We didn't know what to do. We were in a mediocre restaurant in Arizona having flown there from Canada. Our waitress was in her early 80s and had rheumatoid arthritis in her hands and feet, and there she was working as a waitress. She was suffering with every step and with every movement of her hands. Another waitress was the same. We didn't know where to look.
In Canada we don't see this. If an elderly woman with difficulties works in a restaurant it's because she owns it and won't go home.
So seeing a waitress this age with rheumatoid arthritis working this way was shocking to us and very upsetting. We ordered tea and toast so she would not have heavy plates to lift. We left her a $50.00 tip and got out of there.
In Canada all medication is free when you turn 65. Watching these women struggle this way was heartbreaking.
I hope I never see this again.
REPLY:
Oh, gosh… America can be so patronizing towards Canada when it’s just so… so much saner than we are. I’m so tired of being from a country currently viewed by the rest of the world as totally bonkers.
Every single one of us would agree to this for our own aged parents but we can’t see that that’s exactly what we would be doing by agreeing to pay a little more for all.
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-most-heartbreaking-thing-you-have-seen-in-the-United-States
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-most-heartbreaking-thing-you-have-seen-in-the-United-States
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