If you cannot find a job in America today, it's probably because you don't want one.

Ain't that the truth!

I tweaked my shoulder surfing the day before thanksgiving. He won't give me a steroid injection into the joint because he doesn't want to mask the pain that prevents me from paddling hard. He insists on seeing an MRI to rule out a rotator cuff damage first.

There are 4 MRI facilities within an hour of my home. Phoning them is frustrating because they don't have enough people to answer phones. Their recordings say, in effect, we have extended wait times because all our operators are busy; please hold.

When I finally got a live person on the phone after letting it ring for a half hour at 2 of the 4 locations, they apologetically explained that they simply haven't been able to hire enough people since the pandemic.

The earliest appointment I could get is January, not because there's no availability, but because they lack staff!

The other 2 clinics, I can't even get a live person on the phone. Crazy!




Those are well paying jobs!

So, not enough radiology techs and not enough admin people = long waits for imaging =