Most people I speak with back home haven't heard of the G20. Here, it's affecting most everyone's lives for a few days. Adversely. 'Cept those school kids...almost all of the colleges have closed their campuses today and tomorrow. 'Cept Pitt, cause is sucks, so I'm learning.
I've been receiving these long, drawn out emails from my unit director at work. If you live on the east end (which I do), please schedule yourself to work Thursday and Friday. Why? If you live anywhere else, it will take you 3 times the amount of time you usually take to drive to get to work. If you work 7a-7p today, you are welcome to stay at the hospital overnight. Why? You won't be physically able to leave. Why? There will be a 0.5-1 mile radius closed around the Presby campus. Phipps Conservatory is the scene of some big dinner this evening. No buses, no cars, and you better carry two forms of ID at all times in case you get accosted by the police.
If you don't prefer to live at your workplace (but I can't imagine who wouldn't want to have a one night stand with C. diff and MRSA and VRE), then there's another option: pay 40 bucks and sleep at Family House. As for the 7p-7a shift tonight, it will take you between 3 and 6 hours to get to work. You bes be leaving yo hiz at 2pm (when you should probably be sleeping so you can actually take care of people tonight). Hey, maybe they'll have a few extra hospital beds for a pre-work nap. Thank something or someone I still have class today, and that I have my own two feet and two wheels to get me to work tomorrow.
There are 3 designations for the wounded:
West Penn (right next to me in Little Italy) for the tear gassed protesters
Shadyside (right next to me down Aiken) for the beat up coppers
Presbyterian (my hospital, 30 minute walk/15 minute bike ride away) for the pres and co.
Ha. Maybe 10D will get to meet a well known diplomat. Maybe not. If something happens to one of them, they come to Presby and they take over. Take over? That means there will be no use for us, ie. they bring in their own staff and we get tossed aside. Sort of like that old phone book somewhere on my shelf...
i remember talking with my friend liz (who lives in pittsburgh) about the g20 summit. we made it sound like a dope rap group because we figured most people didn't know about it. "you got tickets to the g20 show?" it was funnier back when it happened.
ReplyDeleteApparently Pittsburgh is big enough & has the infrastructure to host such a dignified world event, but small enough that it won't be missed if industry & govt shut down for two days.
ReplyDeleteSay, we could do it in Cleveland!