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when we can reschedule

your meal delivery for.

Thank you, again,

it's 415-507-4300.

You know, we'll

leave that message.

I train all my drivers to

leave a message like that,

or one that's at least similar.

And usually we'll go

back later on the day,

on our way back

towards the office.

Swing by if we hear from them.

If not, then we'll bring

them an extra meal tomorrow

or something like that.

But, every once in a while, the

person simply is not around.

About once a month or

so, it's not unusual

for us to have to call 9-1-1,

and get somebody to come out

for rescue emergency purposes.

It's all not uncommon for us

to call sheriff's department,

and ask them to provide a

wellness check of their own,

which they'll break

down a door to do so,

if they're concerned themselves.

- Several generations

ago, we were born, raised,

and we lived in that same

community with our parents,

grandparents, and

we never moved.

But now, with having fewer

children or no children,

and moving away, you know,

we're getting a society

that becomes

disjointed and alone.

But then whose

responsibility is it then

to look after older adults

that may be getting hungry,

that may need medical attention,

that may need transportation?

- Right here, actually.

I think it's his

ex-wife that called in.

This guy was, I guess

eating junk food.

- Yeah.

- Yeah?

- Alrighty, thank you.

There's no way I can work now.

You know, I've tried, and

I can't walk only so far.

As far as being older

and looking back,

there's a lot of things I

could've done differently.

But, it is something

that you just say,

"Well, it never will happen."

And then it will.

- While we're trying to do

the job of feeding people,

while we're trying to get out

the door and make sure that

meals are delivered, trying

to make sure that these people

are still alive, trying to

make sure that they're okay,

we have these other people

that come along and say,

"Tell me, what was the

temperature of your pork

"that you served last

week on Wednesday?"

We can do so much when we

don't have to do all this crap,

this binder-full

of sh*t like this.

That's what gets in my way

of getting my job done.

And it all just gets compiled

into a quarterly report

that's about that thick, based

on several different sheets

of information, to which I

have one person that comes

in the office, thumbs through

it for about 10 minutes,

and goes "Okay."

And then hands it back to me.

You mean to tell me that I

just spent countless hours

to put all that crap

together, so that you can look

through it in 10

minutes, then just say,

"Okay, it's all there."

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