the stupidity of nurse supervisors

"Is Mark working?"

The correct answer:  Look you stupid cow!  Mark does work.  He cooks.  He shops. He buys the groceries.  He helps his father with his exercise.  And he does other things to help his parents.

Sub-text:

The stupidity of the nurse supervisor:  She accepts the conventional wisdom (stupidity really) about what work is.  Work is when you receive money because one of the Capitalist Class manages to increase their wealth by your activity.

More diplomatic answer:  Mark has a Ph.D. in Philosophy, but in the current world, the powers that be are destroying the public education system.  That means that there are fewer jobs for Philosophy Ph.D.'s every year.  Do you realistically think he has a chance of getting a job?  Do you expect him to work part time with low pay and no health benefits or pension?  Do you honestly imagine that this would be better than spending more time at home where he can help his parents?

As I said, these visits are intrusive.  Undoubtedly, the Nurse-Supervisor (No, not "Nurse Ratchet', but perhaps "Nurse Wretched") thought her question "innocent'------But then people who behave badly often do so in ignorance, and quickly forget what they have done because its badness was never registered by them.........Eichmann, after all, seemed a very sane, normal, moral man to the health care professionals who met him!