Cal.E.'s Korner

Dropkick me, Jesus, through the goalposts of life End over end, neither left, nor the right Straight through the heart of them righteous uprights Dropkick me, Jesus, through the goalposts of life

Make me, oh, make me, Lord, more than I am Make a piece in your master game plan Free from the earthly temptation below I've got the will, Lord, if you've got the toe

Bring on the brothers who've gone on before And all of the sisters who've knocked at your door All the departed, dear loved ones of mine And stick 'em up front in the offensive line

Yeah, dropkick me, Jesus, through the goalposts of life End over end, neither left, nor the right

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Paul Charles Craft

Dropkick Me Jesus lyrics © Screen Gems-emi Music Inc., Black Sheep Music

d.: Today is day two of our discussion about the human kennel. Today I want to talk about the officers at The Kennel.

C.: Why?

d.: Because they’re an important part of the overall structure of The Kennel. Much like nurses with paqtients, kennel officers are the people with the most hands-on and face-to-face dealing with the criminals in The Kennel. That can be a good thing if the officer is a well-respected one who use his or her interpretation of the rules to make the situation as tolerable as possible for all concerned. However, there are those officers who follow the letter of the law, and that can be detrimental to both other staff members and the inmates. It can also affect the medical personnel at a human kennel. At least, though, these two types of officers are trying to do their jobs correctly. Then there are the officers in the other two categories.

The first category encases the officers who don’t try to enforce the rules at all. The inmates know when these individuals are working and take advantage of the situation. The common belief is that they are mainly on the night shift. However, common sense would tell you that that would be a bad situation…

C.: Why? We do have bad officers on the night shift, d.c., and everything gets done anyway.

d.: I suppose that’s true, Cal.E. It’s the same on the day shift, and I can live with an officer who is just lazy or burnt out, if that officer submits to authority and does not interfere with the officers who are trying to do their jobs correctly. The ones that bother me are in the last category.

Some officers who have been on the job for many years decide that it’s their job to interpret the rules for other officers. Mind you, these officers don’t believe that they should be subjected to the authority they recommend for other kennel personnel and the inmates, but others must follow their interpretation of the rules or risk being reprimanded. Those officers, I believe, are the reason why inmates’ advocates have been able to convince people on the outside that they are being mistreated and bring about reform. That can be good and bad.

C.: How?

d.: While I personally believe that inmates have too many rights and privileges, those officers make it obvious that some inmates are mistreated. It spills over to other kennel personnel as well as the inmates. These officers do make everyone around them feel as if they’ve been drop-kicked through the goalposts of life. It’s best, I think, if the state just lets the “old guard” retire and let the new officers, who have the correct protocols freshly imprinted in their brains take over. That would create more jobs and also keep the inmates and officers from intermingling too much. That creates situations where some inmates gain favor and others are shunned and/or mistreated.

C.: I can see that, and I can see from the clock on the wall that I’m overdue for my pre-shift nap.

d.: So, I guess that’s all for today, folks. Please join us tomorrow for another episode of Cal.E.’s Korner.

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