Signs of Spring?
This sign stands in an empty spring LTC flowerbed.
Field of text made up of a recurring list of front line workers, in differeny colours and sizes of text, including:
“Police, Health Care Workers, Nurses, Manufacturing, Pharmacists, Trades Workers, PSWs, Paramedics, Nurses, Hospital Staff, Firefighters, Day Care Workers, Paramedics, Truck Drivers, Gas Station Attendants, Long Term Care, Postal Delivery, Paramedics, Doctors, Couriers, Grocery Store Staff.
"In the centre is the outline of a maple leaf holding text that reads: To everyone making a difference… Thank You.
”#FLATTENTHECURVE #STOPTHESPREAD"
I took the photo because Grocery Store Staff was listed prominently, and as I’ve been working as a grocery store cashier, I appreciated it.
But looking more closely at the text for the purposes of this post, I became disturbed by the frequency of the word “police.”
Yes, police are front line workers, but bloated police budgets not only deprive valuable social services of funding, the stories of police behaving badly, abusing their power, have not abated despite the pandemic.
So I wouldn’t have this sign on my lawn if you paid me.