The Hippo and the paper

Accountability. Since when did that term become a foreign concept?  In this day in age, we teach our children that it's ok to pass the buck and blame someone else for our laziness. Laziness, that can cost someone their health. Laziness that can cost someone their livihood. As a fellow spoonie, our fate lies in the hands of such people. And although the cost for stress is high flares, sometimes it means we have to make others understand that an "I'm sorry" isn't good enough. Like the old tale of the crumpled paper that was used and abused, no amount of ironing or finessing could ever make the paper like new. Instead it still looks and feels like a hippo sat on it.  But we as spoonies have to "keep calm or suffer the consequences". It's funny, we suffer consequences of not only our actions but of others as well. I wish there were more people like us who worked in the medical field. That way they understand how important it is to get medication on time.  If there were more people like us in the workforce we wouldn't have to explain why their incompetence has led to 3 days of flares because your medicine was late. But such is life, an auto-immune disease doesn't allow for one to work for very long. Perhaps, that is why we are so misunderstood.