In Our Right Minds?
There's a saying "left-handed people are in their right minds." Being a lefty myself, I tend to agree. Here's why. Most people I know are right-handed. By this theory, they're not in their right minds. These are the people who put non-rebreather masks on at two liters, bag without oxygen, or think CPR -- without the resuscitation part -- works. They just don't make sense. So this goes out to all my lefty friends who make the world go around.
We have been subjected to discrimination from day one. Schools never had desks that worked for left-handed people, and notebooks weren't made for us either. Now some genius, probably a lefty, figured out that if you put the notebook binding on top of the page rather than on the side, everyone can use it. And now luckily desks are made more ergonomically designed to fit everyone, not just the right-handed people.
I will admit to knowing some people, even lefties, who were probably not in their minds at all, right or wrong. I will also admit to knowing some quite brilliant right-handed people. I think every occupation has those folks. Still, as hard as it is for us lefties in our right minds to tolerate the rest of you, we generally like you and will probably let you stay around. We need you to do your thing so we look good doing ours.
In my opinion, left-handed people should have special parking, carry a separate ID badge, and get tax breaks. I think that's fair. We're clearly less than half the population yet we must solve more than half of our problems because of our right-mindness. At any rate, if you're a lefty, my hat's off to you! If you're not, find a left-handed friend. It'll make you look that much smarter.
Jim Thacker, CRT, AE-C, RCP