I admit that some words do affect my
blood pressure. A few years ago, it was the word diabetics. Now it
is people with diabetes. I attended a lecture recently and
the person speaking used those three words so much I finally got up
and left the room. Grammatically the speaker made the same mistake
over and over when saying, “Now you is people with diabetes,” or
“If I were people with diabetes.” After I left the room, six
others followed and then her assistant came out to shoo us back in
and we were not going back in.
When asked why, one person said we keep
waiting for her to replicate into several people so that her grammar
would be correct. Has she not heard of person with diabetes and how
to use it? I added that political correctness is the in thing for
many people, but she is so incorrect, it is sickening. After
finishing and answering a few questions, she came out to ask us why
we left. When everyone started to move to her and forced her into a
corner, I knew that she was to be lectured about political
correctness.
Since I wanted to hear another speaker,
I quietly walked away to find that room for later. When I found it,
I went to my car to eat my lunch. Yes, lunch was part of the
package, but apparently not too many were making use of it as there
were a lot of people eating in their cars.
When the sessions resumed, the first
speaker asked why so many had not eaten the provided meal. One brave
soul said because it was more carbs than he wanted for lunch. This
received a round of applause. Then the speaker asked for an estimate
on the grams of carb and several said 45 to 50 grams. Okay said the
speaker, you don't have a reason for not eating. How many grams did
you eat at your car was the next question. Several said 15 to 20
grams and a few said 20 to 25 grams.
Then the speaker turned most of us off
when he stated we should all eat 45 to 60 grams of carbs per meal.
Several people stood and one person asked if the topic had changed
from the publicized topic or if we were in the wrong room. No answer
from the speaker, but I felt that this topic deserved some time.
Several almost in unison said stick to the topic, or give us back our
money.
The speaker made the mistake of adding
more about carbs and everyone got up and left. It turned out that
several other sessions emptied near the same time. Apparently very
few wanted to hear information on eating many more carbs. The
organizer followed up with letters saying that anyone that left early
would not receive refunds and the speakers had already been paid. I
don't know about the rest, but I will blog about the poor quality of
speakers and remind people that the event is not worth the money.
The lunch was over priced and loaded with carbs and not only were
those of us that carried our own lunch ridiculed, but we were
chastised for eating less by often more than half. This is not what
we wanted to hear from people that are supposedly professionals.
Yes, most of the speakers were doctors
and a couple were CDEs. In an impromptu meeting outside the
building, many of us agreed we had been badly treated and we needed
to let the different communities know how the doctors talked down to
us as patients and chastised us for our choices. Several said they
would send letters to the editor of their local paper and most agreed
that other papers would pick up the story.
This is the reason for not naming the
group or the organizers at this time. I am just sorry I spent the
money and made the trip to be put down like we were.
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