I was getting food from the refrigerator at the unit at Quincy Mental Health Center. A male patient stood behind me and coughed. I turned around and asked "What's your problem?" He said "Nothing. I'm waiting to get into the refrigerator." I said "I was here first." He said "I didn't say nothin'." I said "I knew what you meant."
What he meant was "Get out of my way; you have less right to be here than I do." That's what all the coughing and similar gestures mean, everywhere that they happen.
Copyright L. Kochman, February 17, 2015 @ 12:11 p.m.
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