I'm not going to complain about the health care system, although it certainly does need complaining about. Nor will I complain about the greedy drug companies, even though they most definitely need to be complained about. No, my complaint is about something so insidious, you probably never even thought about it.
I went to the store to buy a thermometer as I haven't been feeling well. I wanted your basic, glass and mercury job that have been used by moms for generations. The kind that cost about a buck. I searched and searched. Nothing. So I asked at the pharmacy. I was informed they're no longer made as they pose a threat to the environment and to children if they break. When did this happen? Have people been breaking their thermometers and dumping the mercury into the water supply or spiking their kids' Lucky Charms with it? There are reclamation sites for every heavy metal in every town nowadays. What's really going on?
When I couldn't purchase my dollar thermometer, I was forced to purchase a digital one for over six bucks. It was the cheapest available. I think the companies who make thermometers dreamed up this scheme and are using scare tactics in order to fleece the public. What else can we do except buy the digital ones? Go to the doctor? Yeah, right. That'd be cheaper.
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