SACRIFICIAL SATURDAY

***SACRIFICIAL SATURDAY*** A patient in a hospital - lying on the bed - accidentally knocked over a cup of water, kept on the side-table… … which spilled on the floor, beside the bed. >> The patient was afraid he might slip on the water if he got out of the bed, so he asked a nurse’s aide to mop it up. The patient however, didn’t know it; but the hospital policy said that… … small spills were the responsibility of the nurse’s aides … while large spills were to be mopped up by the hospital’s housekeeping group. The nurse’s aide decided the spill was a large one… … and she called the housekeeping department. >> A housekeeper arrived and declared the spill to be a small one. An argument followed. "It’s not my responsibility,” said the nurse’s aide, “because it’s a large puddle.” >> The housekeeper did not agree. “Well, it’s not mine,” she said, “the spill of water is too small.”