*Hospital Forms*

In the admitting office of our hospital, some patients were filling out
forms, others were being interviewed and still others were being
escorted to their rooms.

An elderly woman hesitatingly entered my cubicle.  She had completed her
admitting forms and, upon my request, handed me her insurance cards.  I
typed the neccessary information and then asked her the reason for her
coming to the hospital.

"Just to visit a friend," she said, "but this had taken so long, I'm not
sure I have time now."