What I saw on Black Friday, 2018

The 405 freeway north so empty I could drive the speed limit.

Spaces near the front of the West LA VA Medical Center parking lot.

An almost empty waiting room in the Primary Care Clinic.

Being seen by a physician after waiting less than 30 minutes as a walk-in patient.

A nurse and a doctor hugging after having a verbal battle over the signature on a consent form.

Waiting less than ten minutes to get a prescription from the VA Pharmacy.

A whole lot of pus coming out of this badly infected thumb after an orthopedic surgeon cut into it.

No line in the drive-thru at Chick-Fil-A on a day they were open.

A blonde driving a convertible who bore a strong resemblance to this woman back when she appeared in this car in a movie.