Raisin Runs

We have been doing a lot of "raisin runs" lately. For those that are not in the business, "raisin runs" at a "raisin ranch" is our colorful description of those of the geriatric persuasion. This crowd tends to occupy a lot of our time, and not always because of anything close to an emergency. Somehow we have convinced the public that 911 is a on-size-fits-all for any problem, even if that problem is loneliness.

One of the newer ways that people have come to demand our services is when some poor little old lady trips and falls. Now, in many cases, she is not hurt and would gladly get up and go her way. But then in rushes the do-gooder crowd of senile cohorts that somehow got the message that it could be BAD if she got up and toddled off. So they force the poor shivering lady to lay on the cold concrete with rain soaking up her Depends while they wait for us to arrive. Once we get there, she normally says something like, "can I just get up now?" And usually, other than a mild case of hypothermia, she is fine with only minor bumps and bruises.