When you pay someone to do a job, you expect him to do it, and are upset when he doesn't do the job or does it poorly. The exceptions seem to be the medical profession and our elected representatives. The attitudes of doctors toward their patients has long been one of my pet peeves. I pay them for a service and they expect me to treat them like demi-gods and be thankful for conceit and very poor service.
The other peeve is our elected representatives. Unlike doctors, they are not demi-gods, they are full-fledged royalty. Our elected representatives have allowed the courts to usurp their jobs and become the real makers of laws in this country. As seen in the Schiavo mess, congress may direct, but the courts believe they have no power to so direct. Congress also seems to be willing to allow a flood of illegal immagrants into the country and not lift a finger to ensure that our laws are passed.
Usually, if we hire someone to do a job and they don't do it, we don't pay them and/or don't hire them again. Not so with doctors and our elected leaders. We keep right on treating them like royalty.
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