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Staffers on hospital ship getting pedicures on the tax payers dime while on duty. WTF? Investigation to take place.
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sheshe2
Oct 2017
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snowybirdie
(5,223 posts)1. No it wasn't on the ship
It was workers in the field that took time out to get a spa day. However, the ship is only serving 8 patients when they have facilities for a few hundred! Unbelievable
sheshe2
(83,740 posts)4. Thanks for the correction...only saw a brief clip.
Sad, I heard about the 8 patients yesterday.
Enoki33
(1,587 posts)2. Hard to believe this level of mismanagement is not deliberate.
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)3. And California is burning. Nice priorities. nt
Retrograde
(10,133 posts)5. To be fair
it would take a long time to sail the ship to California, and the fires are mostly inland anyway.
However, it wouldn't hurt the administration to acknowledge that the fires are going to have a huge impact on the economy of the country's largest state.
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)6. That said, the construction industry will be having the best years in decades once all
the rebuilding takes place.
Carpenters, electricians, plumbers, masons, etc will be able to name their price...