random burdens....

ok, so.....i rarely meet up with people i know professionally...though i work in three counties, i reside in none of them....and so it was a real shock to open up the door to the clinic waiting room to call for my scheduled client, and see someone i know in the waiting room...someone who doesn't live in the county in question, either.......gentle readers, people do not drive distances for services unless they wish to remain under the radar....and so i made it a point to go out and speak to this person...to make sure it was understood that privacy agreements that i signed make it impossible for me to even mention that i saw the person at the clinic, nevermind what service was desired.......my first fear when that moment of recognition occurred was that the person would bolt rather than risk global reporting of the visit.....and that is a curious burden...to know things one would rather not know.......i can only hope that the nurse who dealt with this client gave effective advice that will be heeded in future......