Compassionate Caller Pillows

'Asking for trouble hotline...How may I direct your conscience?'

Licensed Therapist

Medical personnel give their hearts

Prejudice/Empathy

'You are a very good nurse. You're actually listening to what I'm saying.'

Pet Shop - Parrot labeled as 'Good Listener'

Advances in Third World Healthcare

'It's not easy being fabulous and caretaking.'

"The patient in 12-C needs comforting."

"Rescue someone; rescue yourself"

Mental Health System Breakdown

Hospital.

One tends to the sick. The other manages a large estate. Interestingly, a caregiver and a caretaker are not on opposite sides of an interaction.

"Don't judge me until you've walked a mile on my medication."

"Peace. Love. Adopt."

"I pick up on people's pain, Alexander. What's wrong?"

"We'll less than two metres again, don't know where, don't know when..."

NHS recruitment.

'A willingness to sacrifice yourself to bring 'peace and succor to the suffering' is all very well Mother Theresa but I don't think it makes up for your lack of knowledge of current hand sanitisation protocols.'

"No, those people aren't anorexic. Those people are starving."

'Sorry, shortage of staff.'

Still looking for your inner-grown-up, Harold?

'I'm freezing...The rich list is a little thin this year.'

"Officer, I'd like to report... a sexual assault. I was at a part, this guy... he attacked me."

"I feel your pain...At home in Europe I also work 14 hours a day in my factory..."

'Could you wear a Dr. Phil mask?'

"On the other hand, his bedside manner is impeccable."

"It's our latest targets...We have to do twice as much with half the stuff in a quarter of the time!"

"Nature can be cruel, but occasionally there are instances of great compassion."

"John says you've all been compassionate and caring! Would you please stop... or he'll expect that at home!"

The Crimean War and Florence Nightingale

'I'm going to put you in touch with reality.', 'Can't I just sneak up on it?'

"I've found my voice, Penny. It's deep, wise, and compassionate."

'Underpaid, overworked, stressed and sick of criticism...still enough of my problems do you still need the toilet?'

"It's the worst part of working here...spending so much time with people at the end of their tether, ill, stressed, desperate for help..."