d.: Do you remember the inmate I was telling you about the other day?
C.: Yes, why?
d.: Because his pet is still at the kennel. He was scheduled to be released one week ago, but he is still in the human kennel, and his pet is still in the animal kennel.
C.: Why?
d.: Well, he said that he was scheduled to take a blood test the day he was going to get out, but it was scheduled too early in the morning, so he did not go for it. The human kennel wants to make sure that the inmates are healthy and will not spread diseases when they get out in the free world. Every inmate must take a blood test the day of his release. The human kennel schedules the blood tests for six a.m. or sometimes earlier, so that the results will be back before they are released from the human kennel. This inmate did not want to get up that early, so he is still in the human kennel (SMH). It seems to me that he would do whatever is necessary to be able to go home to his family.
C.: Well, six a.m. is REALLY early. I hate to get up before noon, so I can understand the inmate not wanting to getup that early, but I am a cat. I thought that humans were all obsessive about time.
d.: Not ALL humans. Mainly people who are my and your mom and dad’s age. However, this inmate was from my generation, so his behavior seems odd. Maybe he just did not want to get out of the human kennel. Change is scary, whether it is positive or negative.
C.: Yes unless it is a litter box or a human’s underwear. Then, change is necessary on a regular basis.
d.: You have a point, but I will need to cut this segment short. I must go to Huntsville tonight to watch a human on death row, and I need to take a nap. Since the inmate is on suicide watch, I will get no rest tonight.
C.: Did you bring your equipment for administering CPR home from work, d.c. You will not have time to get it from work, since you have such a long drive.
d.: No, Cal.E. I forgot it. That’s okay, though. The inmate is a DNR
C.: So, the state is going to pay you vacation time and overtime, as well as shift differential for working at night, to watch an inmate on death row who is on suicide watch but is a DNR?
d.: Yes. The state spends over $30,000 dollars a year on most inmates on death row. Since most stay an average of thirty years on death row before being executed, the state spends almost one million dollars on each inmate who is on death row.
C.: You humans live in a VERY strange world!!!
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