This is why I don't talk about politics at Christmas

Chart check quote of the week:

"Client has persecutory delusions involving RCMH employees and some national political figures, as evidenced by statements like "Sarah Palin is so evil even the aliens don't want anything to with her."

Overheard at the staff meeting

“Phil Sheridan? Is this "babies in the sewer" Phil Sheridan?” one of the experienced therapists asked on hearing a new client's name.
“Babies in the sewer? What’s that all about?” a newly hired therapists asked.
“About five years ago, he was pounding on Sonny and Cher’s apartment door, screaming that they’d taken his baby and flushed it down the toilet and he was going to get in their house to get into the sewer and rescue it,” she explained.
“So after the cops came, we evaluated him and had him committed to the state hospital until he was stable again. Apparently he just got out of prison for something else and is back in town,” the crisis worker with the most seniority finished.
The new therapist still looked puzzled. “So was there a baby at all?”
The crisis team all started laughing, which is never a good sign. “No, no baby, just crazy Phil.”

Conspiracy theory of the week

I called the local laboratory to ask them to send us Lillie Langtree's lab results.
“For her medication monitoring?” the lab technician asked.
“Yeah, just like every week.”
“My mother-in-law needs to be on that stuff,” she said.
I should have let the conversation drop right there, but I didn’t. “Oh?”
“Yeah, she keeps telling anyone who will listen that Chinese people are trying to invade the West Coast.”
This is admittedly strange, even by my standards. “What?”
“By going south through Canada, no less! Is that crazy or what?!”
“That’s pretty wild,” I agreed. “If they do, I know some Chinese people in California who’ll hide me.”
“I’ll be able to blend right in—I’m Korean!”