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Okay, I’ve seen some weird stuff in my day, and I actually do believe in
coincidence, because I’ve witnessed more variables than most people have, but
this is so weird. It was extremely hot in my apartment when I woke up this
morning. I was sweating through the sheets, and having trouble breathing. My
air conditioning must have gone out pretty early for my thermostat to have
been reading 26 degrees. The power seems to be okay. I placed a call with the
super, so she’s been working through the problem. I didn’t think that it was
too terribly urgent, because I was going to have to spend most of the day at
work anyway. But guess what? The AC is out there too. It’s out across the
entire jail. Fortunately, everyone in my team has been issued a laptop. When
we’re at our respective workstations, we dock it so we can use the external
IOs, but we can also carry them around if we would prefer to work elsewhere.
The interesting thing about your world is that you’ve championed retractable
power cables for your mobile devices. It makes the machine a little thicker,
but this cable unit can be pretty easily removed if need be. If not, it makes
for a quick getaway. Anyway, that’s not what’s important, because we would
have made it work either way. The point of the story was that we were able to
go to our Jail Counselor’s house to work there. It was a bit cramped with all
of us together, but we’re very grateful for the option. The guests in the jail
had no such choice. They spent extra time in communal areas, supported by
fans, but all those people so close together made it so that it was more like
two steps forward, one step back, at best. Now, I’m not here to discuss prison
reform as a whole. Our mandate is to understand group dynamics, and nothing
more. But it just goes to show how important it is to treat our incarcerated
with respect and care. These people had nowhere to go. The county had plans in
place to address it, but unlike you, who can just go to the movie theatre when
things get rough, it’s vital to remember that some people have it rougher.
