@pluralistic Good lord. I thought (at first) that this was just a random sort of 'hey cool' thing, like as a display or at a cafe or something, just a bit of random different vibes, and maybe to bring some happiness to anyone who happened to be a nurse who saw it, or interacted with them (being weird enough to make people think).

Why does my brain try to assign positive meanings, still.

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If you get out of bed
Come find us heading for the bridge
Bring a stone
All the rage, my little dark age

@pluralistic Spent a lot of money on this one, didn't they? Nothing says 'you're special' like a hand painted rock.

Money in bank accounts. Appreciation for the WORK you do. Why is that so hard?

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Billy Bragg: 'So I sang ["The Times They Are A-Changin'"] at the Metro Days of Action cos I was so damn angry… and on the way home, someone had been there, nothing to do with us, nothing to do with me, wrote the title of this song on a piece of paper, wrapped it around a house brick, and threw it through the front windows of the Bank of Montreal….' Vancouver, (5 Nov 1996)

@pluralistic Back when I still worked in the field, my old job gave me an apple for radiographic tech week. They literally just gave my department an inexplicable box of apples, and that was it.

At the time, I was going on my third week of work straight with no days off, and I had to cancel my vacation because we were so short staffed. I pulled at least twelve hours daily, but usually more than that.

“Insult” doesn’t begin to cover it. Healthcare workers are treated like shit.

@pluralistic A very large, prestigious university I used to work for used to have "<University name> Appreciation Week," instead of "Employee Appreciation Week."

The "gifts" they would give us would always be the leftover unsold crap from the campus store with the university logos all over it.

@pluralistic It was cute when my daughters' kindergarten teacher had them make me Father's Day cards with their photo and a frame with small rocks glued on which said that I rock. :D

Not quite the same from an exploitive employer...