So here I am at 5:40 in the AM, thoroughly disgusted by the decrepit nature of American political theater (for a change), so I figured I could tell a story...just between friends...

A few years ago, I had this patient, one of those roly-poly guys, peculiar and vaguely disturbed. Had a live-in gf of course(!), not bad looking but nuttier than a fruit-bat (sic and sick), but that's a story for a different day. So I'm working in my room, and I see my normally efficient, very professional hygienist, who at the time was with me over 25 years, nearly gasping, so I immediately excuse myself and walk over to her.

Me: What's wrong?

Her: You know ****** ***********?

Me: (Eyes rolling BEFORE the fact) Yeah...????

Her: He reached up and touched my chest. (Giving large-knob-turning pantomime)

Me: Go to the office and sit down, I'll take care of this.

Walk into Asshole's treatment room...

Asshole: Hi doc...

Me: Yeah, "hi"...listen...did you touch ^^^^^^'s chest just a minute ago?

Asshole: Yeah...I'm sorry...I couldn't help it...

Me: Uh-huh...first of all, if I ever hear that you do that again, or anything like that, I'm gonna come find you and kick you in the nuts so hard that your next hygienist is going to have to clean around them. Second of all, you're out of here permanently and you know why.

Asshole: OK, I'm sorry....

Me: I know you are; you're sorry that I'm not screwing around with this situation. You're sorry that I didn't think that 'boys will be boys'. The only reason that ANY woman would be within three football-fields distance of you is that they're being paid...no, let me correct myself, HIGHLY paid, to provide services to you. (I wanted to say that this probably included his gf, but I was going to keep this as 'professional' as I possibly could.) I'll send your records to your next dentist and would advise you to be careful in the future, you never know what is going to happen to you if you do stuff like that to someone.

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I still see the gf, interestingly enough, and of course, he told her what he did...she didn't think it was all that bad 'considering', but that just goes to show you how nuts she is. (And yes, she would be considered 'not unattractive' but has that insane look that is pretty creepy.

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So when I hear that these 'elected representatives' have been pinching and squeezing their staff members bodies, and then sanctimoniously walk onto the house or Senate Floor and talk about morality, restraint, and the like, I could puke. and Re-puke.