Too Many Chefs
It was the day before the final presentation. We were all tired and busy. Some of us were going up and down a fairly steep stairs made out of bare concrete. All of a sudden, we heard our project member growl. He was running up the stairs with his laptop in his hand. It turns out, that he hit his knee cap against the stairs, as he tripped and used his two hands to protect his laptop which was left opened.
He could no longer move and an ambulance was brought in. What we saw was an ambulance packed with people: there were altogether eight staffs. They went up the stairs, which is so narrow that only one people can walk up at the same time. They took care of our mate’s wound, put him on a carrier, and brought him down to the ground floor, four stories below.
After hearing so much through media about the serious shortage of ambulances and some critical patients faced serious consequences because of it, the entire scene seemed so bizarre. After all, many of Japanese homes and facilities are very small. There are not many places where eight paramedics can be in one room and work efficiently.
It turns out that our mate had broke his knee cap in two locations. It was a serious injury and good that he was not a victim of what has been heavily alerted in the media. The only thing I hope is that it was by chance that there were so many. Too many chefs, or paramedics in this case, can spoil things, too.
