MMEand1
05-01-2009, 08:21 PM
So my sister calls me just now and here is the conversation:
Sister: I need you to go out right away and buy everyone in your family some masks. They have to be N95. You have to go do it right away.
Me: I'm not buying into the hype that is going around. Everyone is getting hysterical and I am not freaking out over it.
S: You have to do this right away. Just trust me. I can't tell you why, just do it.
Me: Tell me what information you have that would require me to run out and do this.
S: I can't tell you. You just have to trust your sister and do this.
Me: Do you realize that most of the store shelves are completely cleaned out and people are hoarding the hand sanitizer and masks?
S: How do you know this? Have you gone out there to try to buy them?
Me: I'm not going to run out there and try to fight people. The news channels are talking about the fact that there is no sanitizer to be found.
S: You just have to believe me and trust me. I know what I'm talking about.
Me: What information do you have that no one else knows about?
S: Do you know what is going on in the world?
Me: I work in a hospital. I am very well aware of what is going on. I work with nasty stuff everyday.
S: Then you, of anyone, should just trust me and just go get the masks for your family.
Me: I'm not running out to get these masks that have not been shown to prevent any kind of flu. We wash our hands, we cover our mouths when we sneeze - we do what we are supposed to do.
S: I can't believe you don't trust me. That really hurts me that my own sister won't take care of her family and try to protect them.
Me: What information do you have other than what the CDC and the WHO is saying?
S: I can't tell you. You just have to trust me. I just can't talk about it. I'm hanging up because I am really hurt that you don't trust me enough to protect your family. Everyone else in the family is doing this except you.
Click - she hung up...
Guess I should mention that she works for OSI - Office of Special Investigations - with the Air Force and sometimes works with folks from the FBI and NSA. Sometimes this whole "I can't talk about it. You just have to trust me." thing gets on my nerves...
Sister: I need you to go out right away and buy everyone in your family some masks. They have to be N95. You have to go do it right away.
Me: I'm not buying into the hype that is going around. Everyone is getting hysterical and I am not freaking out over it.
S: You have to do this right away. Just trust me. I can't tell you why, just do it.
Me: Tell me what information you have that would require me to run out and do this.
S: I can't tell you. You just have to trust your sister and do this.
Me: Do you realize that most of the store shelves are completely cleaned out and people are hoarding the hand sanitizer and masks?
S: How do you know this? Have you gone out there to try to buy them?
Me: I'm not going to run out there and try to fight people. The news channels are talking about the fact that there is no sanitizer to be found.
S: You just have to believe me and trust me. I know what I'm talking about.
Me: What information do you have that no one else knows about?
S: Do you know what is going on in the world?
Me: I work in a hospital. I am very well aware of what is going on. I work with nasty stuff everyday.
S: Then you, of anyone, should just trust me and just go get the masks for your family.
Me: I'm not running out to get these masks that have not been shown to prevent any kind of flu. We wash our hands, we cover our mouths when we sneeze - we do what we are supposed to do.
S: I can't believe you don't trust me. That really hurts me that my own sister won't take care of her family and try to protect them.
Me: What information do you have other than what the CDC and the WHO is saying?
S: I can't tell you. You just have to trust me. I just can't talk about it. I'm hanging up because I am really hurt that you don't trust me enough to protect your family. Everyone else in the family is doing this except you.
Click - she hung up...
Guess I should mention that she works for OSI - Office of Special Investigations - with the Air Force and sometimes works with folks from the FBI and NSA. Sometimes this whole "I can't talk about it. You just have to trust me." thing gets on my nerves...