i hate hierarchical oppression!

daniel was an asshole yesterday.
during community meeting, supposedly a forum for the patients to be heard on issues of the program, we all protested the enforcing of a “rule” that kicked several patients out of the meeting.
the rule is that patients cannot participate (/leave) if they arrive more than 5 minutes late to a meeting.

so 2 patients came in on time (mtging starts at 2:50pm), probably around 2:52pm.
daniel is sitting there in the front of the room, in his place as the group leader.
the 2 patients head to the bathroom (one stall for like 30 patients, but whatever) and come back at 2:57pm.
daniel pronounces them 7 minutes late!!! what????
we demand an explanation. he says “they didn’t tell me they were leaving so they are late.” there is another rule…we are allowed to leave group/meetings one time.
he kicks them out, despite one of them being best friends with a patient who is graduating (saying goodbyes b/c leaving program).
i would say at least half of us speak out in outrage. some supporters of kicked out patients leave.

here is the staff response:
“thank you graduating person for not leaving unlike the others.” -like 3 staff members
“some people think this rule is a grey area, but i don’t.” -daniel
“some people are resistant to changing and they react unskillfully by bursting out of the room.” -staff member
aka. it’s not our fault you can’t follow rules, even if it seems like this rule wasn’t made clear.

meditate on the task manager

today daniel said that meditation clears your consciousness (of chaotic thoughts) to better live life or to work more efficiently in the present. he likened it to having a larger screen on a computer, but the first thought that came to mind for me was the task manager. end a couple of processes and your mind diarrhea will be greatly reduced. so i seriously meditated on my own for the first time and i found that i was able to end a lot of processes, greatly reducing my cpu usage.