Insensitivity
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by Thomas Lane Butts

Joe Garagiola, baseball's finest, was once the co­-host of NBC's morning show the Today Show. He told of an experience he had at a local drugstore. He said he had filled his little shopping basket with a bottle of extra­-strength Tylenol, 12 ounces of Kaopectate, an elastic knee support, a supply of corn plasters, Dristan, a vaporizer, a remedy for sore gums and various "over-­the­-counter" medications. He said that after the clerk checked him out and took his money, he could not believe his ears when the clerk handed him the sack and said, "Have a nice day." If the clerk had been paying attention, it was obvious that Joe was not preparing for a nice day.

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