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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI am sitting in an emergency room in excruciatin
pain sice 2:00am and now some shit decides to come in and turn on fox. Can't I get a break? I get to sit here in some of worst pain I have ever know wirh fucking Fux chatting about haw godly trump is.
WeekiWater
(3,259 posts)Sorry someone has added Fox on top of it.
hlthe2b
(101,714 posts)You can't tell me that they don't know how problematic this is and, like many public spaces could decide to block it.
llmart
(15,499 posts)I did that in a grocery store back during the W. years and guess what? I never saw it on their big screen TV again. Never. I have to assume that others must have complained, because I'm just one person.
Sometimes establishments need to be told this.
phylny
(8,353 posts)Most public places that Im in now put on HGTV. You might not like it, but it aint political.
N_E_1 for Tennis
(9,593 posts)Escape to a place of your happiest moments, concentrate on that. Take a mental vacation.
Feel better soon.
mnhtnbb
(31,318 posts)and given something for pain relief. Ask to have the channel changed to non news, or better yet, turned off.
Vinca
(50,170 posts)Hope you feel better.
raging moderate
(4,281 posts)This will end. There will be a time after. And then you will laugh about how stupid Fox sounded.
lpbk2713
(42,696 posts)It may actually be against their policy for non-staff to change the TV.
Suggest something neutral like the Weather Channel or a food show.
Some hospitals & clinics have an in house channel to acquaint visitors
with what they do and what they offer.
Ilsa
(61,675 posts)Weather, kids' programming, anything but fux news.
I would never turn a waiting room tv to msnbc, only because i know it would bother other people who might be in pain.
csziggy
(34,120 posts)Which is a good, non-controversial choice.
When I reported to the Registration for one of my surgeries, they had the TV on the Food Channel. It was torture, especially for those of us who had been fasting in preparation for procedures. I made a comment and a month later when I reported for my next surgery, it was on the Weather Channel. I made sure to thank them!
Doreen
(11,686 posts)Ohiogal
(31,658 posts)Being in the ER is miserable enough. I wish theyd get rid of all TVs in public areas.
Good luck and I hope you feel better soon.
janterry
(4,429 posts)I agree with everyone else.
I hope you are okay, soon (and it's not too serious).
RKP5637
(67,031 posts)for example, Home and Garden TV or something more neutral than Fox type crap. Hope you feel better soon!!!
marble falls
(56,358 posts)Fox news broad cast in several years there, it used to be on all TV all the time.
safeinOhio
(32,527 posts)you can get the TV be Gone from Amazon. Turns off any public TV.
https://www.amazon.com/TV-B-Gone-Universal-TV-Control-Keychain/dp/B0006GD9CE
Doreen
(11,686 posts)Aristus
(66,091 posts)The AMA leans to the right, but allied health personnel tend to lean to the left. I'm sure there is a nurse or a medical assistant who would be happy to turn the channel, or turn it off altogether.